NYROC,
Agree with everything you say. The riding in Arizona is extremely dusty. Where do I find the Diamond G CVT filter. Have done some thinking about how to filter the air input to the CVT and still have a convenient way to clean or change the filter. So far, no success.

 

1Bearman is still working on that. I think that it will be on his agenda after the CDI work is complete.

I don't have any good ideas for this. Well, I kinda do, but don't really have any way of making what I was thinkin.

 

Nyroc, Geebee, I talked to a guy from Gates and he said that you have to be really careful about putting a filter on the cvt intake as it increases the operating temp of your clutch. Don't know if he was yanking my chain or not as I am new to these clutches. Anyways, just some info as I was thinking of doing the same thing. I was thinking of changing the location of the intake to an exterior location on the bike to make it easier to change the filter. Haven't had the time yet, but it is on the "to-do" list.

 

The general rule of thumb I go by is 15mph. If you're going to be sustaining speeds for a consideral distance(over a mile) under 15mph, use low. If you're going to be running mainly over 15mph, use high. You don't have to change gears every time you change speeds. The bike won't be hurt running a variety of speeds in the sme gear.

 

well like i siad, most of my trail riding is done 10-25 kms/hr..but the trails change alot too..so its hard to say..i guess i'll just continue to use it as i do..slow use Low..fast use high

 

mastrblastr---Have had similiar thoughts about the possibility of restricting the air flow which would likely increase the temperature. However, still wonder if filter material was the same as the carb intake filter, how much restriction would you have? I recognize that the intake for the CVT is small and there is no piston sucking in air, just a 'fan' to more or less move air through the CVT area.

 

I've thought about taking cheese cloth with a little air filter oil on it to see what it would do. It would flow real well and also stop some dust it just isn't real easy to service.

 

Montess,

go to walmart and pick up a "tack cloth" from the automotive section, around where they sell bondo. It's used in autobody to remove light dust from vehicles prior to painting. It is a loose weave, like cheese cloth but is saturated in a light adhesive making it sticky. They sell for about $.90 and are about 2x3 feet in area. You should be able to get quite a few applications out of a single piece.

 

I forgot about that stuff good idea. But it still doesn't solve having to take the plastic off to get to it and zip tie it on to the breather.

 

You would definitely have to move the intake to an exterior location to make changing the filter easier. I was thinking of using a Bounce dryer sheet or a Swiffer sheet and spray it with tacky air filter oil. Easy to get Bounce sheets as the wife has boxes of them in the laundry room!! Cheap too. Just gotta get my derrier in gear and build the damn thing.