I read somewhere in an earlier post that the XX actually loses horsepower with a K & N filter ...what is the general consensus?

Sorry, but Hookers are always D

Not my '97. With the dual Micron CF's, K&N, and Dyno'd.... I got a total of 150 horses.

hey where is D: hookers. can't have a pole with out D: hookers. I vote to remove this pole until it is properly done......

THE OFFICIAL POLL:

What provides more HP to the XX?

A) K & N Air Filter
B) Stock Air Filter
C) Other Air Filter
D) Hookers (riding the Bird and breathing hard)


There.... Happy now?! :roll:

D) Hookers

I just switched to the K&N and I did not feel a loss or a gain but I did not dyno it so itcant be much.

Now on some vehicles it makes a BIG differance. The only good thing about the k&N is its the last filter you will have to buy for the bird.

I think D> will make the most differance ;) hehehe

much......

i vote
D: hookers

:grin: :grin:

I've had nothing but good luck with them up until "The Bird".

Got over 40,000 miles on Night Train since the K&N filter was installed....

It doesn't appear to be slowing me down much.... :twisted: :twisted:

I've tried, but I can't think of anything that would slow you down. :fingers:

Hopefully, the brakes. :wink:

He has a switch on the bike to disable them in order to avoid unwarranted body motion and electrical power draw when the lights come on. :wink:

You are not going to get much HP in a change from the stock air filter. What you get is a less maintenance intensive air filter. With changing the plugs every 8-10k miles, you need to be under the tank anyway, but if you buy the iridiums and a K&N, you can leave both in there a lot longer. I went with the K&N for maintenance and time/cost effectiveness.

MaXX

Dunno... I have a K&N on my '99 but have never had it dynoed. I did believe that I could feel a slight drop in power but nothing that overly concerned me. :)

The K&N is a wasted purchase unless you have
an aftermarket exhaust and can run the bigger
140 main jets on a carbed bike.

It was hurting my performance pretty badly until
after I threw on some Jardines slipons. After
that, MUCH better ;-)

It does flow alot better than the stocker in
the midrange, but that's the only place it does.

:cool: TJ :cool:

Excellent input! Thanks guys!

I think that I will keep my stock air filter for now :wink: