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/5 air filter opinions wanted
Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 11:13 pm
by Unclviny
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
Re: /5 air filter opinions wanted
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:00 am
by Frog
I run a stock filter with no good argument for it:)
Re: /5 air filter opinions wanted
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:20 am
by Duane Ausherman
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.
Re: /5 air filter opinions wanted
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:53 am
by Unclviny
So,
Pleated paper,
Does anyone have a brand preference?,
Why?
Vince
Re: /5 air filter opinions wanted
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 2:18 am
by Duane Ausherman
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.
Re: /5 air filter opinions wanted
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 10:56 am
by Garnet
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.
Re: /5 air filter opinions wanted
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 12:56 pm
by Deleted User 62
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.
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.
Re: /5 air filter opinions wanted
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:50 am
by Frog
Tim Shepherd wrote: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.
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.
His service could not be better.
Re: /5 air filter opinions wanted
Posted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:07 am
by Deleted User 287
Frog wrote:Tim Shepherd wrote: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.
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.
His service could not be better.
His service is great, indeed.
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/