oil filtes?

[aldochina]

i literally need like 10 of them, as alot of my stuff runs the same filter. I have usually always run OEM, and mostly had one on hand or only needed one at the time. I was wondering if anyone had any opinions on the knockoffs on ebay you can get for like 3 to 4 bucks a piece?

[bkm]

I've always used them emgo's and never had a problem.

[jays375]

High Flow is a good quality filter.I use those.

[DohcBikes]

X2^^^ ,,,,We use hi-flow at the shop.

[The Goat]

Partszilla sells oem honda filters for under 4$. While I have never seen a 15412-hm5-a10 fail... I have seen torn pleats in the ktm and hiflows.

The oem filter is superior...and from them, competitive in price.

[tri again]

I wonder if they bypass somehow when / if they get plugged?

[atc007]

No bypass. They fry the top end,as do Suzukis with the same set up. MANY "1st time techs" have learned the hard way at Honda and Suzuki dealerships. Edit, I was thinking of people putting them in backwards..Not a plugged dirty one..

[DohcBikes]

I have seen torn pleats in the ktm and hiflows.

Interesting. I use at least 10 hiflo filters a week, and have never seen one damaged right out of the box. They are quality filters, no doubt about it. We use OEM when a customer wants it.

We might be surprised if we knew where all filter brands are made, OEM or not. Likely in the same building. We have a Baldwin filters plant in my hometown. Not every filter is in a baldwin box, just sayin'.

[ps2fixer]

I always used OEM, but I bought like 25 filters at a dealership when my dad bought a new big red side by side. I'm not sure which dealership it was, but it seems like they were something like $3 each for the 250es big red filters. They were located in the UP of Michigan, just across the boarder from Wisconsin. I think they were some main supplier for Michigan or something like that, so they had the best prices, heck the side by side was like $2000 cheaper than local.

[dustrunner]

x 2 on the emigo 's.. rode my 350x everyday for 20 years hard and started smoking from the valve seals and tore into it and I could still see the cross hashing's in the cylinders = just honed the cylinder and put new standerd size rings in it... that's good enuff 4 me...