OEM or
Oiled foam or
K&N or
Amsoil or what else,
It's air filter time and I'm looking for opinions, what are folks running.
1973 R75/5.
Vince
/5 air filter opinions wanted
/5 air filter opinions wanted
http://www.vinceandersononline.com
1973-1/2 BMW R75/5 (LWB)
1971 Norton Commando
1952 Triumph TRW
1936 BMW R2
1973-1/2 BMW R75/5 (LWB)
1971 Norton Commando
1952 Triumph TRW
1936 BMW R2
Re: /5 air filter opinions wanted
I run a stock filter with no good argument for it:)
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Re: /5 air filter opinions wanted
Back 60 years ago we had those oil soaked air filters. Now we have the micro pore type paper filters by every manufacturer of road vehicles. Why? Because they filter.
Ask the Indians what happens when you don't control immigration.
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So,
Pleated paper,
Does anyone have a brand preference?,
Why?
Vince
Pleated paper,
Does anyone have a brand preference?,
Why?
Vince
http://www.vinceandersononline.com
1973-1/2 BMW R75/5 (LWB)
1971 Norton Commando
1952 Triumph TRW
1936 BMW R2
1973-1/2 BMW R75/5 (LWB)
1971 Norton Commando
1952 Triumph TRW
1936 BMW R2
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Re: /5 air filter opinions wanted
We used to be able to get the stock air filters for less than half from another distributor. Of course that was nearly 100 years ago. I would do a Google search. I would be very careful with this "going cheap" thing. Sometimes (often) one gets what one pays for.
Ask the Indians what happens when you don't control immigration.
Re: /5 air filter opinions wanted
If you haven't been here: http://www.bmwhucky.com/ yet, this is a good place to look for spares. And he is is really into /5s. 

Garnet


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I like Huckys too, but some of his stuff is aftermarket and some of his prices for OEM are way higher than MaxBMW. It pays to shop around and compare prices.Garnet wrote:If you haven't been here: http://www.bmwhucky.com/ yet, this is a good place to look for spares. And he is is really into /5s.
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His service could not be better.Tim Shepherd wrote:I like Huckys too, but some of his stuff is aftermarket and some of his prices for OEM are way higher than MaxBMW. It pays to shop around and compare prices.Garnet wrote:If you haven't been here: http://www.bmwhucky.com/ yet, this is a good place to look for spares. And he is is really into /5s.
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His service is great, indeed.Frog wrote:His service could not be better.Tim Shepherd wrote:I like Huckys too, but some of his stuff is aftermarket and some of his prices for OEM are way higher than MaxBMW. It pays to shop around and compare prices.Garnet wrote:If you haven't been here: http://www.bmwhucky.com/ yet, this is a good place to look for spares. And he is is really into /5s.
But for OEM parts, one can't beat Chicago's 20% off list. But phone in your order for fastest service. And while their H-D store is open on Mondays, BMW is closed - despite what it says on their website.
http://chicagobmwmotorcycle.com/store/