Restrictor plate removal (?)

WOW.....
If all that the air was moving through was a small square hole in the plate,

and upon removing the restrictor plate, air is flowing abundantly where once it was 'restricted'.....

THAT'S a hell of a lot more air with the plate removed!

I can't help but wonder about possible turbulance and/or the (un)even distribution of air between the two carb's though, given the resulting odd 'L' shaped air inlet (?).
I might see now why my Dyno tech' was puzzled by the air/fuel ratio differing from one pipe to the other (on my BonnieBlack w/plate removed). The sniffer through one muffler of the BonnieBlack charted a steady air/fuel ratio, while the other muffler was all over the chart (???). Sure ran good though.....!

What to do, what to do.

THANKS for the video link!

We know I want the enhanced performance that may easily be had without having to buy anything (removal of the restrictor plate),

- but -

If an abundance of air is already
* being forced under the side cover at speed
* flowing smoothly into the now HUGE inlet (sans snorkle)
* by way of a smooooth NH bellmouth
* through the less restrictive K&N.......

Are those little carb's actually capable of sucking more air than that which is already being actively stuffed/forced into the air box???

More to the point,
is there anybody who installed a bellmouth, K&N, free flowing cans, and Thruxton needles,
= rode the bike around for a few thousand miles =
then AFTERWARD
removed the restrictor plate,
AND
can honestly say that the single step of removing the plate suddenly required him to rejet an already modified system?


[ This message was edited by: FattRat on 2006-11-08 10:25 ]