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Would a bike run better if a guy didn't reoil the filter after cleaning? Runin around in the snow shouldn't need it. My thinking it will help in suck more air. What's your guys thoughts on this.
 

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I don’t run an air filter on the snowbike, just a pre filter. One of them outerwear brand ones. It’s a Yamaha.
 

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That's my reasoning for a dry regular filter. You are running just a pre filter. Ran my bike with oiled filter last year and it seemed to run just fine. Was wondering if it would run better dry?
 

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I don’t see a problem with that, there’s no dust in the snow except for snow dust. I ran for a while with the regular air filter but it iced up. Went to the pre filter and haven’t had any problems.
 

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Ya I never did have icing issues but those are famous last words too Lol.
 

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Always ran new stock un-oiled air filter with pre-filter supplied with snowbike kit. No problems other than snow build up in air box. This year will try no air filter but 2 pre-filters. Was told the 2 pre-filters rubbing against each other reduce snow build up......will see.
 

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Guys. Just run a pre-filter - no foam. Foam and oil is to reduce dirt intake. We don't have that.

Get a new airbox, cut the bottom out so you don't have the snow build up in the box. It let's it escape. Make sure that you clean the pre-filters to get rid of excess moisture after you thaw out. That is all there is to it.

I run the Yeti intake on both my bikes. That seems to work the best.
 
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