I put these on two weeks ago but didn’t think the installation warranted a post. However, it is nice to see how well they fit and how great they look on the carbs.

A perfect fit. They are a bit spongy so I’m sure they would accommodate in size for all sorts of frames.

Like much of this rebuild, this procedure started off fairly simple and then progressively become more difficult.

I lifted the inlet duct straight up and it came right out. Easy.

There were only two bolts holding down the air filter box. The manual refers to it as the element case. Whatever, I don’t want anything made of plastic on my bike. Easy.

After removing the two bolts it came straight out. Easy.

Air filter/cleaner and element case removed. Now the hard part… removing the air box that connects to the carburetors.

The rubber manifolds that connect the carburetors to the air box were rotted. They weren’t salvageable so I cut them off to make it easier to remove the plastic air box.

Each manifold had a metal fastener with one screw. They were was easy to remove.

As I mentioned early the rubber had rotted. They were no good, so I cut them off the air box.

This was the hardest thing to remove. It is shaped and positioned in a way that made it impossible to squeeze out of the frame without removing the carburetors. I didn’t want to remove the carbs, so I shaved a bit off the side of the air box and forced it out of the narrow frame. Its garbage.

Carbs with no filters :(

Done for the night.

I’ll start up again tomorrow morning.