RE: 2 ideas from the TRA National

[pethier@isd.net]

>Seems to me that would leave only a small filter area in use.  Those dirt
>bikes have much smaller engines and don't need as much air as a Triumph
>engine does, and yet have quite a bit more filter area, presumably because
>the foam is fairly restrictive. 

I think the reason that dirt bikes have large filters is not that the foam
is particularly restrictive, but that dirt bikes are used in dirt.  The
filter media is expected to BECOME more restrictive with use.  I have seen
Baja buggies with huge filters.

Phil Ethier