Air Filters for desert use.

[Rugged Path]

I had seen somewhere in the past that it is possible to buy air filters for the 1150GS models; that are good for desert use.

Any specialist companies selling em?

 

[billyt53]

Have a look at Unifilter...part# 7302 KIT
Come with snorkel filter as well. I use the snorkel filter all the time and am surprised how clean the main filter is. Just have to clean the snorkel filter only!
Use the recommended oil and wring it out well. Use mineral turps only to clean the filters.

http://www.uniflow.com.au/

Billy

 

[sockpuppet]

I had seen somewhere in the past that it is possible to buy air filters for the 1150GS models; that are good for desert use.

Any specialist companies selling em?

Why would you want to filter out trifle?

 

[davegs]

Filters

Std ones work ok, just take out the element and knock out the dust every night, done it no probs.

 

[Fanum]

Std ones work ok, just take out the element and knock out the dust every night, done it no probs.

If it's blowy and there's sand in the air I tend to stick the foot off a pair of tights (don't ask!! ) over my snorkel but as Dave says, the standard filter works well, as witnessed by the lack of sand/dust inside the ring it sits over in the airbox.

 

[Steptoe]

Std ones work ok, just take out the element and knock out the dust every night, done it no probs.

The trouble with this idea is it's far too simple, and cheap, and therefore lacking in kudos.

People like to pay lots of money for specialist items and to make their bike different, and the more they're asked to pay the better the feeling. Weather it actually works or not is totally irellevent.
So long as it looks the part while in the carpark and other riders ask all the right questions about your travel ideology is all that matters

 

[billyt53]

Std ones work ok, just take out the element and knock out the dust every night, done it no probs.

Great idea IF you want to pull your air filter every night.
After a hard days ride through desert, I sure as hell wouldn't feel like
pulling the air filter each night, easy job as it is. Cost wise, Unifilters are roughly double the cost of standard filters but last indefinitely if looked after.

Just answering his question.

Billy

 

[MattW]

Great idea IF you want to pull your air filter every night.
After a hard days ride through desert, I sure as hell wouldn't feel like
pulling the air filter each night, easy job as it is. Cost wise, Unifilters are roughly double the cost of standard filters but last indefinitely if looked after.

Just answering his question.

Billy

Yebbut, If I was riding through the desert I'd expect to have to do a bit of routine maintenance - knocking the dust off an air filter is hardly the end of the world?

 

[motobiker]

Its a good job I finished my cuppa before I read this thread.. the mess on my screen and keyboard wouldn't be pretty.

 

[Fanum]

Great idea IF you want to pull your air filter every night.
After a hard days ride through desert, I sure as hell wouldn't feel like
pulling the air filter each night, easy job as it is. Cost wise, Unifilters are roughly double the cost of standard filters but last indefinitely if looked after.

and how do you have to look after them?

BY TAKING THEM OUT EVERY NIGHT AND CLEANING THEM!!!!

There's no magic panacea here......no quick fix that will cure the problem with little effort....
It's simple, grade 1 physics......

Yes, oiled cleanable filters might last forever if they're looked after 'properly', but you either get increased air flow and more power but less filtration, or more filtration with less power and less air flow (unless you can radically expand the surface area of the filter surface by using a bigger air box)

OEM filters keep more shyte out of the system than oily 'performance' ones......you only have to look at one at the end of a day's riding to see the results....and unless you build a cyclonic filter system (I happen to know a development engineer who makes these for Nuclear reactor airflow systems where minimal flow loss with maximum filtration is the holy grail, but it'll cost you several tens of thousand pounds to get one on a bike) then you're stuck with either shaking it our regularly or lowering the airflow and power to get better filtration.

 

[Deleted account W]

How many days will the bike spend riding in the desert?

20?

Then maybe you should whip it out and bang it on your hip in a cowboy style.

One or two? Don't let it worry you. The bike will still plough on.

Will you take my advice after asking though?

 

[Steptoe]

Unifilters are roughly double the cost of standard filters but last indefinitely if looked after.

Couldn't care less how much or long the filter lasts - i'm more worried about the cost and life of my engine.

Simple logic will always win.

 

[Fanum]

How many days will the bike spend riding in the desert?

20?

Then maybe you should whip it out and bang it on your hip in a cowboy style.

One or two? Don't let it worry you. The bike will still plough on.

Will you take my advice after asking though?

Pssst Kev...take a look at where the OP lives

Shh....I won't tell anyone if you don't

 

[brassmonkey001]

Why would you want to filter out trifle?

Them sprinkles will block your jets for sure.

 

[billyt53]

Do whatever your comfortable with.


Each to their own.

 

[davegs]

Filters

Couldn't care less how much or long the filter lasts - i'm more worried about the cost and life of my engine.

Simple logic will always win.

Neil, start selling nuclear type filters there must be a market on here! (do they glow in the dark?). What ever filter you've got it will need cleaning in the
desert bike will also need a good look at after a hard sand ridden day, apart from straightning after falling in off in the sand many times. Forget the posers look and just get on with it it takes minutes to whip out the air filter anyway.
Save the money to pay medical bills!.
Dave gs.