and might aswell give your coolant/antifreeze a good flush through aswell as so many people forget to do it regularly enoughbut dont use evans waterless coolant - its bullshit and ridiculously expensive
...PS) If the bike is new to you, then had anyone yet mentioned the front sprocket nut epic?
K&N air filters are alright, but don't expect a night'n'day difference. Good you can clean and re-use, but do factor additional time each service to clean it, dry it and re-oil it K&N recommend leaving it to dry naturally, fine on a summers' day, but hassle otherwise and delays putting the bike back together.Castrol Power1 oil is my fav. Think I read on here gear changes are a bit smoother with it. Dunno, seems ok and I've stuck with it. Opie Oils often have discounts on it. Avoid the K&N oil filters mind. The handy nut on end is overrated and there's been some dodgy batches that have failed giving you a nice oil slick feature to keep you and your mates behind you on their toes whilst your bikes seizes... Mate had one on this Speed Triple fail half way across Alps! was lucky, spotted it early and free wheeled down!
Castrol Power 1 does come in a really pretty plastic container, i’ll give you that.
Quote from: joebloggs on 24 July 2016, 05:29:25 amI have a question for anyone who has run pods. Describe what you mean by not running smoothly?I ran pods on my old kat and had a engine tuner set them up, they were fine 99 percent of the time but if I cracked the throttle wide open under certain conditions it would hesitate slightly while the slides sorted themselves out. Speaking to the tuner he suggested I rolled the gas on rather that go straight to full throttle and tbh a little practice I was able to keep it just the right side of bogging down without any loss in acceleration I hope this is the answer as I'm going for bell mouths so could really be asking for trouble if not.But that's not really good enough is it?You had them properly tuned yet were still prone to bogging down if you dared to give it a bit of welly, that alone is a good enough reason for me to not bother.
I have a question for anyone who has run pods. Describe what you mean by not running smoothly?I ran pods on my old kat and had a engine tuner set them up, they were fine 99 percent of the time but if I cracked the throttle wide open under certain conditions it would hesitate slightly while the slides sorted themselves out. Speaking to the tuner he suggested I rolled the gas on rather that go straight to full throttle and tbh a little practice I was able to keep it just the right side of bogging down without any loss in acceleration I hope this is the answer as I'm going for bell mouths so could really be asking for trouble if not.
You should not be needing to change the disks unless there is something wrong with themSemmi synth for me Castrol NGK plugs Standard genuine yam air filter, my argument against K&N is that I had a 14 year old filter that i replaced with a new OEM one and did not notice any difference. So if a dirty old one to new one gives no difference I don't see how a K&N one would make a difference.Old and new picture here
Quote from: fazersharp on 24 October 2017, 10:55:08 amYou should not be needing to change the disks unless there is something wrong with themSemmi synth for me Castrol NGK plugs Standard genuine yam air filter, my argument against K&N is that I had a 14 year old filter that i replaced with a new OEM one and did not notice any difference. So if a dirty old one to new one gives no difference I don't see how a K&N one would make a difference.Old and new picture hereI noticed the difference when going passed 7k revs on a dirty air filter.
Ibought a HiFlo air filter years ago which lasted about 3 days before i ordered a K&N.Most likely it was a ropey one, but the bike just didn't breathe at all.
In my head a wet K&N filter is likely to get bunged up more quickly than a dry paper one as every single particle that comes along will stick to it where as with a paper one it tends to hit it and fall off and collect out of the way of the main air flow .What do you think