Hi everyone!
I have a 2003 model that follows the EURO-1 emission standard, and I'd like to upgrade it to EURO-2 standards.
I read in the SUZUKI web pages (Europe) that the main difference is in the Pressure Air Injection system (PAIR), that injects some clean air into the exhaust pipes, to finish the CO combustion.
Has anyone attempted to install it into an older bike?
regarding the new parts, I've seen a "new" set of items under "2nd air GS500F E33/GS500FK6...)" in the mrcycles.com fiches.
Is this all I need?
Where I am, the official Suzuki dealers won't even talk about it, since it is not a standard practice...
Anyone?
Thanks in advance and good riding!
Why would you want to do such a thing?
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Ok, OK, this is the reason for the strange question:
In Italy quite a few cities are or will be banning soon NON-Euro-1 vehicles, including 2-stroke mopeds.
Euro-1 vehicles may follow...
The PAIR system, (Pulsed Secondary Air Injection - I wonder how they came up with "PAIR" for that... :cookoo:), is an efficient and cheap way to cut down the unburnt HC and CO emissions.
See http://www.autoshop101.com/forms/h65.pdf (by Toyota)
In any case, I'm the type of guy that enjoys making little mods to the bike, but mostly for comfort and increased mileage instead of power... There is people for everything, uh? :icon_lol:
Thanks for your thoughts, guys!
indeed there is something for everyone. maybe check out someone with a newer GS and see how they are compliant with it. It's more a european thing, but hopefully someone chimes in.
That seems very strange, are you sure you have the facts right. Its ususal practise to ban the sale of non-euro1 vehicles after giving a period of notice, not to suddenly ban the outright use of them. If what you say is true all of a sudden thousands of non-euro1 vehicles will become worthless and the owners left out of pocket because they cant be used. Seems a very Draconian measure to me. If it does happen I wouldnt worry about it to much, there will be plenty of others on the same boat as you and the information required to make the conversion will become freely available I would guess.
I dunno what happens in Italy but the GS5 was dropped this year from the UK line-up on the grounds of non-compliance with emission regulations, we can still use all the old ones as much as we like, it just means we cant buy any new ones.
Your bike should be grandfathered in brecause it met all the emission standards for the 2003 model year. I also have doubts as to the actual effectiveness of air injection into the exhaust Wrecent Wryder seems to make sense in his logic of this.
In my oppinion you may be actually hurting the environment by installing this. Installing an air pump on the engine is going to cause some drag on the engine and reduced power reaching the wheel, so you're going to get worse fuel economy, and use more gas in a given distance.
If you want to keep emisions down just keep the stock lean jetting and feel good that you're using so much less fuel than a car or bigger bike which meets the newest standards.
Besides CO2 is simply a product of combustion and more power produces more C02 no matter how "clean" the engine is. Cataletic converters, air pumps (if they work), catalists, and lean fuel/air ratio WILL NOT reduce the CO2 significantly! Having a "clean" and well tuned engine will reduce the CO emmisions and the smog (which is definatly a good thing) but shouldn't effect global warming.
You should never feel like you're harming the environment when you'r riding something that gets 55-60mpg. Even 2 stroke scooters that get 80 mpg are great so what if 1/100th of the fuel they're burning if oil?
It's like the hybrid craze going on right now. Hybrids are great, but when somone get a giant SUV with HYBRID stamped on it, they feel like they're the most environmentally conscious person in the world, never mind the fact that they're still getting only 22MPG! You can just buy a small car for 1/4 the price that gets 35-40 mpg and be far better on the environmen, using less gas and less resources to make the car!
Okay done ranting, just feel like an environmental champ by riding your eficient bike :cheers:
Quote from: ducati :thumb:_nolan on March 15, 2007, 03:49:04 PM
Okay done ranting, just feel like an environmental champ by riding your eficient bike :cheers:
I agree.... :thumb: