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[Mike Awesome]

Does anyone know if fram makes a paper element air filter for the KLR650 ? If so what do they sell for? I am not trying to start a long thread on what filter to use, just want to try a paper filter offroad. Thanks in advance. Mike "skeeter" Awesome A1klr650 I'm no racist I dislike everybody Wave only to scantily clad babes Have only 9 toes ( causing me to swim in circles) Check my oil by size of oil patch left on carport

[brettonwolfgang@hotmail.com]

What do you use to clean your air filter ? Looking for recomendations. BW brettonwolfgang@...

[Zachariah Mully]

BW- Someone on the list suggested Simple Green last week and this weekend I tried it out on my horribly dirty TwinAir... Worked like a charm, plus you don't have to deal with noxious & explosive solvents and can use the waste water to clean out the soap scum in the tub when you are done. Just make sure you rinse it really well, it took a couple of good rinsings to get all the SG out. ------------------ Zack SE DC A5 "Buster" A1 Connie -----Original Message----- From: brettonwolfgang@... [mailto:brettonwolfgang@...] Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 9:19 AM To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_klr650] air filter What do you use to clean your air filter ? Looking for recomendations. BW brettonwolfgang@... Visit the KLR650 archives at http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... Let's keep this list SPAM free! Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

[Allan Patton]

Last week, I was lamenting, OK whining about my Little Buddy's increase in oil consumption. When I removed the dirty air filter, I noticed a dirty area, maybe half an inch wide, on the foam filter where it compresses against the plastic in front. Makes me think for some reason it did not properly seal and allowed in unfiltered air. Getting in a hurry and slapping in a clean filter may have been a costly mistake. When I installed the clean filter this time, I cleaned up the area where it seals, and took my time to make sure the filter is on properly. Afterward, I got to thinkin' maybe I should cut an inspection hole in the top of the air box so I could see the back side of the filter, and cover it with duck tape. Leaving for Arkansas in the morning. Allan A14 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Marc Illsley Clarke]

Did I miss something here? Why cut a hole? You have to take off the side panels to take off the seat so you can look at the top of the air box. Why not just take off the right hand side panel and then just open the air box access door on the right side of the air box and look in. -- Marc, KLR650 A12, Loveland, CO USA Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 23:06:37 -0600 From: "Allan Patton" Subject: air filter Last week, I was lamenting, OK whining about my Little Buddy's increase in oil consumption. When I removed the dirty air filter, I noticed a dirty area, maybe half an inch wide, on the foam filter where it compresses against the plastic in front. Makes me think for some reason it did not properly seal and allowed in unfiltered air. Getting in a hurry and slapping in a clean filter may have been a costly mistake. When I installed the clean filter this time, I cleaned up the area where it seals, and took my time to make sure the filter is on properly. Afterward, I got to thinkin' maybe I should cut an inspection hole in the top of the air box so I could see the back side of the filter, and cover it with duck tape. Leaving for Arkansas in the morning. Allan A14 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Steve Green]

Besides being careful on installation, and properly oiling the foam, you should always grease the sealing edge of the foam filter. On KLRs I also grease the poorly designed retaining screw area too. Steve G --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Allan Patton" wrote:

> Last week, I was lamenting, OK whining about my Little Buddy's

increase in oil consumption. When I removed the dirty air filter, I noticed a dirty area, maybe half an inch wide, on the foam filter where it compresses against the plastic in front. Makes me think for some reason it did not properly seal and allowed in unfiltered air. Getting in a hurry and slapping in a clean filter may have been a costly mistake.

> > When I installed the clean filter this time, I cleaned up the area

where it seals, and took my time to make sure the filter is on properly. Afterward, I got to thinkin' maybe I should cut an inspection hole in the top of the air box so I could see the back side of the filter, and cover it with duck tape.

> > Leaving for Arkansas in the morning. > > Allan A14 > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[nomorenoless]

My bike is ready for it's 500 mile tune up.. I just looked it over and removed the air filter. It smells and feels like it has gas on it. What does this mean? Thanks!! Mike

[rm@richardmay.net]

On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, nomorenoless wrote:

>My bike is ready for it's 500 mile tune up.. I just looked it over and >removed the air filter. It smells and feels like it has gas on it. What >does this mean?

There's a carb with a bunch of gas in it a few inches away. Reeking of gas is normal. As for the feel, it should be greasy/oily. The filter is intended to be oiled quite heavily. The manual specifies engine oil but I'd strongly recommend a dedicated foam filter oil. RM

[dumbazz650]

It means you should be wearing nitrile gloves. And the airfilter smell, that's normal. MarkB DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "nomorenoless" wrote:

> My bike is ready for it's 500 mile tune up.. I just looked it over > and removed the air filter. It smells and feels like it has gas on > it. What does this mean? > > Thanks!! > Mike

[Thor Lancelot Simon]

On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 10:41:28PM -0400, rm@... wrote:

> > RM probably wasn't enough.

KHI doesn't oil the filter; this is a dealer setup task. Given that dealers often don't even reset the forks from the shipping height, it's well worth checking to see if they actually oiled the filter and did all the other stuff they should have. The dealer in Lander was so sick of rebuilding engines that had ingested too much dirt for no good reason (mostly ATV engines, he said) that he'd had a bunch of "WARNING! Filter must be thoroughly oiled before insertion!" stickers printed up at his own expense that he stuck on the filter cover of any off-road vehicle that went through his shop. A clever labor-saving device... Thor