Best and Worst Air Intakes
#31
06-07-2013, 08:59 AM
Outstanding HDF Member
#32
06-07-2013, 12:29 PM
Tourer
I bought the DK Customs kit with brass breather bolts and it blows oil all over my bike. Then bought their external breather element with the 2 houses that hang down into a separate breather and same problem oil all over the bike. Now i'm out almost 200 dollars combined for an air filter element I used less than a week. Unhappy to say the least. And NO it's not overfull only 3and 1/2 qts. of oil in motor 2009 street glide, it's not over filled at all.
#33
06-07-2013, 12:55 PM
Road Warrior
#35
06-07-2013, 03:04 PM
check out the s&s single bore tuned induction air cleaner.
has 20% more surface area than the teardrop and provides tons of dynos showing comparisons from stock.
I just installed one' I love it!!
lump
it looks great, like 2 se heavy breathers but I think slightly smaller.
anyway' just my opinion, I looked high and low and decided that was what I wanted on my bike.
good luck
lump
has 20% more surface area than the teardrop and provides tons of dynos showing comparisons from stock.
I just installed one' I love it!!
lump
it looks great, like 2 se heavy breathers but I think slightly smaller.
anyway' just my opinion, I looked high and low and decided that was what I wanted on my bike.
good luck
lump
#36
06-07-2013, 03:08 PM
#37
06-07-2013, 07:03 PM
So what's wrong with the stock filter? I know K&N breathes easier but filters less contaminants. Seems like a bad choice to me for longevity of the engine. Am I willing to give up a horse or two at top RPM for engine durability... YES! Did the engineers at Harley just design a crappy intake system? On purpose? Or are they just incompetent?
http://www.nicoclub.com/archives/kn-vs-oem-filter.html
http://www.nicoclub.com/archives/kn-vs-oem-filter.html
Yep, I have a K&N style filter and can't say I've ever looked for 3rd party test data, so that report was a bit surprising. That said, now I'm curious how well the common brand paper filters for our touring bikes would fair. They may well follow the same trends as the filters tested in the report... then again they may not. With so much out-sourcing and multi-sourcing going on these days, the filter materials for one product line from a given brand may not be the same as that used in another line.
#38
06-07-2013, 07:07 PM
I bought the DK Customs kit with brass breather bolts and it blows oil all over my bike. Then bought their external breather element with the 2 houses that hang down into a separate breather and same problem oil all over the bike. Now i'm out almost 200 dollars combined for an air filter element I used less than a week. Unhappy to say the least. And NO it's not overfull only 3and 1/2 qts. of oil in motor 2009 street glide, it's not over filled at all.
#39
06-07-2013, 07:11 PM
Seasoned HDF Member
Good link!
Yep, I have a K&N style filter and can't say I've ever looked for 3rd party test data, so that report was a bit surprising. That said, now I'm curious how well the common brand paper filters for our touring bikes would fair. They may well follow the same trends as the filters tested in the report... then again they may not. With so much out-sourcing and multi-sourcing going on these days, the filter materials for one product line from a given brand may not be the same as that used in another line.
Yep, I have a K&N style filter and can't say I've ever looked for 3rd party test data, so that report was a bit surprising. That said, now I'm curious how well the common brand paper filters for our touring bikes would fair. They may well follow the same trends as the filters tested in the report... then again they may not. With so much out-sourcing and multi-sourcing going on these days, the filter materials for one product line from a given brand may not be the same as that used in another line.
