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Issue with latest oil filters from K&N <Update 5/20/16>

Started by Speeddog, April 27, 2016, 08:13:20 PM

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GK

#45
May 16, 2016, 03:25:01 AM
Checked the filter on the Monster tonight. It's made in China. ðŸ'ðŸ»ðŸ'ðŸ»
2001 Ducati  Monster 900S ie
JE high comp pistons, bit of porting, open airbox with DP filter, PC3 with custom map, CCW matched injectors, Termignoni cf slip ons, 14:39 gearing.

Gone but not forgotten!
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GK

#46
May 16, 2016, 03:37:45 AM
Thailand 'Powersports' filter (good pickup Carlos!) is quite different inside to the genuine made in China K&N.
Pick 1 - knock off!


Pick 2 - Genuine!
2001 Ducati  Monster 900S ie
JE high comp pistons, bit of porting, open airbox with DP filter, PC3 with custom map, CCW matched injectors, Termignoni cf slip ons, 14:39 gearing.

Gone but not forgotten!
Honda VFR800i, Honda CBR600F3, Honda CBX750, Norton Commando 750S, Suzuki GS750, Yamaha XT250, Kawasaki Z250, Kawasaki KX80, Honda XL250, Suzuki TC100.

ducatiz

#47
May 16, 2016, 08:08:35 AM
Quote from: koko64 on May 15, 2016, 06:22:43 PM
Ryco filter. A good quality Aussie company. We will see if this filter has similar issues.

Do you know who makes them?
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

ducatiz

#48
May 16, 2016, 08:08:59 AM
Quote from: GK on May 16, 2016, 03:25:01 AM
Checked the filter on the Monster tonight. It's made in China. ðŸ'ðŸ»ðŸ'ðŸ»

The irony.
Check out my oil filter forensics thread!                     Offended? Click here
"Yelling out of cars, turning your speakers out the window to blast your music onto the street, setting off M-80 firecrackers, firing automatic weapons into the airâ€"these are all well and good. But none of them create a merry atmosphere of insouciance and bonhomie quite like a revving motorcycle.

koko64

#49
May 16, 2016, 12:58:39 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on May 16, 2016, 08:08:35 AM
Do you know who makes them?
Actually made in Thailand. But they get made all over the place including China and here afaik. I posted the pic wondering if its from the same Thai factory legitimately making filters for K&N. If I got this right there are genuine Thai K&N, knock off crappy Thai "K&N" and genuine Chinese K&N? Its strange as the finish quality is typical Ryco which is very good and construction more like K&N at their best.
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koko64

#50
May 16, 2016, 01:44:31 PM
Or is it the Thai made filters are legit and they just make the beast with two backsed up?
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Speeddog

#51
May 16, 2016, 02:03:14 PM
Quote from: koko64 on May 16, 2016, 01:44:31 PM
Or is it the Thai made filters are legit and they just make the beast with two backsed up?

I think the Thai K&N filters that I have here are legit.
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koko64

#52
May 16, 2016, 02:14:32 PM
Ah, I hope its not the same mob who make the Ryco . The quality is different though. If the local brand doesnt work out I'll go to the Hi Flo R or oem.
So a K&N bean counter make the beast with two backsed up looking for a cheaper supplier? [bang]
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Langanobob

#53
May 17, 2016, 07:36:14 AM
Quote from: GK on May 16, 2016, 03:37:45 AM
<snip>... genuine made in China K&N.

Sounds like some sort of oxymoron to me. 

Charlie98

#54
May 17, 2016, 05:58:21 PM
Quote from: Langanobob on May 17, 2016, 07:36:14 AM
Sounds like some sort of oxymoron to me. 

It certainly is disappointing....   [thumbsdown]
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koko64

#55
May 18, 2016, 04:37:56 PM
Years ago, when I was young, we used to think that about stuff "Made in Japan". ;)
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DarkMonster620

#56
May 18, 2016, 04:54:31 PM
Quote from: koko64 on May 18, 2016, 04:37:56 PM
Years ago, when I was young, we used to think that about stuff "Made in Japan". ;)
well . . . that was some time ago . . . I'd say
Carlos
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koko64

#57
May 18, 2016, 05:05:35 PM Last Edit: May 18, 2016, 05:18:42 PM by koko64
Quite awhile ago Sonny. ;)
I remember Deep Purple's album "Made in Japan" that caught that sentiment.





























I'm barely five years older than you. ;0
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DarkMonster620

#58
May 18, 2016, 05:48:08 PM
Quote from: koko64 on May 18, 2016, 05:05:35 PM
Quite awhile ago Sonny. ;)
I remember Deep Purple's album "Made in Japan" that caught that sentiment.





























I'm barely five years older than you. ;0
you mean this masterpiece?


I was 4 when it came out . . . 
Carlos
I said I was smart, never that I had my shit together
Quote from: ducatiz on March 27, 2014, 08:34:34 AMDucati is the pretty girl that can't walk in heels without stumbling. I still love her.
"When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

koko64

#59
May 18, 2016, 06:40:44 PM
 [thumbsup]
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