K&N Filters?

[DblTrbl]

Is or has anyone run the K&N filters on their RSV?

I'm thinking to switching to them during the Trike conversion.

Would appreciate any input.

Thanks

Dennis

[tfdeputydawg]

IMHO, over priced and over rated

[cavie]

I have one on my 2001 Dodge Dakota since new. Ran one on my Suzuki Volusia. Have one on my VTX trike. Can't say enough good about them. Clean 'em and ride.

[keepinon]

I owned a hot-shot company for many years. In 2000, one of my contract drivers bought a new Dodge/Cummins & trailer. He promptly changed the program & added a K&N air filter.

I know he serviced it religiously, but at 80K miles, it was blowing motor oil out thru the oil pan breather tube. Compression was down to 120# per cylinder, very low power.

Since the truck had a 100K mile warranty, he took it back to Dodge to get fixed. BUT, Dodge found dust in the breather tube between the air filter & blower. The cylinder walls & rings were sandblasted terribly. AND DODGE refused to warrant the problem, K&N specs, in dusty conditions weren't up to Cummins specs. We travel a lot of dirt/unimproved roads to the drilling rigs. This guy had to eat the $10K rebuild.

I won't put K&N filters on a bicycle.

If you run only Interstate roads, maybe ok. Maybe ok on a v-twinky with the side air cleaners.

But the hassle of getting to the air filter on these 6cyl Hondas means most aren't cleaned nearly often enough.

Just my opinion, worth what you paid for it.

[DblTrbl]

Always good to get pros and cons.

I have K&N filter on my Tacoma and also ran it on my wife's Honda Civic and never had a problem and I lived in the High Desert CA. Lots of wind and sand there.

I am curious as to the bike though. A service manager here in NH recommended not running it on my RSTD. Not sure if it was so he could sell me Yamaha parts or not.

Hope to get some more feedback both pro/con so I have something else to decide on over the winter.

Thanks for your input so far.

[Jonesy]

Always good to get pros and cons.

I have K&N filter on my Tacoma and also ran it on my wife's Honda Civic and never had a problem and I lived in the High Desert CA. Lots of wind and sand there.

I am curious as to the bike though. A service manager here in NH recommended not running it on my RSTD. Not sure if it was so he could sell me Yamaha parts or not.

Hope to get some more feedback both pro/con so I have something else to decide on over the winter.

Thanks for your input so far.

Go to ventureriders.org those people are more venture/tour deluze owners and could help you better. I do remember something about engines being choked for lack of air in some instances on them.

[Ragtop69gs]

I run K&N on my RSV, they have been there since the bike was new, 80K miles and no problems. I ran them in my "94 Dodge Ram whick was used as a dune runner and mud bogger, I sold the truck with 290K still running strong.

The key to using the K&N filters is to keep them oiled, use pre-filter wraps on them and run them dirty.

[alwrmcusn]

I use K & N on my 2009 RSV (Hannigan).

[DblTrbl]

I use K & N on my 2009 RSV (Hannigan).

I assume you are happy with them since they are still on your RSV....

Did you need to replace the filter box or cover?

[Christo]

I run k&n on my warrior and the S&S equivalent on both my FatBob and my Chopper. I also run a "green " filter on my camaro. On the bikes you have to be careful because if you switch out the filters for higher flowing filters you may have to "tune" the bike depending on the amount of increased flow and other changes made. I have a Power commander 5 with a custom tune in it for the changes I have made on my warrior and I have a cobra fi2000 autotuner on the FatBob. The chopper is carburated so it is a matter of playing with jet sizes

[bongobobny]

Go to ventureriders.org those people are more venture/tour deluze owners and could help you better. I do remember something about engines being choked for lack of air in some instances on them.

Actually they get too much air and sometimes run like crap, especially if you don't keep them oiled! MPG has been noted to go down as well.

That being said I put a pair on this summer and so far so good...

[alwrmcusn]

I assume you are happy with them since they are still on your RSV....

Did you need to replace the filter box or cover?

Sorry, you did not specify air filters. I use their oil filters.

[Bones158]

I use both K&N filters, air and oil. 68,000 miles with no problems!!

[DblTrbl]

I use both K&N filters, air and oil. 68,000 miles with no problems!!

Bones, did you have to change out the air filter canisters? I'm trying to plan this out so that while they are doing my conversion I can add this and have it tuned/adjusted properly.

Thanks,

Dennis

[Bones158]

This is what I have used. http://www.knfilters.com/search/prod...x?prod=YA-1399. I remove them once per season to clean them. Really don't know if the investment vs performance is worth it but cleaning them is easy. No modifications needed on change out from stock to K&N.

[Condor]

Is or has anyone run the K&N filters on their RSV?

I'm thinking to switching to them during the Trike conversion.

Would appreciate any input.

Thanks

Dennis

I run K&N's on all three of my RSV's Hard to tell if the performance is any better, but I like the ability to reuse, and the lifetime warrantee of the filter.