23-06-15, 02:53 PM
I read once about a guy going round the world on his CX500, he washed his in petrol and then brushed it with clean engine oil.
A lot of people say I wash mine in ABC and spray XYZ on it without problem but unless you pull the engine apart and measure it, it could be close to failure.
The thing is most motorcycles do such low millage any problems wouldn't show for years or maybe multiple owners.
K&N give their filters a million mile warranty and they should only need cleaning every 30 to 50,000 miles, a lot of the time you can get way with just knocking and brushing the dirt out of them and re oiling.
A lot of people say I wash mine in ABC and spray XYZ on it without problem but unless you pull the engine apart and measure it, it could be close to failure.
The thing is most motorcycles do such low millage any problems wouldn't show for years or maybe multiple owners.
K&N give their filters a million mile warranty and they should only need cleaning every 30 to 50,000 miles, a lot of the time you can get way with just knocking and brushing the dirt out of them and re oiling.