[TR] K & N air filters

[Mark Hooper]

In the past I have installed K&N filters on my motorcycles and my TR6 for the
following highly technical reasons:

/start technical reasons

1 - They look pretty.
2 - They let me fit nice shiny filter enclosures

/end technical reasons

They certainly do flow more easily than paper filters. Just put them on a
2-stroke motorcycle and watch it stop working due to the changed intake vacuum
level. Unfortunately it is probably also true that the flow improvement is due
to less effective filtering.

Faut souffrir pour etre belle.


Mark Hooper
1972 TR6 (with triple Strombergs and K&Ns)


-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of John Macartney
Sent: May-19-12 9:24 AM
To: triumphs at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] K & N air filters

IMHO, the KN filter is a waste of money. I had two on my Triumph 2000,
noticed
nothing in terms of 'increased performance' (but then I don't believe such
claims anyway) and certainly no increase in the amount of filth the KN
retained in comparison to my conventional Unipart paper filter.
That said,
mere observation is an inaccurate method of efficacy measurement but I was
and
still am far from convinced.
 I've also asked many people if they believed the
advertising hype, seen increased dirt retention or felt the KN was a better
option? The answers have been 'No' in all cases - but perhaps those people
were all grumpy old *b*****s" just like me?

Jonmac