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On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:47:51 -0500, KC wrote:

On 1/29/2014 11:20 AM, wrote:
On Wednesday, January 29, 2014 11:00:17 AM UTC-5, John H. wrote:
On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 07:48:15 -0800 (PST), wrote:

The same brand, K&N.

K&N is snake oil. No real benefit, lets more junk in. May not matter if the motor isn't real. :-)

We're talking about the filters, not the oil. Compared to the spec Moto Guzzi filters, the K&N's

probably do just as well at filtering. Plus, it's not a major mechanical nightmare to change the air

filter.

I'm talking about the K&N filters. They may flow slightly better than stock filters, but let larger particles through. Unless you are running a race engine that's full throttle most of the time and gets rebuilt frequently, there's no benefit. After all, trhe vast majority of your running time is at partial throttle, and the stock filter can easily flow that much air. You do get a bit more intake noise, though!

I know I noted it before but the filters K+N makes for dirtbikes in my
opinion wouldn't protect a typical MX engine for more than a few laps on
a dusty day.... The clay dust we have at our facility will pass right
through them in my opinion. I don't know anybody that uses them,
period... and if they do, it's probably why I don't know them, them not
being at the track with the blown up motors and all....

For John in particular. I would think that two Twin Air filters, and one
20 dollar two pack of No Toil, would last as long as you will be riding
the bike...... unless you are gonna' change that air filter more than
say, 40-50 times in that period

I looked at the site, but could find nothing that looked like it would work on the Guzzi. You can
see mine behind the carb. It doesn't look new, 'cause it's 23 years old.

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l2...uzziEngine.jpg