Mentioned these once before and got zero reaction, now I have actually fitted one


I cleaned my filter as normal then oiled it


this is what they look like out of the packet



You oil the filter, put the filter over the cage then stretch the filter sock over the filter




Put the filter back in the airbox. I thought afterwards it may have been better to put the sock over the wingnut instead of putting a hole in the sock for the bolt to go through?


The idea of the filter sox is so it is easy to replace the sox instead of always cleaning the filter, esp if on a multi day ride where you may clean your filter daily. You can buy filter sox "made for motorcycles" but these cost heaps more than the pool filter sox I bought from the pool shop. I bought 5 pool filter sox for the price of 1 "designed for bikes" filter sock.

Another thing I just thought of pulling the filter foam off that brass thing in the middle of the filter and maybe tearing the foam one day by using the filter sox you dont have to pull the foam off the cage therefore eliminating any risk of tearing the filter foam

Cheers

 

interesting, let us know how it works.....

 

Rode to work and back today, runs the same as before

 

That's a good sign, I think.

 

id be curious to see how it works with some mud i would think it would clog alot sooner than the foam filter... but then again its more easily cleaned....

 

seeing as I ride with my filter top in place I doubt I'll get much mud in there, well at least so far I haven't and yes unlike deej I have ridden through mud

 

Kind of like a condom for an air filter.

H'mmm carry a spare with you when you ride in dirt - deej not apply - and when you feel the bike starting to slow down, just change the cover and keep on truckin'!

I like it!

 

Well here it is 9 months later and I have finally checked my filter (yes I'm slack)
took the sock off



The dirtiest side of the filter



air filter mesh is clean



I took this pic after cleaning the filter to show the lack of crap in the filter the discolouration is due to the oil



after cleaning the sock



clean filter



I cleaned thesock even though I won't use it again



In conclusion I am very happy using the pool filter socks and will continue to use them

cheers