Open air filters Good or bad?

This 1 is really a head banger :banghead: . soo many people say dont fit them they r shit but just as many people say they are excellent u should run 1 instead of an air box.I have bought myself a stage 6 small read (not small atall) air filter but as my bike is not running at the moment have not had a chance to try it out. what is your opinion on open air filters???

 

i personally prefer air boxes especially for winter but this should help you http://www.scootershack.co.uk/airboxguide.html

 

so in what cause r air filters any good?

 

Open airfilters are only anygood (performance wise), when your engine is so highly tuned the standard box becomes restrictive. Your airbox will supply sufficiant airflow upto a high spec mid-race setup, so unless you building a RACEING engine, you dont need an open filter.

The MAIN reason why people bolt on filters to a standard 50 or sport 70 setup, is PURELY for the extra noise produced (sounds more like a 172 mak10zzz brav), and for the looks (a open filter looks more sporty than a airbox)

Stick with the airbox untill you build a race motor. If you want, stick a red malossi spounge filter in your airbox, these do give a little more airflow over the stock spounge but no increase in noise.