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Tech Tip #2 Air Filters: The key ingredient to having a motor run great and to increase it's longevity is a clean air filter. Most people neglect this simple maintenance task. Try riding your dirt bike with your mouth three quarters closed and see how well you perform. You should always have readily available, pre-oiled, clean filters. Here's how... To clean your filters, you can use any solvent such as mineral spirits (or purchase the liquid dirt remover and cleaning tub that Twin Air offers). Even though the companies who make the filters do not endorse the use of gas, it is readily available and cheap if you have a place to discard it. Do your filters in batches in a five gallon bucket. Wash them in solvent to remove most of the grease and filter oil. Let them dry then mix dishwashing liquid and warm water. Let them soak. Then wash by hand and wring out and hang to dry. After drying, put a piece of newspaper on the ground and beat the filter with your hand over the newspaper. See how much dirt is still left! Then pre-oil and put in plastic grocery bags to have readily available. You jet your bike to run with a clean air filter. A dirty air filter will only lead to the bike running richer. Even though cleaning air filters can be a nuisance, it is probably the most important preparation your bike can receive. |