2016 Africa Twin Air Filters

dibbs · Post by **dibbs** » Sat Aug 17, 2019 8:55 am

So thinking of changing the oil and air filters on my bike and upon looking at prices it seems that the air filters differ massively on price, around £35 each! for OEM filters and around £25 for a pair of Hiflo air filters!!!! are they really so different or is it just the Honda 'Premium' effect? can any Gurus enlighten me please...

Tramp · Post by **Tramp** » Sat Aug 17, 2019 10:43 am

Cheaper than a engine rebuild

... But hiflo are oem spec.

Do pipercross do filters for your bike as used them in my old ta650 for 75,000 miles and no engine wear last i heard it was nocking on over 100k...
More expensive to start with but long run evens out and better breathing like giving up them cigars..

dibbs · Post by **dibbs** » Sat Aug 17, 2019 9:43 pm

Had a a look at pipercross Russ but they dont do them for my bike! Lol...you remembered the cigars lol...

Teflon Jnr · Post by **Teflon Jnr** » Sat Aug 17, 2019 10:27 pm

Why not loom at mwr,k&n or DNA air filters to mention a few

dibbs · Post by **dibbs** » Sun Aug 18, 2019 9:33 am

I have considered the K&N foam filters Teflon, but not sure about changing them too regularly, as I think they do need re oiling fairly regularly! and its a bit of a faff to get to the AT filters, not just a 5 min job. So the long lasting paper ones seem better I think, but im still not sure which to go with

I was hoping to get a few other AT owners responses to this to see which is better in a real world test, but they last so long probably not a lot have changed them yet hehehe.

Teflon Jnr · Post by **Teflon Jnr** » Sun Aug 18, 2019 9:55 am

I know the feeling on faffing to change the air filter it's a pain on th KTM 990 adventure I had an mwr and resorted back to my oem as the size difference had me worried

redbikejohn · Post by **redbikejohn** » Sun Aug 18, 2019 8:09 pm

I was thinking of buying a AT at one point. I read your comments ref it being a faff to access the filters so out of curiosity I had a quick look on YouTube....... ffs! All those push rivets etc and taking off fairing each side

dibbs · Post by **dibbs** » Mon Aug 19, 2019 7:50 am

redbikejohn wrote: ↑Sun Aug 18, 2019 8:09 pm I was thinking of buying a AT at one point. I read your comments ref it being a faff to access the filters so out of curiosity I had a quick look on YouTube....... ffs! All those push rivets etc and taking off fairing each side

Yeah looks very time consuming, but i think after the initial 'go' then it can be done a lot quicker, but its still a partial strip down!!! lol..

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