I took the Springer in for the 500 mi. and when they were done with it they said replaced the air cleaner . They said that K&N had found a defect in some of there dry air cleaner elements and were replacing them this must have just came out becouse I just picked up the bike 3 weeks ago. So you guy's might want to find out about this.

J.B.

 

JB,

Not being a smart butt, I did'nt know K&N made a dry air cleaner. All the ones I have seen or ever used are coated with K&Ns filter oil.

John TN

 

Thats what I thought to, then the Dealer told me otherwise. I don't think its been out very long its what came in the SE high flow air cleaner kit they put on the Springer I guess its marked right on the element do not oil.

Jon

 

I could be wrong but if you are talking about the filter with the blue gaskets they are not K&N. Harley replaced the K&N filters with those in late 04. And, I have heard of them tearing. I have the K&N with the black gaskets and you do oil it.

 

Are you serious??? I specifically asked for a K&N filter and I was led to believe that's what came with the SE kit... I'm going to have to check this out at the dealer. It's possible they are not aware of this.

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Clammy I have heard that the new filter is made up of some sort of paper element, now I'm not 100% sure but I am sure I have read it somewhere, your a very wise man to check with the stealer grasshopper Clammy.

 

Ok, I just looked through the SE catalogue, and for the kit I got, it says "new air cleaner element that does not need oiling", so I guess that means I didn't get the K&N I was expecting... [:@] Clammy = not happy about this!

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Good thing though Clammy, K&N is still in business.

 

Ya know come to think about it, I've seen K&N adv. that there filter make's about 2 more hp than the HD SE filter now, so there must have been a change in something.

 

True enough, but the kit was expensive, and the filter ain't cheap... so I'm going to have to pay for 2 filters... hmmmm................. this is annoying. Does anyone know the difference in performance between the filters?

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