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Air Pods and Bicycle Inner Tubes: An Experiment

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That's an interesting fix. Do you clamp over the inner tube or just leave it?

Just cut a little strip from the tube (full circumference), stretch it over intake boot where the clamp resides, it's about a 1/4'' or 10 cm? wide.
Sure it's a bandaid, but helps with the waiting period for new clamps and provides a little space between clamping ends, for extra tightening.
 
You guys are a bunch of sweethearts. I like to tinker. So tinker I will. The bike is running fantastically now with the cheapo pods some electrical tape and inner tube. I'll upload some pictures this evening when I get home. Heres the kicker. I've ordered a new set of airbox to carb boots. They will go on and the bike will be stock again as soon as I get them! Naysayers rejoice. My time has value as long as I value what my time is spent on. Riddle me that! Perhaps I'll just leave the pods on?
 
I'm a fan of successful bodges...

one thing for sure, if you are taking the carbs off and on quite often on for whatever reason, pods makes the job 10X easier.
 
I'm a fan of successful bodges...

one thing for sure, if you are taking the carbs off and on quite often on for whatever reason, pods makes the job 10X easier.

That depends on which bike. The GS 850, 1000, 1100's are a piece of cake to remove the carbs. Takes all of 5 minutes on those. Others???? Some are a real pain in the butt.
 
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