Help with K&N filter

[mkjeld76]

I go to install my new K&N filter it doesn't fit in air box plus it has holes that would look as though air would just shoot by. Doesn't even match the pictures on the installation instructions. Does this look like the correct filter or is something missing like the rubber coating around the edges.

 

[Nelly]

It certainly looks different to mine, I have a 2006.
Check out this link:

http://www.600riders.com/forum/how-tos/3521-k-n-air-filter-installation-easy-does.html

Nelly

 

[mkjeld76]

Your right it looks defective like the rubber edging wasn't put on. I just emailed the person I bought it from. Thanks

 

[cp04]

I don't have a K&N for the FZ6 but have had them on other bikes. That doesn't look like a K&N to me.

 

[ANLR21]

I think cp04 is right. This doesn't look like the K&N on my '04. Good luck sorting it out

 

[DecepticonDon]

YIKES!
the Quality Control guy missed that one

 

[tom5796]

Yeah, my K&N fit like a glove. Send it back.

 

[luckyirishboy209]

dosent look like K&n to me, the K&n use the same filter for all the years from 04-08

 

[mstewar1]

Looks kinda like someone drilled it out to save weight. Yeah, that's it, now you're really going to notice the hp gains! And man, the air is gonna flow like crazy mad... :rockon:

sorry. Yeah, it looks as if someone forgot the rubbery edge bits.

 

[pt1979]

off-topic,
but what effect does the k+n really have? can you really "feel" a difference?

 

[mstewar1]

off-topic,
but what effect does the k+n really have? can you really \"feel\" a difference?

Buy mine and find out for yourself...

Seriously, I have no idea. This has been discussed and debated, nothing like an oil thread but there are folks on both "sides" of the filter, so to speak.

You can search on k&n and find a thread where I posted a link to a test of filter media. K&N filters do flow more air, but in doing so they also let more crap through. I'm going back to the stock paper unit.

 

[pt1979]

Buy mine and find out for yourself...

Seriously, I have no idea. This has been discussed and debated, nothing like an oil thread but there are folks on both \"sides\" of the filter, so to speak.

You can search on k&n and find a thread where I posted a link to a test of filter media. K&N filters do flow more air, but in doing so they also let more crap through. I'm going back to the stock paper unit.

yeah yeah, I know, endless debates.
I had a K+N in one of my previous cars - Fiat Bravo 1.6 16V, that was pretty cool
...well anyway, I do not plan to buy and install one for the bike. I think it's not worth the price you pay for it (Austria - around EUR 60...)