Triumphrat

itchyfeet

Hi all,
just bought afore mentioned K&N filter and was wondering if there was an optimum time to fit it? The bike is days old and i'm not sure whether to run the engine in first or fit it straight away!
Don't want to do any damage like. :???:

Davyc

Hi,
I would say after run-in period as you need to ride in such slow way,k and n filter will no be noticeable power wise.
Give Dealer a big smile and get them to fit it on 1st 'free' service.Then give them a bigger smile and get them to down load off road pie remap.then enjoy..

slayer

I also fitted K&N some time after run-in period. it would not make much sense to put it in now as you can't pull throttle hard during run-in

jaak

Same advice as above.
Make sure you get the "off-road/race/whatever they call it" tune installed. (it's the same tune, people call it by different names).

Motodude

Since your delear will be inside the air box anyway, ask him to remove the intake snorkle hose which will allow air to enter the air box from two holes rather than one (like the speed triple does).

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itchyfeet

Thanx for the advice, i'll hold fire untill engine run in a bit. As too the tuning suggestion i already got the race pipe and tune done before collection so when its run it hopefully the K&N will finish the job off!

cheers.

MrChrome

I don't think it will make any difference IMHO. The paper filter already supplies enough air for the standard engine. The K&N will not liberate any more power unless you substantially increase the flow rate through the engine. The K&N has more potential to allow air through so as it gets dirty it still allows enough air to satisfy the engine - hence the longer service intervals. When the paper filter gets dirty it can have detrimental effect when for the same amount of dirt the k&N will still deliver.

When you seriously tune the engine and pump more fuel in you will have to put more air in of course - when you get to a point where the paper filter reaches it's throughput limit the k&n will make a difference. By going to the race tune you still won't need it per se, it doesn't demand enough of an increase of air.

I'd fit it and forget it. Give it clean at 12k and 24k unless you live near a desert.

Please take with a pinch of salt, my info is based on tuners I've spoken to and comparing product specs - not scientific testing.

tloftis

does the race tune program help the performance even if you don't have the aftermarket muffler installed?

itchyfeet

if you do a search on here for "off road tune" there are many threads on this. Aparently the tune does make a difference as the bike runs lean on standard tune. Mine has both the tune and pipe and compared to my mates, mine has a lot more grunt.

jaak

I played with the tunes and cans and dynos and posted all my thoughts here
http://www.triumphrat.net/modules.ph...63778&forum=26

Enjoy!