Ok! Gents, i've had a crack at my pre-filter skin mod.
Without going through the expensive process of getting something routed and making a mold so i could re-produce something that i might only sell a hand full of... i decided to take the cheap and easy route to see if the idea will work. My idea of this is to then buy a few cheap pool filter skins to stretch over the bell mouth to keep the main filter relativley clean for longer in dusty conditions.




First - Off to bunnings to buy a simple PVC rain gutter take-off (male connection) which means it's O.D is excactly 90mm. This is a perfect fit into the tenere filter with the snorkel removed and only $3.50




I then cut off the 40mm of straight spigot before it fans out. The piece on the right is the bit you need so piff the piece on the left into the bin as you wont need it.



Just a little inspection check



Then get hold of an old ice cream container and some hobby plaster and 3-little cubes of wood or anything disposable, something the size of 3-dice so to speak.
Place the three cubes in the ice cream tub with the PVC spigot sitting on top of them at 3 tri-angular points (to raise the spigot of the bottom of the ice cream tub)

Pour in enough plaster to fill up to halfway up the spigot (approx. 20mm) and let set.




Now the whole idea of this is to keep the bottom of the spigot in it's orriginal shape and size for when you place this in the oven.
Next you'll need something to spread the pvc spigot, the first idea i had was the kitchen light shade but them thought better of it (breakable in your hands) i then got hold of the missus's tupperwear when she wasn't looking




While she still isn't looking put the oven onto about 250 deg C let it warm up and then place the plaster and PVC spigot into the oven for about 10-15 mins (keep an eye on this) when its ready you'l be able to push the sides of the PVC spigot in with a touch of your finger.
Quickly get it out, shove on the bench and grab the tupperware bowl and push down to you get the desired flaring-out and hold there while it cools (30 seconds).... presto! there you have it

If you stuff it up or your not happy with it, shove it back in the oven for about 5 mins, it'll go back to it's original shape then try again. From the moment you get it out of the oven you don't have long before it starts to harden so don't be shy about spreading the flair.



After about 5mins it should be safe to break the plaster off.

Now i'm going to glue mine in place as a test has shown that just shoving it in the filter hole just vibrates loose. i'll place a pic of it up when i do that.




A CHEAP MOD... I LIKE IT!

cheers
Regie.

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Nice modding sadly us brits aint blessed with the foam filter but then this mod would also prolong the life of out paper filters

nice one regie, had used filter skins on the race bikes in the past and they certainly help, in one day on the isde poland i changed 7 filters in one day![no skins as team gasgas did not trust them]very sandy/dusty. your fellow country man matt fish was on my minute, it was so bad and he kept filling me in

pity we dont get the foam filter on the tenere here, though it would even save the paper element in dusty conditions.though looking out the window it's a large bore head high snorkle required!

Yeah for the next week by the look of the forecast typical bank holiday weekend

I think I will spend it reading a book

Nice mod mate, now in the XTZ mod section.

http://www.xt660.com/showthread.php?t=630

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Mods that I have done to my XTX's

My 04 XTX
Stage 1 & 2 DNA filters / Kev fuel mod / snorkel mod / Drilled air box mod / Engine breather mod / Fork Spacer mod / 15w fork oil /
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My 07 XTX
Raptor 700 cylinder 102mm / Modified Crank Case to take a 105mm Raptor Cylinder / 11:1 102mm JE Raptor piston / Stage 1 Raptor Hot Cam / Ported head / Colder Spark Plug / +2mm Throttle body / DNA stage 1 & 2 filters / Modified Air Box / Snorkel removed / Worry Brothers stage 2 filter cover / 6mm & 8mm Bolts Replaced with Titanium Bolts / Recovered seat in Black / O2 Eliminator /

My 09 XTX
59HP at the rear wheel / Stage 2 Raptor Hot Cam / DNA stage 3 Air Box / Carbon Can Exhausts / Modified Exhaust Link Pipes / PCIII With Custom Fuel Map / Wideband Commander O2 Data logger / LCD100 Dyno Jet display & fuel adjuster / 2500 OHM HT lead instead of a 10K OHM XT lead / Extra Coolant Cooler / Protaper Fat Bars / Tail Tidy With LED Tail Light / OKE Protection Knobs / LED indicators / AIS blocked / Modified rear sprocket rubbers / Rear Foot Pegs removed / 09 ECU With 02 Sensor Changed To A 06 ECU / Complete wiring harnes Changed from 09 to 04 / Home made LED resistor flasher / Hole drilled in the fuel tank filler neck to allow quicker filling / Modified Bar End Weights / Progressive front fork springs, 15W fork oil, forks lowered 25mm, used XTR rear links lowering the rear 20mm, rear spring one click stiffer / Changed front & rear guards from blue to black / 47T rear sprocket / Speedo Healer V4.0 / Kev throttle cam mod / Throttle grip mod / The new 2010 O2 sensor mod is out, works a treat, The new 2012 O2 Controller is out, PM me for details

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