[DarthBEWD]

Finally, one of the first things a factory race team does with their bikes is take the screen out of the air filter cage. The screen is there to keep flames from getting to the filter when the bike backfires and catching it on fire. When it’s removed, the bike gets more air and makes more power as the bike’s RPMs climb. You don’t hear a lot about bikes catching on fire from removing this screen, but it happened recently to Broc Hepler. The factory Yamaha rider tipped over at the test track several weeks ago. Sometimes, depending on how the bike is lying on the ground, fuel can spill out of the carburetor and get on the filter. When he picked it up and tried kicking it back to life, it backfired. Right about there is where things got strange: The filter caught on fire, and when Broc saw flames pouring out of his airbox, he dropped the bike and backed off. His bike then slow-roasted to the ground, like a game bird on a rotisserie. Remember this story the next time you think about pulling off that screen.

[Asmith]

That is a very rare occurance where the bike would've caught on fire even with the backfire screen.

Gas will flow through that screen easily.

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Gas will flow through that screen easily.

I agree. Death to the screens AS !!! TwinAir Ahkbar !!! Doug

[Asmith]

Gas will flow through that screen easily.

I agree. Death to the screens AS !!! TwinAir Ahkbar !!! Doug

Holy Shiite!!!