Do you ever change your Air Filter?

[Ammoman]

It seems to be something I never bother with.
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[fatpies]

Changed it about 3 weeks ago.

It was covered in flies and crud, improved my MPG a bit too.
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Remind me not to buy your bike if you sell it.

Air filters have got to be the the easiest thing to change/clean on any vehicle.
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[keggyhander]

Change it? No.

I wash it out every couple of months.

[Rogue_Shadow]

[Musketeer]

I changed mine about a month ago. I do it every year with both car and bike.

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

[Rogue_Shadow]

[neil.]

Change mine to the schedule, every 7.5k miles. It always comes out looking darker than the new one and for the sake of £10, why not?
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[Jim Mc]

regards the guy above saying how difficult it was to remove the oil filter. I've never understood why people put them on that tight. I always hand tighten mine and have never had a problem due to the diameter of the filter I can get plenty of torque on it.

[Supermoto_Fan]

Did it the other day as for the sake of £10 it's nice to know all consumables are new since I have owned the bike
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[mentalboy]

I haven't ever changed the Zed's air filter.

It's got a lifetime K&N
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[Kradmelder]

Every service. Its clogged with dust. Sometimes you can bang it out but usually not.


10 pounds for an air filter? You obviously don't own a KTM! Closer to 30 pounds
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[Ja7]

I think my old one would of done this, tinderbox stunk of fuel, I pay 15 quid for my filters, and they do change the running of the bike slightly

[Blau Zedong]

Utter bastard to change on the GSXR, Done two this year, one on the 750 before I sold it and on the 1100. Battery box out, CDI off, part of rear mudguard off.
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[Shinigami]

haven't changed one yet, my 125 didn't have one (the space under the seat acted as an airbox)

and the hornets looked clean and newish when I got it in Jan, no idea how much they are for the hornet
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[Copycat73]

yes...

https://i867.photobucket.com/albums/ab232/copycat73/24k%20Service%2014th%20jan%202013/Photo0974_zpsfaf20949.jpg

on the millage Due.
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[Sako]

Change it as per service interval says.

[Drake]

bandit 12 with pods. wash them and re-oil them. simples. no airbox to mess aboutwith
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[Islander]

[Walloper]

It may depend on the envronment the bike runs in. No dust and shit to filter it may well last for years.
Those that need filter oil soaking may last longer as the oil change helps wash out any shit. The oil also protects the filter fibers too.

Filters wear out as well as clog. A lot of the stuff it is protecting the engine from is microscopic so you may not see the tiny tears in the fabric that those little pollen grains and stuff pass through. Once combusted dust turns to hard carbon which grinds/polishes and so wears the metal off your engine, pollutes the engine oil.

Like a damaged filter, a clogged filter can accelerate engine wear too. If the cylinder can't get air through the filter it will sook it through other ways. Engine Breather then past piston rings and valve guides. This pulls lubricant away from the places the air squeezes through resulting in more friction.

For the sake of the hassle and cost, if you have the tank and airbox off/open then why not bang a new filter in? Unless the old one looks like a new one. But then are you sure you can say it is as good?

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[Pete.]

I changed the one in my Bandit last year and it extended the tank range by about 20 miles.

My mate came round on his Hornet complaining that it was holding back badly in the higher gears, turned out his air filter was so filthy the engine would barely breathe through it.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good