ProFilter Ready-To-Use Air Filters

Pretty much all I use. As much as we spend to go ride, what’s another $15 to have a brand new filter each ride. 

Can’t use them where I live, after 25 minutes the dust goes through my filter so a normal day would be like 50$ just in filters

I buy quite few of them with no issues. Unless they get super dirty the first ride  I use them for 2 rides and throw away. 

I have around 25 air filters (mixture of No Toil and Twin airs) I use No Toil oil and cleaner.  I have a big wash sink in my shop. I go between having 20+ clean filters to 24 dirty filters depending on how lazy I am. Sometimes I don't feel like washing any and just go buy another one and add it to the quiver of filters... Then Red KTM aka GasGas went and changed the filters, so now I am building the new collection in addition to the old collection since I I have '22, and '24 models. 

Sweden, lots of dust over here

I got brought up with the rules that washing and oiling your filter was part of the routine you did when you got home and unloaded and it’s stuck with me ever since I was a kid.  I can’t imagine just throwing away new filters every time it seems crazy to me! 

Ive been using them exclusively on my kids bikes since they were on YZ65's, all the way up to current YZ125's. We were at the ironman gncc in 2022 when youth bikes were blowing up left and right, managed a second in class and that pro filter never let a spec of dust by. Thats what solidified those filters for me, weve put them through some pretty serious tests and ive never regretted my decision. Last summer we did the NE24 race, probably the dustiest race weve done so far, again on pro filters, 3 of them to be exact. My cost on those filters is under $10 each, when factoring in my time its cheaper than oiling and reusing a $35 dollar filter.

The Ready To Use filters are appealing, but they usually don't come with acceptable oil saturation, so I would always end up having to oil them before use.

I keep the spray Maxima FFT for that purpose. I just touch them up a bit if they look dry. They are probably oiled plenty, but I had rather be safe than sorry.

Ive used them in the past but the Tusk air filters are much better quality and reusable and are a dollar or two cheaper. You have to oil them but that's the easy part. Then you can actually wash and reuse them if you want to wash them up. 

I bought one at a dealer when I picked up my 25 250FX and didn't realize they were use and toss until I got home. I've got it on the bike now after putting more oil on it, I'll run it until its dirty then toss it I guess. I bought a uni as a back up to the OEM one.

I try to be the least wasteful I can be, it's crazy to me to buy these and then throw them away. If you wash all of your filters at once it takes maybe 15 minutes. I would have to imagine the quality of these single use filters isn't up to snuff either at their price point. 

And what is so bad about cleaning air filters, if you develop a proper system its easy, just like changing tires.

Guess I'm in the minority but with work, home life, riding, working out, etc., I barely have the motivation to wash my bike. Not having to wash filters is great to me. I ride a lot of dusty conditions and the filters work great. 

SLR Honda has been running them in nasty off-road conditions for years.

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I'm curious as to why you can't reuse them? 

I don't care how much $$$ I have or what level of financial freedom and expendable income I've got; throwing $15 filters away every ride when I put over 100hr a year on a bike just hurts my soul lol.  I'm certain the time value of $$$ would make this a wash or moot point but I'm a cheap bastard at heart!!!  I've got three bikes and will be picking up another soon enough and try to keep a rotation of them alive and fresh.  I hate filter cleaning day but it's not all that bad if you've got a method that's decent.

I don't like how dry they seem compared to the filters I'm probably over-saturating by doing it myself lol, but I'm not at all against running them, especially in a pinch.  Spray a little twin air oil on them for some "extra" protection and roll on with life.   

The foam is a little bit thinner than a reusable filter, and from what I've heard the glue that holds it together will separate if you use any sort of harsh chemicals. 

I gave the kid who bought one of my bikes last year a half dozen new ones and he's reused them against my advice, so far he says they're staying together. I wouldn't risk it, personally. 

I have a 6.2% interest rate on my house, I get butt fucked every month by about a thousand dollars on that alone. I might as well spend an extra $50 to not have to wash my filters. 

When JMB was with Honda he couldn't believe the amount of waste they made, throwing away perfectly good parts, tires, plastics and  air filters after one ride. They were washing them with gasoline and causing the foam to break down.

Hey EAmato88, do you add any FFT to your Pro Filters before installing or just run them straight out of the bag?

I've been very carefully washing and reusing them and getting at least 3 or 4 uses out of them. I've been doing this for years and haven't had any issues at all. 

Most of mine have had enough oil but a few times if I see a spot that looks dry, I'll hit it with a little spray FFT. I don't use the aerosol spray for regular filters preferring to work it in by hand.

It’s the only filter we use, clean them twice with Dawn dish soap and warm water, just let them soak in it for a bit, clean by hand and rinse with cold. Re-oil them with FFT & let them hang. Never had a failure but if the foam looks suspect or the flange of the glue starts to separate we toss them. We go through filters every ride, and we clean once we get 20 or so together. 

Straight out of the bag. The only race i added filter oil was the NE24 race because it was dust like i'd never seen before and i only brought 3 filters so i had to make them last.

Im with you. I work on dirt bikes every day of my life whether its customer machines, or my own fleet of 6. Washing, drying, oiling.... no thanks. Open the bag, install filter, throwaway old filter. Every time

On the same page with many; life is busy, riding time is limited, spending 2 minutes to swap a filter lot easier than cleaning, drying, oiling, all that. I do keep a good spare filter web one for when I know it's super dusty, and I have a pre-filter I usually run with if I know I will do only 2 hours but the conditions are dry. Been running them 2+ years on my 125, no shortage in engine life or signs of dirt intrusion on last 2 top ends. 

by the looks of your bike you have plenty of extra time to spend cleaning stuff

Ol' girl only had one or two rides when that photo was taken.

But I do spend a good amount of time scrubbing it down each ride and I change oil every ride, so not having to clean a filter gives me a little more time and energy to keep up on other stuff. 

I'm no tree hugger but,  tossing an oily dirty sponge in the trash doesn't seem right to me. I wash mine with solvent and take it to the hazmat site when it's used up. 

What's this have to do with EKS Brand Rich Taylor?

Oh, you meant the disposable air filter.