Any idea why?I'm pretty sure a lot of folks are staying away from K&Ns.
i,ve had a K&N in mine for 8 yrs now no issues at all easy to clean and put back toAnyone gone to a reusable filter like K&N?
I went to replace mine & discovered that a previous owner had put Yamaha race pods inside the airbox so I left it like that.
I've "heard" that they don't filter as well as advertised. I don't know if there's been a "scientific test/comparison" to prove or disprove it though.Any idea why?
Not sure how scientific this is, but it’s enough to shake my peace of mind using a K&N:I've "heard" that they don't filter as well as advertised. I don't know if there's been a "scientific test/comparison" to prove or disprove it though.
Whatever that first sensor in the intake with the wire is, don't think it likes it. Rings don't like the grit.I never liked the thin layer of oil on the throttle body or carb. Can't be good for modern sensors.
That goes in line with what my brother was saying. He doesn’t like them as they let too much air through & it upsets the fuel mixture.I've used K&N in the past, on several vehicles. I remember when I got my very first one. You can see through them. Can't see through OE. At the time K&N was the king of filters. Everybody was using them. Then the articles started coming out about OE flowing more than a motor can use anyway. How, if you want to flow more air into the motor, the throttle body size has to be increased. Regardless of how much air a filter flowed, the throttle body opening could only flow so much, and OE flowed more than it could use.
Then I started seeing articles similar to the one above. Back to OE. Didn't feel any performance difference, and I felt that the filtration was very likely better, so. . . .
Thanks, appreciate the feedback.If they are empty I use a padlock to lock them to the bike but if they are full I use the cable too
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You must have been a Boy Scout. I would have liked that assortment during my first oil change on the SxS in AZ. The Wolverine Rmax has about 6 or 8 different drain plugs, including 2 little ones on the oil cooler lines. Naturally one of them fell into the oil container and I could not get it out. Had to run to the dealer and fork out about $8 for a replacement. The thing is, only a couple oz of oil even came out those lines. Won't even bother with them in the future. I did recover the gasket later when I drained the combination oil catcher/container.Didn't really do anything to the bike, but I did acquire some stuff to make life in the Garage a little easier.
I never seem to have the size I need....................
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Copper Washer assortments in both Metric and SAE, as well as 12mm and 14mm crush-washers
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