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Apr 22, 2012 | 06:00 AM

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goats

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From: kingston ontario

ahh, i must have heard my buddy wrong or misunderstood him.
just looked at this online https://www.amsoil.com/storefront/wix.aspx good history there, after reading that i want to use them even more now :-)

anyone here use the wix filters?

May 30, 2012 | 10:14 PM

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blue bronco

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From: Bothell ,WA

yes a use wix fillters in all my cars and have for many years . As said before they are very highly rated I have not yet used one on my bike yet.

Jan 14, 2016 | 10:28 AM

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redbeard55

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From: mt olive, al.

i'm using AMSOIL, great just fill in bike specs and everything for it comes right up. chain lube, transmission fluid oil filter i mean everything.

Jan 14, 2016 | 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by goats

it is possible that i am just a tard or something but i cant seem to find an oil filter for my bike at any of the usual places, canadian tire, napa, auto parts bla bla bla. i would bet money these places have a filter for my bike but they cant find it in the system and my google fu seems to have failed me on this subject, so my question is.....what oil filter can/should i use for my 2011 blackline? (the 96B engine) for this oil change a harley dealership is not an option.
please and thank you in advance

I come at this from a different perspective than some, I've not bought an oil filter for any of my bikes in years, I run permanent oil filters. High oil flow rates, reduction of parasitic pumping loss, magnetic pre-filtering with a consistent filtering medium and the billet outer housing that aids in cooling of the oil along with a progressive by-pass which prevents unfiltered oil bypassing the filter at startup and at high-rpm operation.

Are the Outlaw permanent oil filters more expensive than a disposable oil filter? Yes. But you'll never buy another oil filter again, a permanent oil filter like the DK Custom Products Outlaw is easy to remove, install, and clean; the only consumable you'll need to replace is the quad ring; I've been getting typically 5 to 7 oil changes before I've needed to replace the quad ring.

The discussion of oil filters always turns to micron ratings; HD filters are rated on percentages and averages. The Outlaw permanent filter is rated not on a 'nominal' rating but rather on an 'absolute' rating. If you were to Google up 'absolute vs nominal' oil filter ratings you'd have hours of reading on the topic but basically a 10-micron rated paper filter may be letting particles 100 microns and larger through on the first pass. The 304 medical grade stainless steel cloth used in the Outlaw filter is consistent across the entire surface and is rated at 35 microns, meaning nothing larger than 35 microns will pass through the material; it is an absolute rating, with paper filters, the micron rating is just an average based on multiple passes.

The discussion of oil or oil filters can sometimes become controversial, my goal is to present you with an alternative to consider

You can read more about the Outlaw polished permanent oil filter HERE and the anodized black permanent oil filter HERE

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Quote from Hot Bike Magazine:

"Besides doing a superior job of cleaning and cooling the oil, independent testers doing back-to-back dyno comparisons of these reusable oil filters and an ordinary disposable, charted as much as an 8-horsepower bump along with 10 more lb-ft of torque."