Stainless steel oil filter?

[bikerfromsark]

Hi I have seen some people fit stainless steel oil fliters for their bikes, is there one avaliable for the africa twin, mine is a 2001. My thinking is that I will be riding around the world the next couple years, so if I could not have to carry 50 odd oil fliters with me and just rinse out the stsinless steel one and keep on useing the same one that would be great.
People who have experience of traveling with the @ how easy are the fliters to come across?

Thanks alot George

[Steve T]

The filter used on the @ is used on many other Honda models - CBR600, Transalp are but two.
You shouldn't have too much trouble sourcing them on your travels.

Enjoy yer ride, where ever you ride

[BIGROG]

Hi I have seen some people fit stainless steel oil fliters for their bikes, is there one avaliable for the africa twin, mine is a 2001. My thinking is that I will be riding around the world the next couple years, so if I could not have to carry 50 odd oil fliters with me and just rinse out the stsinless steel one and keep on useing the same one that would be great.
People who have experience of traveling with the @ how easy are the fliters to come across?

Thanks alot George

Hi george.

Bit of a waste of money Mate, (1) you can't see it on the bike (2) if the standard filter is starting to look rough or rusting you are leaving it too long between changes

Rog

[GSPD750]

Hi I have seen some people fit stainless steel oil fliters for their bikes, is there one avaliable for the africa twin, mine is a 2001. My thinking is that I will be riding around the world the next couple years, so if I could not have to carry 50 odd oil fliters with me and just rinse out the stsinless steel one and keep on useing the same one that would be great.
People who have experience of traveling with the @ how easy are the fliters to come across?

Thanks alot George

Never ever heard of a cleanable spin-on oil filter. Your not being confused with a cleanable air filter such as a K&N are you? Honda oil filters or after market oil filters can be purchased just about anywhere in the world.
The 'chrome look' is for the Harley crowd.

[samben]

As the oil filter is tucked underneath and is not on show and you should change it every 6000 or so why pay the extra for a stainless one?

[GSPD750]

As the oil filter is tucked underneath and is not on show and you should change it every 6000 or so why pay the extra for a stainless one?

What the heck is a stainless steel oil filter?? Somebody tell me. Is it a removeable steel meshed element that sits in a canister that can only be cleaned in a ultrasonic bath? How does a stainless steel filter adapt to an AT? Normal spin-on oil filters have paper elements and are tossed after they have served their purpose after X amount of miles. They are a small price to pay for the longevity of your engine.

So...anybody. What is a stainless oil filter?

[Zenarchy]

I've seen stainless steel ones on cruisers before, but I think george might be thinking of something like this:

http://www.kandpengineering.com/
http://www.americandirtbike.com/k&p.htm

Not sure if they're the same thing as I assumed the cruiser riders chose them because they just love having things to polish

They claim to be much better than the standard filters by the looks of things and more environmentally friendly so perhaps they might be useful. I'm not sure if you can get them for the africa twin though as it's the same filter used on some other bikes and these things seem to be used by sport bike riders too, perhaps there is one that'll fit.

If you get a list of bikes the standard africa twin filters will fit then do a search for 'stainless steel micronic filter' you might be able to find a match (though it'd be worth measuring it to make sure it's the same size as the regular filters and will fit on the bike). I can see how this might make sense if you were doing a massive trip as carrying a couple of spare inner filters would take up less space and weight then you could get them cleaned and re-use them when the opportunity presented itself. They do seem quite expensive though.

[Zenarchy]

P.S. I'm not sure these can be rinsed out. It'd be best to check into that as it looks like they might need to be specially cleaned like GSPD750 says.

[GSPD750]

I've seen stainless steel ones on cruisers before, but I think george might be thinking of something like this:

http://www.kandpengineering.com/
http://www.americandirtbike.com/k&p.htm

Not sure if they're the same thing as I assumed the cruiser riders chose them because they just love having things to polish

They claim to be much better than the standard filters by the looks of things and more environmentally friendly so perhaps they might be useful. I'm not sure if you can get them for the africa twin though as it's the same filter used on some other bikes and these things seem to be used by sport bike riders too, perhaps there is one that'll fit.

If you get a list of bikes the standard africa twin filters will fit then do a search for 'stainless steel micronic filter' you might be able to find a match (though it'd be worth measuring it to make sure it's the same size as the regular filters and will fit on the bike). I can see how this might make sense if you were doing a massive trip as carrying a couple of spare inner filters would take up less space and weight then you could get them cleaned and re-use them when the opportunity presented itself. They do seem quite expensive though.

Thanks for those links. I'm enlightened, but they appear exspensive and you could probably buy a case of regular spin-on disposables for the price of one of those. That is even if they make one for an AT. Still, to clean them you would need some (clean) hi pressure varsol or ultrasonic bath. A pain in the outback. No thanks.

[GSPD750]

On another note...it has been said many times that nothing beats the Honda OEM oil filter for our AT's when it comes to quality. After market filters will work but they may not catch all the crap if they don't have the proper amount of filter pleats in the element. I ONLY use Honda OEM oil filters. I hope to keep my AT for a long time and that is a small price to pay in order to keep my engine in spec.