Big tanks and filters in the rain?? - Ducati.ms

canicoll · Jul 4th, 2011, 11:23 pm

Has anybody run their bike through a deluge with stacks?
Will the bottom cylinder suck water? Is there any protection for this?

I am trying to figure if a 6 gallon tank will be suitable for all weather riding given that the airbox is replaced by K&N style filters.

Any one with the big tank ride all year round?

08hyper · Jul 5th, 2011, 9:33 am

I would get some "slip-on" covers, called "outerwares" for the filter pods, helps increase the filtering, and makes them semi waterproof. Aloha Alex

Endoz · Jul 5th, 2011, 10:51 am

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Originally Posted by canicoll

Has anybody run their bike through a deluge with stacks?
Will the bottom cylinder suck water? Is there any protection for this?

I am trying to figure if a 6 gallon tank will be suitable for all weather riding given that the airbox is replaced by K&N style filters.

Any one with the big tank ride all year round?

I installed the 6gal tank with pod filters and ride year round here in Oregon and have been caught in torrential rain storms on the road at 80mph for hours at a time...riding behind semi trucks water contrails at times, i've never had the bike miss a beat. I was concerned as well but its not an issue. Do it and don't look back.

ceo012384 · Jul 5th, 2011, 11:55 am

I have looked at the bigger tank but really it just seems like a lot of $ to spend if you don't live in a particular scenario where you can't make it between gas stations on the stock tank.

I hadn't thought of the issue with water but it sounds like it's not an issue

northsouth · Jul 5th, 2011, 7:23 pm

No issues with rain. That 6 .4 gal. is nice if you get far enough back in the mountains in NC. There are places that gas stations are few and far between and my butt has been biting the seat more than once hoping for a gas stop.

Endoz · Jul 5th, 2011, 8:21 pm

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Originally Posted by ceo012384

I have looked at the bigger tank but really it just seems like a lot of $ to spend if you don't live in a particular scenario where you can't make it between gas stations on the stock tank.

I hadn't thought of the issue with water but it sounds like it's not an issue

I can honestly say that the bigger tank was the single best motorcycle accessory purchase i've made in all my years of bike ownership. It seems ridiculously expensive/frivolous when you first buy it, but its so satisfying to fill that sucker up and just ride for hours and not from gas station to gas station. It turns a great hyper focused machine into a great all-rounder. Your no longer the first guy to stop a group ride or trip to gas up. That gets old.

canicoll · Jul 5th, 2011, 10:00 pm

I guess it's all good then. Sunday I was riding with my feet under water. I still can't see a sock stopping water from complete immersion though as would have been the case on Sunday.
Some roads here in Mexico don't have very good drainage.

M1Tanker · Jul 5th, 2011, 11:42 pm

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Originally Posted by Endoz

... Your no longer the first guy to stop a group ride or trip to gas up. That gets old.

Yep. There were times when I was that guy. No more. Now I usually go 240 miles before the Low Gas Light comes on.

BigJoe · Jul 6th, 2011, 5:51 am

Greetings,

I have the duc shop stacks, but no big tank. I was caught in a deluge, the rain came down so hard that I nearly went down due to the rain fall far exceeding the ability of the road to shed the water and started the hydroplane game.

I do not have the outerware covers or any other prefilter assembly, but the motor never missed a beat with the duc shop stacks.....I was in the rain storm for approximately 1/2 hour.

I do wonder if running in the rain for hours on end would eventually lead to saturated filters though....

Best regards,

Joe

r60slash5 · Jul 6th, 2011, 7:55 pm

I have the big tank with outerwear rain covers, ride all year, with many hours in the rain. After a while in heavy rain if I try to go to heavy on throttle the hyper bogs down. I have to be careful passing in that weather.

Ted