Air filter

[Crisis management]

He's not called Anthrax for nothing you know.....

K&N's have a reputation for poor filtration as they have bloody great holes that let lots of air in so you can rejet your carb/s to use more fuel...unfortunately the bloody great holes also let in lots of dirt & grit.
Paper elements can be cleaned by blowing them out with compressed air and then re-used. If its beyond it's use by date (no they aren't dated) then replace it with another OEM filter.

USE THE STOCK FILTER ELEMENT in case the former was too subtle

that will be $5.40.

[Bonez]

Now once you've fitted the OEM paper one you can use the old filter to make a foam reusable one by dismantling the old one and replace the paper with foam element if you feel adventurous. The foam is available in two grades from a ParaRubber store. Get the finer one and oil it with 90 weight gear oil.

From what I've glend over the years, and this isn't much, paper has proven to be the best air filtration medium by far.

[chester]

thanks all, I finally got a response from one of the many emails id sent:


Genuine Honda part is $84.50 ex Japan (2 week backorder)



Let me know if you wish to order.



Cheers



Daniel Evans

Parts and Accessories

BOTANY HONDA MOTORCYCLES LTD

Phone (09)2742727; Fax (09)2742728

[dangerous]

hey all, Im new to this so here goes.. I have a 250 honda hornet and are tryin to find a K&N air filter for it .

There is a high chance that the bike will run lean if you use a K&N, depending on how much this could upset the bike.
I hope you relise that a K&N will cost about 3x that of the Honda filter.
However if they make them you can try:
HighFlow
DNA
Uni

best bet might be to ring a Brisbane Honda shop, maybe.

[Bonez]

thanks all, I finally got a response from one of the many emails id sent:


Genuine Honda part is $84.50 ex Japan (2 week backorder)



Let me know if you wish to order.



Cheers



Daniel Evans

Parts and Accessories

BOTANY HONDA MOTORCYCLES LTD

Phone (09)2742727; Fax (09)2742728

Contacted Ecohonda at all?

[xwhatsit]

Contacted Ecohonda at all?

Yeah, even if he has to order one in, I'll guarantee his mark-up will be substantially less. Seems on the high side, but perhaps paper filters are more expensive than the old-style foam ones. Also -- with the foam ones you normally just order the filter element -- are paper ones the same? I.e., don't buy the whole cage, just the filtering bit. If that's how the paper ones work.

[Bonez]

Yeah, even if he has to order one in, I'll guarantee his mark-up will be substantially less. Seems on the high side, but perhaps paper filters are more expensive than the old-style foam ones. Also -- with the foam ones you normally just order the filter element -- are paper ones the same? I.e., don't buy the whole cage, just the filtering bit. If that's how the paper ones work.

No the paper ones are all one piece, unlike the one on your RS.

[Taz]

An ideal candidate for being converted to a Unifilter.
Buy some filter foam, cut the old paper elephant out with a very sharp knife (ask your parents to do it for you if you're clumsy), then cut your filter foam to be a tight fit in the holder, and glue it in with something sticky (chain spooge, elephant snot, silicon adhesive, or hot-melt glue).
Wait for it to dry, then bung it in.
If you want to indulge in extra safe breathing, or you ride your bike at the speedway or on the beaCH, or your bike likes dustbaths, treat it with some filter oil, or something sticky (see above).

If you go down this route I would sugest some sort of mesh to support said foam if the filter is a flat cageless design. Remember the Honda OEM filter is guaranteed to fit and work with no modification or jetting issues. But what would honda know eh?

[chester]

yes im gonna bite the bullet and get the honda one, no mods needed, no carb problems, just put it in and ride.....