First oil change

[SportsterDoc]

I live at 8,000' and have taken my CB to 14,000' many times (also joined by the Ferret and Offroad on their CB's). No issues with the stock air intake, or anything else, at those elevations. The bikes work great up there and have plenty of power, precise fueling, and excellent drivability. No need to overthink this.

I like the intake sound, whether air flow is improved or not.
Reminds me of buying a taller air filter for a 4 barrel carb to allow air flow around the circumference, rather than just through the silencing tube...or the open element on the Carter AFB on the 350 in my Datsun pickup.

Also, the air filter can be inspected by only removing the right side cover.

Curious, if you wear ear plugs and/or a helmet (as you should) how the heck do you hear "intake sound" with wind noise and the exhaust? I take it you don't wear either when riding?

Seems like messing with a snorkel on a finely tuned machine just to hear "intake sound" that you may or may not hear properly equipped is a battle not worth fighting?

Curious, if you wear ear plugs and/or a helmet (as you should) how the heck do you hear "intake sound" with wind noise and the exhaust? I take it you don't wear either when riding?

Seems like messing with a snorkel on a finely tuned machine just to hear "intake sound" that you may or may not hear properly equipped is a battle not worth fighting?
I wear a 3/4 helmet and often add ear plugs for long distances on the highway, such as 600 mile roundtrip to Clarkdale, AZ (daughter #3).

I used ear plugs on my last trip to Overton (160 miles round trip), before modifying the snorkel, but not since.

On my Bonneville, I could hear the snorkel removed intake over the exhaust, even after the center of the stock mufflers was drilled out.
It sounded like a 4 barrel with secondaries full open.

I do not like loud, but the Stock Bonneville came from the factory in stealth mode.

Most of my 33 four wheel vehicles and 17 M/C had modified intakes.

My wife's 2016 Nissan Frontier 4WD with 4.0 is almost stock, other than than strap hooks to secure a water tank for our ranch, interior and cargo bed LED lights. But the factory intake directed air flow to only one spot on the air filter, as evidenced by color. It was modified to eliminate that.

BTW, the cap could be glued back on the stock snorkel, if it had adverse effects.

As for performance, since I did the mod before break-in completed, I cannot advise if there is improvement, but it performed very well going up a 8%+ grade this morning, from 3,000 feet to 8,000 feet.

Getting on highway 95 out in the desert, this afternoon, I entered from a side road to merge with 80 MPH+ traffic. I had to back off before 4th to avoid overtaking a group. I was intending to wait until 1,000 miles before getting close to 8,000 RPM, but it sure pulls strong over 6,500.

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Winter:

Thanks for reinforcing one of the directions intended.