no-link air box

[bradenc19]

can someone please post a pic of a no-link air box for lsr frame please thank you an not the platice one either

[bradenc19]

any help please just want to see what they look like compared to a regular aluminum one please help

[rayman375]

They are pretty flat, and very hard to find. I don't have a pic but if you do a search on here you should be able to find some pictures.

[k7mm]

The only person or company that I have found that makes them is Dan from Protect. Do a search. I am having one made right now.

[ytman]

this one?

[ytman]

a nur'n

[ytman]

one more

[danhung11]

Anyone ever run one of these ProTec airbox on a Lobo no-link? I'm struggling in that area these days and looking for some options.

Thanks,
Dan

[DyingBreed]

I have had one of these Protect no-link air boxes for years. It fit in my Lonestar perfect and is very secure. The best no-link airbox for the Lonestar no-link by far

[D Bergstrom]

I have a Protect airbox on my LSR no-link frame also. It is a very nice airbox and fits well, but it is kind of heavy. My only complaint is that it is probably better for a suspension setup to run 18" or maybe even 20" tires. I run 22" rears in the desert, and am having a hard time getting enough up travel out of the suspension, the caliper hits the airbox. I am going to have to notch out the back of the airbox so I can get my bottomed out frame height low enough. Again, not something that most people will have to deal with, but still an issue for me.

Doug

[8686]

I had a plastic LSR no link airbox for a while. Never ran it on a quad. Didn't fit my Roll Design Lobo chassis worth a lick.

[Meat]

By far, hands down the biggest pain in the asss about my no-link build was the airbox. I've read a lot of bad things about the Lonestar plastic box and I didn't know about the Pro-Tec box at the time. So I used an aftermarket aluminum box and an Quadzilla airboot. My airbox setup could be described as a "cluster-fucck". I had the same issues as Doug, the box was hitting my caliper, so I broke out the BFH and made it work. I had to move the whole airbox back about 2 inches so it would clear the rear shock. Well this move backwards made it impossible to access the big lock nuts on my seat latch. So had to rig that up. What a pain. Wish I knew about the Pro-tec boxes.

[laeger400]

Dan if you where closer I would build you an airbox for your lobo.

[danhung11]

I could see if troybilt could model up something better for these Lobo's. An airbox that would clear the shock and stay clear of the caliper. The 86 boot is a tight fit in there.

[DezSled]

The airbox on my lobo ll looks like an after thought too. Its a stocker set back & cut &trimmed to fit with a aluminum chingas to mount it to the frame, then have to run a seat latch w/ clips. Swingarm shows a mark from touching the cut off drain hole. Not clean at all.

[Mony25]

Dan if you got something designed up I would go in on it. I hate my air box setup and was thinking of trying to fab something up this winter.

[danhung11]

I'll keep you guys updated. I have a good fabricator already, just need the drawings. :D

[danhung11]

I'm curious what other no-link frame owners are using for an air boot. My 86 boot will work, but it's not ideal in my opinion.

[laeger400]

Dan you get some prints and ill build it. With out the quad i would be wasting my time, but with a accurate drawing its on like donky kong!

[bigmatt61]

I'm using the 86 intake boot also. My airbox came with my Laeger, so I'm assuming it was fabricated by Mark himself when the chassis was made in 97.
As far as shock and brake caliper clearance issues only the calipers looks to have been an issue at one time.
The rear ride height is adjustable at the lower shock mounting point on the swingarm, which also changes your shock angle slightly. If you lower it at that point instead of compressing your shock spring, you'll get into the air box. And you'll probably hit the chain before the caliper.
It's a pretty ingenious setup but could be tricky if you don't know what your doing.

[troybilt]

I can model this up fairly quickly. I'll check out Dan's bike and see what works best. How soon you need a design?

[troybilt]

Also post some pics if you get time. I'm working on a box for the Laeger CR500 link already. I need more clearance on my box for the 450r rear caliper.

[danhung11]

I might just have to drop the Lobo off at your house, and you can have at it. I'm not really in a hurry. The CFM box I have works decent on my Laeger, it's be nice to make it a tad shorter to clear the brake caliper. I've noticed a mark on mine from my caliper.

[baker250r]

best i can do. this air box sucks. swingarm hits the box and the filter doesnt seal after it hits. stupid k&n filter crushes and doesnt expand back.

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[bradenc19]

how do you know if it is a long travel no-link? what different size shocks has anybody seen for the no-link?

[Meat]

Mines' 18.5 from eye to eye.

[Meat]

baker250r, is that a LoneStar airbox ? Everytime I see a picture or read a comment about the LSR no-link airboxes, everyone complains about em.

[chopp124]

i just shave the top off all my stockers been doing that since 98 with all my bikes

[ytman]

how about a pic or 2 chopp. doesn't that cut the mounts off?

[ytman]

I had no idea that all the time I was racing this bike in the desert that the shock was beating the hell out of the stock air boot and air box. It's a testament to the toughnosity of the stock parts. I knew that the swingarm wasn't hitting so I thought it was o.k. I tried an aluminum box on it and the mounts broke. I thought vibes broke them but it was the shock hitting the boot. I made a "mock" shock. I measured the compressed length of the shock and the spring diameter and made a cheap copy of my bottomed out shock. oops. Major clearance issues. I bought an LT boot off ebay. I repaired my damaged Timmy Boy Designs aluminum air box and now everything clears. I needed a short(2 inch) spacer between the carb and the boot to clear the frame. I think I'll have to make proper mounts for the front of the air box. but for now strap clamps will do. I may try to build an aluminum boot but at least things aren't hitting any more. Oh yeah, It's a Laeger frame with a Roll swinger.

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[baker250r]

what LT boot was that? i had the LT500 on my stock airbox to clear the shock, it worked really nice. but the swingarm would hit so bad it would knock the intake off the carb every once in a while and poof would go the engine. i see you run an upper chain roller with that setup, I had it on mine and it just chewed the rubber right off, so I took it off completely. But I also use mine for motocross.

[ytman]

I didn't know there was different lt500 air boots. I bought this one off ebay with an adaptor for the stock air box. It fit perfectly into my aftermarket air box. The stock air box would have yo be moved back a bunch to clear the shock. as far as the chain roller goes, maybe I don't bottom out as much in the desert as you do in moto

[Pimped_wart_no2]

bradenc19 please clean out your inbox. thanks

[bradenc19]

its clear

[Pimped_wart_no2]

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