Tim
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1 hour ago, Gixer1460 said:
A K&N replacement filter for an OEM one won't need re-jetting - anything other than using the std. airbox will ! I don't know the bike but possibly the box lid is incorporated with the filter - new filter = new lid? Just guessing? Don't worry - professionals can be equally clueless if trying to relieve you of folding!
Thank You,
You could have a point there, I have a very distant memory of someone saying something similar.
VERY distant.
Spoke to Fowlers, very obliging but didn't know so I've ordered a filter with an extra helping of hope.
K&N only make replacement oil filters for this one, a good call nonetheless.
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Thank you, all
Yes ok the bollocking can start and will be dutifully accepted.
Umm I might not not have done any rejetting and I suppose I was in denial that it would need doing. Also I read that with K&Ns no rejetting was necessary, and hoped that would extend to any cone filter. The damage the web can do to the naive.
I will bow my head in shame and visit a professional.
The reason I don't have the original air filter is simply because the filter box is missing the lid and I can't find one for sale anywhere. I think I should keep looking for one.
Thank you for the common sense it is gratefully received.
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Good evening
New member here and I'm already looking for help.
Are all after market air filters the same as far as breathing goes, or is there a significant difference depending on brand and/or quality.
Now the question is out of the way I'll set the scene for those who are struggling to sleep.
I have a GSX400f which I'm slowly "restoring". I've put cone air filters on it which I picked up from Amazon for, admittedly, not a lot.
I have stripped and cleaned the carbs, pushing nylon bristles through the pilot jets to clear them. The exhaust is a very elderly N-eta
Today I rode it on the road for the first time and it wasn't anywhere near as sprightly as the one I owned thirty odd years ago.
The poor thing runs very flat, hardly gets up a hill and whilst it revs fine on the driveway, as soon as there is any resistance like going up a hill, it can't do more than 40mph. My thoughts are that it is cheap air filters but I wanted to iron the idea out before parting with quite a chunk for Ram Air foam pods.
All the best
Tim
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That's right, four cylinder and not terribly popular.
Thanks for the advice. I did actually do that, feeling slightly pleased with myself.
But I just think I skimped where I shouldn't have done, like I say K&N don't make an air filter so I've gone original, may have to make my own air box cover if it doesn't come with one. Heaven knows how I'll do it though.