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K&N oil filters .. known issue..FYI
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greekcb Offline
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Post: #11
RE: K&N oil filters .. known issue..FYI
Thanks for the post Ferret. About a month ago i was about to stop by cycle gear and grab one of the K+N filters to do my break in oil change. Ive used the K+N filters as well on my Yamaha Roadliner. Anyway, i saw a post here with someone who had a filter fail and blow oil out all over. I immediately said screw that filter, ill just go OEM Honda. I had 2 spares for my Yamaha in the garage, in the trash they went. Ill just use the good old OEM ones from now on. Cant believe the disaster the K+N ones are.
11-22-2017 04:56 PM
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Cormanus Offline
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Queensland, Australia
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Post: #12
RE: K&N oil filters .. known issue..FYI
I suspect this all pretty hard on K&N, a company which has made lots of oil filters and had very few problems. That said, it is a significant failure for a motorcycle and one that puts the rider and others at risk. And it's a design fault that there's such a significant point of weakness on the filter. I'll certainly not be using them again.
11-22-2017 07:41 PM
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curlyjoe Offline
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Massachusetts
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Post: #13
RE: K&N oil filters .. known issue..FYI
The "chronology" section in the NHTSA safety recall report is interesting.

A change in manufacturer started the problem.

2013 CB1100 ABS
2008 ST1300
11-24-2017 05:36 AM
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Houtman Offline
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NC USA
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Post: #14
RE: K&N oil filters .. known issue..FYI
New ( cheaper ? ) supplier ???
11-24-2017 08:32 AM
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