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As an admitted, "Cleaning air filters sucks" kind of guy I've often wondered if filter skins would get me a second ride out of a clean air filter or not.
I only ride prep'ed and watered tracks so theres usually not too much airborne dust to contend with...... that being said would I be able to safely get two rides out of a clean air filter instead of one? Are they prone to clogging at all if it happens to be hot windy day that does get more dirt airborne than usual?
I only ride prep'ed and watered tracks so theres usually not too much airborne dust to contend with...... that being said would I be able to safely get two rides out of a clean air filter instead of one? Are they prone to clogging at all if it happens to be hot windy day that does get more dirt airborne than usual?
Filter socks are a must have when you ride in dusty places imo
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I run some oiled pre-foam where air enters the air box, fully submerge my filters in FFT, let them dry 24 hours before install and I change them out when they are completely dirty, usually around 10-13 hours.
My motor has 155hrs on it currently and runs like new. I've been doing basically this same thing to every bike I've owned since 2005 and I've NEVER sucked dirt and had to do a bottom end. To each their own....
As to the original question, Filterskins work good. You can also cut the lip off an old air filter and place it over a clean one as a pre-filter.
From what I'm reading here I should make a course on good filter and air box prep, cause some of you guys are doing an insane amount of unnecessary work.
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During a 2 hour hare scramble, I'll also have a completely fresh air filter ready to go... cage, filter, and cover. While my crew (my non-racing friend) dumps a gallon of gas in the bike, I rip the cover off and pull the filter. He has already set a fresh filter on the milk crate and I grab that, put it on, check the seal, pop the cover on, and go. 30 seconds.
Here's the race where I first used a FilterSkin. Cut to about 1/2 way and listen to my bike. I DNF'ed this one on the last lap because winning a little trophy wasn't worth the damage to my bike. After this, I discovered the TA dust cover.
https://youtu.be/aHtGtVllo2E?t=42
Not dirty = do not clean it
Suppose you could use them at the track. They do restrict airflow a bit more than the filter alone in my experience. But with No Toil and the ease of its use, I just have two filters for my bikes and always have a clean one to rotate in.
Seems like a solution for a problem that already has a solution, a spare clean filter in everyday use. Long trip, different problem. .Just my opinion, others will vary.
On the 2T 1x riding with the hairnet 1x without the hairnet after that clean filter and hairnet.
On 4T clean filter 3x clean hairnet after that clean filter and again clean hairnet.
You can also oil the hairnets I done it on the 4t not on the 2t.
It's a very cheap method to keep your filters cleaner and ride more with one filter.
On same track where with this setup our inner filter looks almost new after full day I have witnessed another bike to start sucking dirt thru the filter after just couple of sets. And the problem was not a badly oiled filter, once it is completely covered in sand the bike will not stall it will just suck the dirt thru the filter from the weakest spot.
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