Just throwing this out there to be annoying.
I LOVE the look of the pod filters, and it makes sense to ME that they should work bad ass and there should really be no bad side. That being said, I've been told quite a few times that removing the airbox actually can decrease performance, as things are set to have an airbox?
Decrease in performance was never clarified to me if I remember right. They could have meant the power CURVE, perhaps it's not as smooth?
I had "pods" on a Yamaha Banshee 2 stroke Quad (perhaps not relative AT ALL to our monsters?), and I saw no ill effects. IT seemed to rev up faster, and in general be more responsive. When I sold it the person buying it wanted the airbox back so he could install it, he claimed that the pods actually removed power and hurt performance.
LIke I said, I don't know the truth, or pretend to. I'm hoping someone can definitivly inform me if putting pods on my Carb'd 750 will hurt anything? With the pods I'm "guessing" more air gets in at speed than with the airbox, which would remain more or less "pressurized" with the same ammount of air at all times. DO you need to tweak with the jets to account for this? ONce that is done, and you have more air and fuel going in at speed, do you need to up your ignition stuff to help light the more intense mixture?
I'm not a mechanic, and if there is no DECREASE in power or power delivery then I'm doing it ASAP!