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I would consider the K&N air intake & filter a big turd - a big Deuce - a big number 2 - a turd of engineering extraordinaries! Something so simple created with so many variables that it became a nightmare !
Aesthetically pleasing to look at with claims of big HP increases - HOWEVER- not so functional for assembly or future service.
Probably good thing the filter on it will last 20k miles because there is a high likelihood that upon needing service I shall recycle the whole mess with the other aluminum household products and seek a more reasonably engineered solution and/or I shall re engineer this solution so a man with a college education and 40 years of wrenching on motorcycles can assemble it in less than an hour.
There are four posts that bolt to the face plate that stand the beautiful billet anodized aluminum blingy face plate off the base plate. The base plate has internal velocity stacks and the whole base plate deal is bolted to the FI unit on the bike. But not after the swap all the gaskets and mounting hardware off of the factory units .... that’s a whole ‘nother story.
Next align the four little holes on the back of the base plate that you can barely see to the posts inside the air cleaner that you cannot see and ....simply bolt it all together with a tiny little Allen wrench a 1/4 turn at a time... makes so much sense.
The button head 8mm aluminum thread hex bolts that hold the whole K&N sandwich together (face plate / backing plate and Filter) are conveniently mounted on the back side of the base plate assembly so if and when you drop one of these dandy little MoFo’s because the whole assemble isn’t just quite aligned just right or it slipes ever so slightly- the little bolts kamikaze into the depths of the motor nooks and crannies eventually ending up in the skid plate.
From there you must fish the little bolts out of the skid plate much like the mechanical claw vending machines that snatch stuffed animals & awkwardly place them in the chute ....but only after you spending $50 in quarters ... this K&N game of course was charging you precious minutes of your life instead of coins. It would be so much fun on the side of the road too!!
I Honed my string of expletives down to a fine cadence much like Ralphie’s dad in the Xmas story while he was fighting the heater....
Finally It’s together ....we shall see K&N we shall see !!!
Also replaced the O2 sensor that lived on my V&H exhaust with a slinky SS plug. This is recommended by EJK for the tune to run correctly.
It snowed about 3’ during the exciting and fun installation process so I have no test ride data to share.
I am hoping for K&N’s claimed 7 horsepower along with the EJK tuner and V&H slip on performance exhaust .....
Aesthetically pleasing to look at with claims of big HP increases - HOWEVER- not so functional for assembly or future service.
Probably good thing the filter on it will last 20k miles because there is a high likelihood that upon needing service I shall recycle the whole mess with the other aluminum household products and seek a more reasonably engineered solution and/or I shall re engineer this solution so a man with a college education and 40 years of wrenching on motorcycles can assemble it in less than an hour.
There are four posts that bolt to the face plate that stand the beautiful billet anodized aluminum blingy face plate off the base plate. The base plate has internal velocity stacks and the whole base plate deal is bolted to the FI unit on the bike. But not after the swap all the gaskets and mounting hardware off of the factory units .... that’s a whole ‘nother story.
Next align the four little holes on the back of the base plate that you can barely see to the posts inside the air cleaner that you cannot see and ....simply bolt it all together with a tiny little Allen wrench a 1/4 turn at a time... makes so much sense.
The button head 8mm aluminum thread hex bolts that hold the whole K&N sandwich together (face plate / backing plate and Filter) are conveniently mounted on the back side of the base plate assembly so if and when you drop one of these dandy little MoFo’s because the whole assemble isn’t just quite aligned just right or it slipes ever so slightly- the little bolts kamikaze into the depths of the motor nooks and crannies eventually ending up in the skid plate.
From there you must fish the little bolts out of the skid plate much like the mechanical claw vending machines that snatch stuffed animals & awkwardly place them in the chute ....but only after you spending $50 in quarters ... this K&N game of course was charging you precious minutes of your life instead of coins. It would be so much fun on the side of the road too!!
I Honed my string of expletives down to a fine cadence much like Ralphie’s dad in the Xmas story while he was fighting the heater....
Finally It’s together ....we shall see K&N we shall see !!!
Also replaced the O2 sensor that lived on my V&H exhaust with a slinky SS plug. This is recommended by EJK for the tune to run correctly.
It snowed about 3’ during the exciting and fun installation process so I have no test ride data to share.
I am hoping for K&N’s claimed 7 horsepower along with the EJK tuner and V&H slip on performance exhaust .....
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