New Air Box for 2004 Roadstar

Hi All,

I have a 2004 Yamaha Road Star. I've added a set of Cobra Hi-Boy Shotguns,
and had the bike re-jetted by my dealer.

I've just received a new Yamaha Speedstar Competition Air Filter, and would
like to put it on. How important is it to re-jet the bike again, (if at
all) after installing the new air?


Thanks,

Cam

Well - I've got the install completed. There weren't any instructions
included with that air filter, but I'm 90% sure I've got it installed ok. I
wanted to run a quick sanity check by everyone.

Everything seemed to fit/work ok, except for two items. First, there's a
round (circular, not spherical), rubber plug that I could not find a place
for, and it didn't appear to go anywhere to me. It was probabyl 1/2"
smaller in diameter than the carb intake.

Next, the bolt that they sent was about 3/8" too long. It would not fasten
down the plate that holds the air filter on. I cut it down to size, and it
appears to be working just fine.

I have a 2004, and I'm wondering if the differences are from Yamaha making a
kit that includes parts for multiple years (2004, 2003, etc...).

I took it out for a quick spin, and seemed to run really good (actually, it
seemed to run great, noticably better than earlier today with the stock
filter). I noticed a couple of things on the ride that I would again like
to run by everyone for a sanity check.

First, when reving the throttle, I can actually hear air being sucked into
the filter. Not loud, just loud enough to hear. Is that normal? Second,
when I started the bike, it started without the choke on at all. It had
been 4-5 hours since it was running. The idle sounded really good to me.
Not fast, just nice and solid. Before the new air filter, it seemed to
really *work* to idle, and it didn't really necesarily sound right...but it
came back from the dealer that way so I made an assumption that it was
correct. Would it be normal for a big v-twin to start up after 4-5 hours of
being off, without any choke?

I reall appreciate any help/tips. Thanks!









"Cam Rewop" <nospamcamrewop RemoveThis @camrewop.rem0v3.com> wrote in message
news:Fo1Dc.388$1J3.75235@news.uswest.net...
 > Hi All,
 >
 > I have a 2004 Yamaha Road Star. I've added a set of Cobra Hi-Boy
Shotguns,
 > and had the bike re-jetted by my dealer.
 >
 > I've just received a new Yamaha Speedstar Competition Air Filter, and
would
 > like to put it on. How important is it to re-jet the bike again, (if at
 > all) after installing the new air?
 >
 >
 > Thanks,
 >
 > Cam
 >
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