K&N filter

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For all of you who are thinking about it or like me never really got around to getting one and putting it in...


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Make like Nike and just do it !!!! :aidan​

My bike feels great with it in. It feels like its finally breathing properly. Lovely through the mid range with a sweet deep groan coming from the air box.

If you a sceptic and your worried about dirt getting through it or something like that ... get a prefilter !!!!

There you go, nobody has any excuse now.

My bike has definitely benefited from the K&N filter.


BTW . it passed mot last week so i have been using it everyday ...WHOOP WHOOP !!!!


I now await a slating...:augie
 
no ta!

I'll make do with the bog standard - I'm not sure I want to add a "deep groan" however sweet it may be to the various strange noises my bike already makes.

:augie
 
I recently ran with a K&N filter but have just gone back to stock; Hong Kong is pretty dusty in the winter months (cool and dry weather) and I was concerned about the [reported] differences in dust filtration between stock and K&N ...

... anyway. I have noticed that the bike feels slightly breathless at motorway cruising speed (110 km/h in HK) and above. I am going to refit the K&N to see if there really is a difference - I think there is but it's all 'seat-o-the-pants' stuff!

I suppose that as long as a K&N is kept oiled, dust filtration shouldn't be a problem.

This thread could be a can of worms ... :toungincheek

Nick
 
i put one in and really didnt notice much, however i already had a pipe, techlusion unit, and a clean filter before hand ,
the k and n got fitted cos
(a) i could clean it
(b ) it was in my garage

(thought you didnt oil k and n,s now?or do you on a gs?)
 
wondered, as there was a test in one of the mags showing that k and n,s flowed better without, and a lot of tuners wernt oiling them anymore
 
Digger06 said:
wondered, as there was a test in one of the mags showing that k and n,s flowed better without, and a lot of tuners wernt oiling them anymore
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Mmmmmmm ... I could imagine that unoiled, it might flow better but I would have thought that the oil plays a part in catching dirt and dust :nenau ? Take away the oil and you are more prone to a build up of finer particles in the air box / getting into places where it shouldn't be?

I'm happy to keep it oiled - I will replace mine tomorrow (K&N back in, stock out) to see what the seat-o-the-pants meter thinks!

Nick
 
Just keep the K&N oiled, apart from keeping the fine dust out
it also keeps the moisture out.
Look at dirt bikes and a well oiled filter is a must.
 
Digger06 said:
i put one in and really didnt notice much, however i already had a pipe, techlusion unit, and a clean filter before hand ,
the k and n got fitted cos
(a) i could clean it
(b ) it was in my garage

(thought you didnt oil k and n,s now?or do you on a gs?)
Click to expand...

I think to get the best out of your pipe you will need slippers.
 
Standard paper vs K&N, no measurable difference on the dyno. The R1100S makes more bhp yet has a smaller paper filter as standard, do you really think the standard GS paper filter is restrictive? Good marketing by K&N:)
 
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