noises driving me nuts

[wayne adamson]

has any0ne ever heard of emgo motorcycle products? i went to buy a oil filter from a dealer here who usually sells me a fram for 9.95(cd). he was out of fram but he had a emgo for 3.95(cd).i took it home and read the box that it came in and it says that this filter meets or exceeds all warranty performance requirements of new equipment manufactures. then it says do not exceed 1500 miles without checking and changing this filter???? has anyone ever heard of anything like this before???? 10-30000 kawasaki replaces: 16099-004 wayne

[steve secrest]

> has any0ne ever heard of emgo motorcycle products? i went to buy a oil > filter from a dealer here who usually sells me a fram for 9.95(cd). he

was

> out of fram but he had a emgo for 3.95(cd).i took it home and read the box > that it came in and it says that this filter meets or exceeds all warranty > performance requirements of new equipment manufactures. then it says do

not

> exceed 1500 miles without checking and changing this filter???? has anyone > ever heard of anything like this before???? 10-30000 kawasaki replaces: > 16099-004 > wayne

Wayne, I installed an Emgo filter on a V65 Sabre a few years ago. This is a V-4, 1100 cc engine made by Honda. After a couple of weeks, I was on the interstate doing about 70 mph when the filter split wide open dumping all the oil on the exhaust pipes ... made a really cool fireball under the bike! This was a spin on filter much like a car uses and like you, I bought it when they were out of my usual brand. After getting towed to safety, I installed a Fram and added about 150,000 trouble free miles to that bike. Now, I've never heard of any trouble from Emgos but I'll never take the chance again. Steve in Cincy

[D.J. Rogers]

Wayne, I picked up an Emgo filter from a Kawi dealer when I decided to change my oil mid-vacation. After 4000k's, I didn't have any specific problems with the filter. I usually use Fram or the Kawi filter, but this one worked in a pinch. Cheers, D. GBG eh14

[B. Jr.]

KORG, When i got my first KLR, i said to a friend who also rides KLR's,.. Why does this thing sound like a can o' bolts gittin shook hard? He said to me, When ya give it gas does it still go? I said yea...he said...and your prob is?!?!...lol i wonder how many of these bad noises can be attributed to ppl riding "smooth" bikes, and then riding a KLR. Compared to most other bikes(i do werk at a dealer) even my new(2001) KLR rattles,bangs,pings, shakes,vibrates, etc. my hopefully humorous 2 in the fray Bill Jr.