First of all what year is your bike? Do you get sniffed at inspection? Mine here in TX is just a simple safety incpection. The rusting out of the tubes is common to the plugging the hoses, usually they are looped together. This is usually a temporary method. I have mine removed at the heads and chrome plugs installed. LOL I know you can't see them without standing on your head, but I like em that way. The way I look at it remove it completely and save the parts and if you have to go back you can. Here is a link to the removal instructions.

http://www.sloneservices.com/SilverBack/VStar1100-FAQ-05.htm#AIS

And some color pictures.

http://www.sloneservices.com/SilverBack/Other-Stuff/AIS Removal.pdf

Baron's kit is the only plugs I can find now, from various vendors, or you can use spent .45 caliber brass and some JB Weld. Of the two I'd go with the plugs the brass is kinda thin IMO. Mine are from Night Sky Customs, out of business I think.

 

Baron's kit is the only plugs I can find now, from various vendors, or you can use spent .45 caliber brass and some JB Weld. Of the two I'd go with the plugs the brass is kinda thin IMO. Mine are from Night Sky Customs, out of business I think.

Where can the Baron's kit be obtained?

 

To get the plugs out of the cyclinder head use a dent puller screwed into vise grip pliers, three or four taps and the plugs will come straight out. I bought a dent puller at Harbor Freight for $12.00.

 

I used that same method (Vice grip slide hammer)and some circuit cool to freeze/shrink the elbow came out real easy.

 

Ais

Thanks guys, thats just the info I needed. What elbow are you talking about that you have to pull out with a slide hammer? Does this wreck the part? I do need to have the bike sniffed at inspection. How does this part help reduce emissions?

ps: 2003 custom

 

The Elbow is swedged into the head, where the metal tubes end there is a short rubber tube connecting to a metal elbow. These Elbows are removed by the slide hammer and the subsequent holes filled with plugs. Have you passed inspection with the AIS disconnected already? The AIS (Air Induction System) is used to inject air, via a small pump, into the exhaust stream to burn remaining unburnt gas in the exhaust stream to clean up emissions.

 

Thanks fulltilt, I hooked it back up to pass emissions. It passed with flying colors. Do you think it would pass without the system? I would really like to take it off permanently.

 

When's it due for inspection? Try to pass it with it disconnected. I really like the clean look without all the extra tubes.

 

I am going to remove it asap. I like the look and think the tubes are a funky solution to a non problem.

 

google.com "ais plugs v-star 1100" pick your site. I got mine at nightskycustoms.com no longer in business I fear.

 

to Fulltilt - where can I get the circuit cool you mentioned?