Air Filters and carb boots

[Slaninar]

Looking for a filter to install with Ivans Kit and saw Hiflo filters on ebay for approx £20, K&N and Piper £36 and BMC around £40.

Is this Hiflo a High Flow filter or direct replacement for standard ?

I could not find any info on filter regards spec but one link suggested that HiFlo also make K&N filters or it was the other way round.

I,m presuming its a paper version of K&N and not washable ,anyone ?????????

Also having watched my carb rubbers deteriorate the past 3 years just checked depth of one of the cracks @ 3.67mm which was a bit scary, still a couple of mm left but not worth the effort of porting .

Just trying to say that the crazing/cracking of boots is not something to get paranoid about but dont ignore it for too long.

Hiflo are good quality filters. However, they are (probably, not 100% sure) replacement for stock, OEM Yamaha filters. That means they are paper. Not reusable, washable and not that much of a HIGH FLOW. More like ordinary paper one.

K&N and BMC are similar quality, high flow, reusable (wash, dry, re-oil).


Carb rubbers. I wouldn't sweat it. Just wait until they are bust, then (have them) replace(d).

Cheers

P.S. Hope more experienced foccers will correct this if I said something really stupid.