From another video I watched, remove the 6 x screws and the throttle tubes, remove the one screw on the bottom of the filter box. Lift up the filter box and check the breather pipe to gearbox. Pull it off and check and clean any buildup in the pipe. Clean the coarse filter and pipe on the filter box. I found this gearbox breather pipe was not connected. Make sure you connect this gearbox breather pipe when put the breather box back in place. Hope this information helps.
thanks to your video just installed a new air filter onto the tiger 800 Xrx... (2015)... as you said... the plug for spot lights is there, so I assume that's wired into the ignition like the other lights. Now I know my next purchase. The whole task took me about 2.5 hours.. I did everything you did except for not removing the tank completely, I was able to rest it to the side without having to remove the fuel lines or plugs (except for the two vacuum hoses, but they're easy). I installed a BMC long life filter so I don't have to go through this as often as usual. The bike has 18,400 KM on it (I purchased it 2nd hand about 3 months ago at 12,000 KM) ... and it was the original filter - pretty nasty looking, but the airbox above the filter and the throttles were very clean, so it was doing it's job. Cheers!
Thanks for watching. Sometimes for filming it is easier to remove a component such as the fuel tank to show everyone. I would recommend getting a pre filter if ypu are doing any off road stuff.
Thanks for the play by play. I have been turning wrenches for 50 or so years now, and I have to say that has to be the most time consuming air filter replacement I have ever seem, on a motorcycle, car, truck, heavy equipment.... well, on just about anything. Reminds me of Apollo 11 square peg round hole, like multiple contractors designed that motorcycle. I guarantee you one thing, the guy that came up with that hidden gem pays some one else to change his air filter, or just hates motorcycles and motorcyclists. Every time henceforth when I go to remove and clean and re-oil a dirt bike air filter, I will think to myself, well at least its not a triumph 800! ;-)
Hal Jarvis yeah. This filter is redickuluse! I had a sport bike that was two times easier. I did extend the life by adding the pre filter. It still dosent excuse that fact that it's a bad design Thanks for watching.
Wow I thought Suzukis V-Strom 1000 was bad. That’s pretty labour intensive. I do love trail and enduro bikes with the side cover that takes 30 seconds if you have two broken wrists.
Thanks for this. I just picked up a 2015 with 10,000 miles. Now I know why. LOL. You are in my town (at least 2 years ago you were), so maybe I'll recruit you to help.
Possibly a noob question but Are those pre-air filters on all the tigers? I have 800 ABS tiger and was about to change the air filter and was unaware of the pre-filter.
Thank you for your efforts. I really do appreciate anyone who takes the time to try to help others by creating these tutorial videos. That being said, I have a 2016 XRT which looks to be setup very similar to your tiger. I still don't understand what you did to remove the plastics. It is super frustrating. I rode my tiger offroad a few times and I know the air filter is full of dust and I can't get anywhere near it. On all other vehicles, the air filter is a 30 second job. My tiger has been sitting in my garage with bits partially undone for 2 days now :( ...just because I want to clean the air filter and I can't quite figure out how to remove the collar so I can lift the tank. If you felt like redoing a video on how to get the plastics off, where all the connections were shown on camera it would sure help me a lot. ...my owners manual doesn't show me how, there is no haynes guide for my model yet, and that awesome muddy sump guy has way easier plastics to remove.
@@PistonSlap Hello! Thanks for the quick response. In another video a person referred to the entire plastics on the top of the tank and the beak as the nose and collar. In your video you mention 3 bolts at the top along the side, then you aren't sure why it won't come loose, then you mention some bolts at the front (but you don't show them) and you undo something that allows you to tip the plastics away from the tank. There are three bolts left on each side that I didn't know if I should loosen. One is impossible to reach inside the nose cone and It seems to hold the grey plastic against the black plastic of the nose. The second one goes through the bracket that holds the auxillary highway lights on and it has a locking nut ...which seems like a bad idea to remove but I did remove that one. The third one is at the base of the headlight assembly and I started loosening the headlight assembly before I realized it wasn't doing anything to improve the situation and I really wasn't sure if that was the bolt you loosened. It would have been very helpful to have a camera on the bolt before you loosened it. I can imagine that filming this yourself and doing the work yourself is challenging. I think others might have someone hold the camera for them while they work. However if you could get a snapshot of the bolt that you are loosening with like a red arrow pointed at the specific bolt, prior to watching you loosen it, that kind of thing would help a lot more.
@@Mirrikat ok so I looked at it and the bolts you need to take off are the two that are near the key. One on the left and one on the right side. That will allow the inner close out panel to slide a little. The second bolts you will need to remove are the four 8mm that hold the headlamp and ipc assembly. The bolts and screws that i wasn't able to get a clear picture of also need to be removed to get the side fairings off. If you look from the front near the radiator on both sides you will be able to see a silver colored bolt at the top and a plastic screw about half way down. That should help you. Let me know if you need more info.
@@PistonSlapthanks for the reply but I'd already figured that part out. I meant the part of the video where you do something around the front of the bike to loosen the whole beak and push it and the remaining "collar" part away. No worries though I've managed to change my air filter by just propping the tank up ...without moving the beak forward like you did. Thanks for your help. Really appreciate the tutorial videos on the pre-filter and air filter cleaning. Every video I find is a piece to the puzzle for me.
The book or service manual calls for every 6000 miles or 10000 kilometers. I would recommend if your riding in the dirt with it to check it about every 3000 miles or 5000 kilometers. The engine air filter pulls its air from under the rider's seat and there is a lot of dust and dirt in that area from riding off-road. I would strongly recommend a pre-filter from UNI if you are doing any off pavement riding. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@PistonSlap I'm supposed to go through all that every 3000 miles? That is flat out crazy, what bad design. On a 1000 mile trip with dirt roads, we are supposed to deal with that nonsense in some remote place twice. Worse yet drop a few hundred bucks at a dealer to replace a 10 dollar filter. Triumph sets a new standard for brain damage. Great video by the way, it saved many hours of frustration by showing me what bike not to buy.
If you are only riding on the street then a K&N would be worth it. If you are in the dirt like me and so many others, then no! It is better to put an oiled foam pre-filter in on along with the stock paper filter. The foam will catch more dust and debris than a K&N will due to the media type. Hope that answers your question and thanks for watching!
Yes! It takes about 5-15 minutes. Pull the seat off. and depending on how big your hands are. You can just pull and pop the pre-filter out. or remove the bracket that is just above it and then pull it out.
You have got to be kidding me. All that crap just to change an air filer and I have to do it every 10000 miles. I was considering a Tiger 800 to replace my KLR 650, NOT ANY MORE. Next stop KTM, BMW, Yamaha to see if they have any idea how to provide access to a stupid air box. Talk about bad or should I say no engineering.
The Tiger the Versys the V Strom all have to go through all this crap just to change a filter!!! 😱😱😱🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ Looks like I’ll be getting a moped!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Joe Siegel thanks I will look into some more options for lighinting. Added 6 high output lights last year to get more light into the shop. Again thanks for you input
That should work great. Otherwise, nice job. I have a 2018 XCA, and only difference I saw was the the push pins on the radiator lower panels aren't threaded. Also, I got away without having to disconnect the tank. Just carefully set it aside.
@@PistonSlap right? Seems like they should make it possible to make a slide in from the side, or a removable lid under the battery or something. Just insane that you have to remove the tank and almost all the plastics to change an air filter. It is things like this that make me question the engineering meetings where people all sitting around a table agree that a 2 hour air filter change is just fine. Ha ha.
