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Aloha! And thank's for allowing me to be a part of the community

I have again a XTX and it is a 2009, akrapovic exhausts bulldozer

I'm just starting on the mods, with radiator guard ticked off more to follow


Excuse my english or punctuation


The K&N air filter is the one I got in the picture. Before I put it in I wanted to know if there was anything like I had to do on the DRZ remove snorkel and cut the 3x3 mod before I put it in and go get it re-mapped

???

A thousand thank you's in advance for any help I can get

:hello: and :welcome: to :660:

if you just fit the stage 1 filter, i.e. replacing the standard one you don't need to "remap" and anyway you didn't mention if you have a power commander or not, because without the DynoJet PCIII you can't remap.

And yes, removing the snorkle will help the air intake. all you have to do is adjust your CO settings following this link:

http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?...=Co+adjustment

Hello & enjoy mate.

:006: Welcome on board mate.

Good to see someone else from Norfolk on the scene - we are few and far between! :023:

Yeah, but you're probably related somehow... :-P

Hi there

Thank you for all the welcomes and fast reply action! Appreciate it

I do not have power commander but it's good to know I need one if I wanted to start serious modding on the performance.


So as I see it now, putting my k&n in and removing the snorkel should be fine to do alone? And if I wanted to start seeing noticeable power increase it's then dna stage 2 and an affordable kev mod?

Many thanks

Really need some help and answers as I'm slightly not sure

I have the k&n stage 1, aftermarket exhausts.

Do I need Kevs mod and dna stage 2 or just kev mod, as I don't have power commander

Cheers

If you fit a stage two DNA filter then you will need a furlough device such as the Kev Mod

Please correct me if I'm wrong, this is the way it goes:

Stage 1 K&N = Simple swap from stock

Stage 1 K&N & Removing snorkel = As above + CO Settings mess around

Stage 1 K&N & Removing snorkel & Stage 2 DNA = Buy Kev's Mod


A thousand thank you's

That's pretty much the way it works.

You can of course fit a Kev mod with any of the above three permutations if you wanted to. Decreasing the air/fuel ratio with a fuelling mod will make the most of the extra air available from the filters.

In fact, a perfectly standard XT will benefit from a richer (decreased) A/F ratio.

Just remember that messing about with the CO in the dash will only affect the fuelling at very small throttle openings (<2%). It won't make any difference on a wide open throttle, or for that matter at say 30-60% throttle where your likely to spend most of the time.

Okay, Thank you for the reply mate!

All I have at the moment is the K&N Stage 1

But seeing as I want to remove the snorkel I will purchase Kev's Mod? And maybe just leave the CO Settings alone?

Can anyone point me in the direction to purchase Kev's Mod, I am UK Based?


May eventually get the DNA Stage 2 but we'll see how it goes


Thank you's

Cheeky bump! :Worship_9TRHEA:

you can buy kevs mod here: http://www.xt660.com/site/node/136

Best way is to buy the mods is to contact Kev by PM (private message) and he'll sort you out directly.

Cheers Fella's !

I have messaged Kev asking what's what and saying my specs :blob3:


I really don't know much but isn't it just a variable resistor for a few bob and tuning it yourself knowing the co info and specs which you can find online?
Altering the air signal to richen up the mixture on original map

:wav:

I do just want whats best for the bike, just need a point to what :happy7:

Mister, anyone can assemble a Kev mod given the correct resistors, the pot and the wiring. Kev did the home work and if you look online somewhere you will probably find similar.

Yet the product you will buy form Kev is guaranteed to work because it has been tried and tested and perfected over the last 9 years of this forum being established. If you don't wish to buy Kev's one its ok we don't mind. But we don't want people to rubbish his efforts in helping the community with his mechanical skill, it's not just fueling mods that Kev has up his sleeves.
He is a top engineer foreman for Volkswagen Australia, a top man that is often summoned all over the country among Volkswagen training camps to host meetings and seminars. What he doesn't know about motors ain't worth knowing.

Cheers.

Totally taken the wrong way

I respect what Kev has done more then you know or else I would never have mentioned purchasing, and I messaged him for his help :happy10:

Genuinely sorry for coming off in the wrong tone, they were more a friends words then mine after I showed him what I was a click away from buying, the Mod

Forgive me mate, meant no disrespect :luuurve:

You're alright lad, don't worry about it, thing is not everyone knows the fabric of Kev and sometime it's worth reminding the newcomers.

Cheers :sign4: