opinions: K&P Engineering oil filters

[GS750]

I was just randomly looking at some GS info and found this filter page from K AND P engineering.

They claim that their filters have 7 times the flow of comparable paper oil filters, magnetic prefiltering, rated at 35 micron filtering.



http://www.kandpengineering.com/s22.shtml

Anyone had any experience with them??

 

[Nessism]

$99 for an oil filter? Why? You can buy 20 original equipment Suzuki filters for that price. The oiling system is designed to use a paper type filter, so any flow restriction they create is accounted for in the design.

 

[GS750]

$99 for an oil filter? Why? You can buy 20 original equipment Suzuki filters for that price. The oiling system is designed to use a paper type filter, so any flow restriction they create is accounted for in the design.

Thanks for the reply Ed, In Australia you certainly can't buy 20 original filters for $99!!!
Actually you would be very lucky to be able to buy 5 for $99 from Aus.

On ebay AU$6 each from China (no way I would touch them though)
AU$12 from UK (again an unknown brand)
AU$ 15 for a K&N (KN-133) from the UK
AU$20 for a genuine filter (from UK)


Flow restriction? These bikes run 2PSI when freshly rebuilt, what could flow restriction be beneficial to?

Circulating oil benefits the dissipation of heat (from everything that I ever learnt in automotive engineering) :-&

They are cleanable, and the filtration levels are comparable with paper...

 

[GS750]

Flow restriction? These bikes run 2PSI when freshly rebuilt, what could flow restriction be beneficial to?

Circulating oil benefits the dissipation of heat (from everything that I ever learnt in automotive engineering) :-&

They are cleanable, and the filtration levels are comparable with paper...

Remembering also that increased flow doesn't automatically mean increased pressure either :-k

I am aware that too high an oil pressure can have negative effects too.

 

[tkent02]

How many microns do the paper filters filter to?

I am curious, as the KTM I just picked up came with one of these filters, not installed.

It uses two filters, so I need to find the other one, or stick with paper. Doesn't seem like a good idea to use two different types, not sure why but it doesn't seem wise.

 

[koolaid_kid]

Thanks for the reply Ed, In Australia you certainly can't buy 20 original filters for $99!!!
Actually you would be very lucky to be able to buy 5 for $99 from Aus.

On ebay AU$6 each from China (no way I would touch them though)
AU$12 from UK (again an unknown brand)
AU$ 15 for a K&N (KN-133) from the UK
AU$20 for a genuine filter (from UK)


Flow restriction? These bikes run 2PSI when freshly rebuilt, what could flow restriction be beneficial to?

Circulating oil benefits the dissipation of heat (from everything that I ever learnt in automotive engineering) :-&

They are cleanable, and the filtration levels are comparable with paper...

If you can get K&N filters for AU$ 15, I would purchase half a dozen of them. Excellent filters, come with the o-rings, just good stuff overall.