K&N: anyone heard of this?
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You might be right or it could just be a fluke with the 1000RR. But I haven't heard about BMC until last year either. I am just regurgitating what I have heard from other people.
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RE: K&N: anyone heard of this?
oil type filters CAN ruin sensors in your intake.
i dont think its much of an issue on a bike though, more so on cars.
heres what heppens.
you have your oiled filter (K&N, AEM, W/E) you have your car running producing a vaccum on the intake pulling air from beyond the filter and getting clean air after it, ALSO mixed with small particles of filter oil, over time they can gum up on the mass air flow sensor(MAF) which reads resistance though a small heated wire in the intake to determine how much air you are flowing to calculate how much fuel the fuel system needs to be producing.
SO when you gum up your MAF then you start getting erronious readings from the sensor.
as long as you have the time to remove the sensor every once in awhile to clean it off then you should be fine (id also take a look at the throttle body as well, i have seen buildup on both)
im not very familiar with these bikes but thats how it can cause problems on vehicles.
im not trying to bash K&N or anything, its jsut a problem with all oiled filters, just stating the facts and what i have seen from personal experience.
i dont think its much of an issue on a bike though, more so on cars.
heres what heppens.
you have your oiled filter (K&N, AEM, W/E) you have your car running producing a vaccum on the intake pulling air from beyond the filter and getting clean air after it, ALSO mixed with small particles of filter oil, over time they can gum up on the mass air flow sensor(MAF) which reads resistance though a small heated wire in the intake to determine how much air you are flowing to calculate how much fuel the fuel system needs to be producing.
SO when you gum up your MAF then you start getting erronious readings from the sensor.
as long as you have the time to remove the sensor every once in awhile to clean it off then you should be fine (id also take a look at the throttle body as well, i have seen buildup on both)
im not very familiar with these bikes but thats how it can cause problems on vehicles.
im not trying to bash K&N or anything, its jsut a problem with all oiled filters, just stating the facts and what i have seen from personal experience.
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RE: K&N: anyone heard of this?
Tell ya what... you want a sever more opinions, pictures of the different filters (very enlightening!), and some real information about air filters for bikes... then go to another thread I started several months ago... find it here...
https://cbrforum.com/m_506871/tm.htm
Oh, and so you know, the BMC picture IS of the race filter.
https://cbrforum.com/m_506871/tm.htm
Oh, and so you know, the BMC picture IS of the race filter.
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RE: K&N: anyone heard of this?
Sometimes the OEM is better in the situation of bikes. I know for my R6 the KN allowed just way too much air it would run lean. I would stick OEM unless you're dyno sure that it will help. I love K&N on my car though...
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