is a k and n filter worth buying, any noticeable difference ?

[darrsi]

[quote author=darrsi link=topic=27509.msg330275#msg330275 date=1663746939]
If you leave a paper filter on for 25,000 miles your bike will not be performing at its best capacity.

If you leave a filter in place *without checking it* for 25,000 miles, you've only yourself to blame.

Have you not seen the state of windows, or even vehicles, after it rains these days? The rain has thick dust in it. You can blatantly feel the engine breathing better as soon as a K&N is fitted.

You mean when the filter is *not* filtering out that thick dust but letting it pass through into your engine...?
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How exactly do you "check" a paper filter? The colour, blow through it?
Also to "check" it on my bike, however that may be, would still involve unleashing the tank cover, taking tank off, etc.
So may as well just clean a K&N once a year and know for sure it's all good. Obviously some people do more mileage than others but the K&N will cope anyway.


And the K&N, as you well know, is still a very decent filter, but it just breathes a lot better. You can really feel it through the throttle.