billyt Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 A lot of urban myth & miss information about air filters in this thread. I would suggest a read of this technical article by people who do this for a living. K&N filters. Click on the link below. http://www.knfilters.com/filter_facts.htm#OILING Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lineaway Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 The funny thing Is Billy, you would not believe who or where K&N came from. Ha! Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyt Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) Enlighten me......... I do trust what K&N say. I am all ears. Riverside CA no doubt. Edited April 6, 2015 by billyt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lineaway Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 The idea came from a male nurse in Albuquerque New Mexico.(That`s why gauze is used.) The original filters were made in the back room at the Yamaha shop I worked at. A mechanic at Bobby J`s Yamaha made the first pleating machine. I bought my first one in 1972 for my JT1. After several Years, K&N Yamaha out of Tulsa bought the rights, and that`s where the name came from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyt Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 Good background info. It is always interesting to learn how/where a product started out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0007 Posted April 6, 2015 Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 oil not needed for uk trials, very little dust. wash the air filter after every trial if it wet and clean the airbox out. I didn't know dust did not exist in the UK But..... If dust is not in the UK then why are you cleaning the filter? And what are you cleaning out of the airbox? In my opinion, only snowmobiles and boat motors don't need air filters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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