Topic: K&N "High-Performance" Air Filter

[RAFster122s]

I think Delta just likes poking a sleeping bear to see what he can stir up...

[Deltarider]

I think Delta just likes poking a sleeping bear to see what he can stir up...

That must be it!!! I now realise it all makes sense. I remember summer 1989, sleeping in a tent in the Californian mountains, we were - in the middle of the night - poked by a bear, grabbing stuff we had left in my backpack outside. As a matter of fact he went off with rucksack and all. At dawn we spotted him nearby and from a distance we awaited the moment he had finished his picknick. There wasn't a molecule of food left but my passport was still unharmed, be it drooled all over.
Now it's my turn to poke a bear.

[jgger]

That was just Yogi, he does love his pik-a-niks!

[RAFster122s]

Do you know in bear country you are told to make noise so you don't startle a bear on the trail of quietly hiking. Many wear small bells for that purpose.
Know how to tell the difference between black bear scat and grizzly bear scat?
There's little bells in the grizzly bear scat.
They are dinner bells to a grizzly bear...

Guess you didn't read the warnings in the park about your food and storing it away from you campsite and often hanging it in a tree from a branch inaccessible to the bears...

[jgger]

Also the scat has a slight pepper odor to it.

[Deltarider]

[...] Guess you didn't read the warnings in the park about your food and storing it away from you campsite and often hanging it in a tree from a branch inaccessible to the bears...

We had read all of them and we knew how to act when we would meet a bear. We had hiked all day and we were tired. Where we camped, was a sign that said 4000 ft. (To be honest I forgot what it said, but I do remember it was a round number). I was tired and - after reading the sign - I wrongly concluded bears wouldn't roam around so high. Now if that isn't a perfect example of cognitive dissonance...
I will never forget the look the bear gave us, after his meal, when he calmly walked away. It said as much as: suckers. The torn backpack with the bears saliva over it, is still in my basement.

[HondaMan]

Do you know in bear country you are told to make noise...

Isn't that what pistols are for?

[Tracksnblades1]

Do you know in bear country you are told to make noise...

Isn't that what pistols are for?

30/06 used to be the smallest caliber recommended for bears…most recommend magnums cartridges that’ll stop a charging bear…

Pistols are known to really piss them off and create a really dangerous situation…

[newday777]

Do you know in bear country you are told to make noise...

Isn't that what pistols are for?

Nope.....
Ask Harry

[ofreen]

Sorry to hear K&N has discontinued the air filter that fits the stock 750 airbox.  Not that I am likely to ever need another one.  I'll include an excerpt from my post back in 2016 below where I talk about why I replaced the first one.  My first one lasted decades.  Whenever a K&N air filter thread pops up, someone will usually chime in that the filters allow harmful particles to pass through.  I don't have any laboratory data to provide, but I have some empirical info.   I have used K&N air filters in all my bikes for years.  They all have high miles.  The filter in the 750F went in at around 10,000 miles.  The bike is now coming up on 169,000 miles and still doesn't smoke or show excessive oil consumption.  I would think that if the K&N filter allowed harmful particles to pass, top end wear would have shown up long ago.  As I have mentioned before in these threads, I have lived at the end of various gravel roads since I bought the bike in 1977.  So am I a sucker?

I installed the K&N air filter in 1980 when the bike had about 10,000 miles on it.  The last time I cleaned it, I noticed the rubber was getting stiff and I had some difficulty reinstalling it.  This time it was hard as a rock, and it would not go into place.  It occurred to me that K&N is still using their million mile warranty slogan, and since the filter was about 850,000 miles short of that, I’d see if they were good for it.  Google turned up their customer service number that connected me to Benjamin.  Benjamin said email me a photo of the filter, the year, make and model of the bike and I’ll send you one.  Two days later I had it in my hand.  It was even pre-oiled.  Thank you Benjamin, you guys are awesome.

[PeWe]

K&N still sell air filter to CB750.
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[BenelliSEI]

Sorry to hear K&N has discontinued the air filter that fits the stock 750 airbox.  Not that I am likely to ever need another one.  I'll include an excerpt from my post back in 2016 below where I talk about why I replaced the first one.  My first one lasted decades.  Whenever a K&N air filter thread pops up, someone will usually chime in that the filters allow harmful particles to pass through.  I don't have any laboratory data to provide, but I have some empirical info.   I have used K&N air filters in all my bikes for years.  They all have high miles.  The filter in the 750F went in at around 10,000 miles.  The bike is now coming up on 169,000 miles and still doesn't smoke or show excessive oil consumption.  I would think that if the K&N filter allowed harmful particles to pass, top end wear would have shown up long ago.  As I have mentioned before in these threads, I have lived at the end of various gravel roads since I bought the bike in 1977.  So am I a sucker?

I installed the K&N air filter in 1980 when the bike had about 10,000 miles on it.  The last time I cleaned it, I noticed the rubber was getting stiff and I had some difficulty reinstalling it.  This time it was hard as a rock, and it would not go into place.  It occurred to me that K&N is still using their million mile warranty slogan, and since the filter was about 850,000 miles short of that, I’d see if they were good for it.  Google turned up their customer service number that connected me to Benjamin.  Benjamin said email me a photo of the filter, the year, make and model of the bike and I’ll send you one.  Two days later I had it in my hand.  It was even pre-oiled.  Thank you Benjamin, you guys are awesome.

Good news! I have one that is as hard as a rock! Will give it a go. Thanks!

[grcamna2]

Sorry to hear K&N has discontinued the air filter that fits the stock 750 airbox.  Not that I am likely to ever need another one.  I'll include an excerpt from my post back in 2016 below where I talk about why I replaced the first one.  My first one lasted decades.  Whenever a K&N air filter thread pops up, someone will usually chime in that the filters allow harmful particles to pass through.  I don't have any laboratory data to provide, but I have some empirical info.   I have used K&N air filters in all my bikes for years.  They all have high miles.  The filter in the 750F went in at around 10,000 miles.  The bike is now coming up on 169,000 miles and still doesn't smoke or show excessive oil consumption.  I would think that if the K&N filter allowed harmful particles to pass, top end wear would have shown up long ago.  As I have mentioned before in these threads, I have lived at the end of various gravel roads since I bought the bike in 1977.  So am I a sucker?

I installed the K&N air filter in 1980 when the bike had about 10,000 miles on it.  The last time I cleaned it, I noticed the rubber was getting stiff and I had some difficulty reinstalling it.  This time it was hard as a rock, and it would not go into place.  It occurred to me that K&N is still using their million mile warranty slogan, and since the filter was about 850,000 miles short of that, I’d see if they were good for it.  Google turned up their customer service number that connected me to Benjamin.  Benjamin said email me a photo of the filter, the year, make and model of the bike and I’ll send you one.  Two days later I had it in my hand.  It was even pre-oiled.  Thank you Benjamin, you guys are awesome.

Good news! I have one that is as hard as a rock! Will give it a go. Thanks!

K&N may just give you a Christmas present