Is It Really Worth It?

[nam]

I've got a motorhispaina XR6 50cc and i was wondering if it is really worth buying a high flow air filter such as a K&N, i can get hold of one for about £20 so is it worth or will it do more harm than good?

thanks in advance.

Nam

[nick.h]

IMO not worth it, better to keep your bike as standard as possible, the engine will thank you for it.

Nick
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[Keith]

Fitting a free flow filter wont make any difference at all, only in noise. It wont do any damage if the carb is adjusted to suit it. Not worth the bother of getting one though, especially if the rest of your bike is stock.
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[nick.h]

Also what is a Motohispania XR6?

I've heard of the Peugeot XR6 and the Motorhispania RX50

Are they the same bike?

Nick
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[mr.z]

What nick said...

Higher air flow means you will need to adjust the carbs to cope, which wont be free and will cost easyly the price of the filter if not many times more... otherwise your engine will go bang very quickly (from runing lean/not enough fuel to air) this will make the engine run less efficiently and slower... before it seizes, even then it puts additional strain on the engine that it was never designed for so it will last nowhere near as long as it should..

Tuneing a 50 is like plastic surgery on very ugly people, it dosen't imporve things only makes it worse + costs a tremendous ammount in the process.

99% of people who have been there and done that will advise, wait till you can get a biger bike, then get one... when thats too small/slow, get another..



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[dansuresh]

Flog it and get a 125cc!!

[nam]

cheers for the replys. i think i will give it a miss now lol. i dont know why i put motorhispania XR6, its a pug' XR6 lol.

[pipnet11]

To flow freely into the engine it (air/fuel) needs to be free-flowing out of the engine. In short your would need to change the stock pipe for a less retrictive one/higher tune one to get any advantage except noise and worse fuel consumption.
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[nick_surty]

iv got a gilera runner 50 which done 55mph easily when i had the standard airbox.

i recently bought a "mallossi cone" for £18 and had it fitted and re-jettet for £20....... £38 in all. its actually made my bike slower, 52mph easily and takes slightly longer to get there, although pull-away seems the same, if not better

advantage of getting one though is the loudness of it... people think its a bored out 70cc kit.

just thought id spread my views on the subject.

Nick S