Well, my wife, daughter, and I decided to take it on a 20 mile ride today out to a nearby lake. I only had about 1 mile of use on the machine prior to this trip, but it felt like it was lacking a little mid-range and top end. Most of the trip was 10-15mph, so it wasn’t a big concern and I knew the cause, so I figured I’d take care of it when I got home. Once I’m home, I popped the lid off, removed the stock paper filter, then the red Unifilter and quickly noticed that the smaller yellow Unifilter was sucked into the intake tube. My heart quickly sank. That would definitely explain the performance decrease. I carefully pulled it out and it seemed to be intact, until I got all of it out and noticed the end of it had completely blown out. I removed my airbox and throttle body, but the end of the filter is nowhere to be found. I have no idea where it ended up in the engine.
What do I do? I don’t want to tear the engine apart, but I also don’t want to blow it up on the trail. I used the recommended Uni NU-2485ST, so I’m not sure why this only happened to me and nobody else, because I know there are others running this same setup. I’m frustrated, but even more nervous about the damage I may have caused to my machine with under 200 miles on it.
