Im in the process of building a replacement airbox for my TY250E, so I have bought a standard TY foam filter to get an idea of the size required. I needed to make a new cage for the filter (the wire mesh bit which goes inside the foam to keep it's shape) and had looked at various very expensive sheets of wire mesh down at the local Halfords. Anyway, the answer was staring me in the face (well hanging off a tree actually).

Go down to your local pet shop/wildlife store and have a look at bird feeders. The ones that are just a mesh tube full of peanuts. Yep - you can have a custom made wire tube perfect for the job at a bargain price. And another plus point is you can just put the nuts on the bird table and help reduce bird frustration as a bonus.

cheers!

Good Idea, I have the same problem as you, just finishing the bike and no cage, I did think about using chicken wire as a tempuary solution, I did see in TY trials that they will be reproducing the cages.

I will go down the pet shop tomomrow and have a look around.

Regards

Mark

Hi Flymo,

Yes, had a chat with John from TY this week and he is looking to do an alloy airbox replacement as well. Still a way off though so its a DIY job for me at the moment. I guess if lots of people are asking it makes it viable to get these parts reproduced.

cheers