K&N Airfilter?

Discussion in '610/630' started by mandolin, Dec 7, 2013.

  1. mandolin Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Hungary
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    SM 610 ie '09
    Does anyone knows if there is a K&N airfilter for the sm 610 ie 2009?

    Thank you
  2. 1lunger Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Bloomfield CT
    I'm not aware of one.
  3. organ donor Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Berlin
    K&N had a button on their website for requests. I wrote and asked whether they could advise on an application for the 630. Got no reply. But there was a previous thread here if I remember correctly (with pics). It was quite complicated, replacing the airbox.
  4. Caiman Senior Vice Procrastinator

    Location:
    Australia
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    SWM SM500R
    Did the request thing on K&N and DNA's pages a year or so ago for the 449/511, got the standard reply of "we're always developing new products, keep checking back blah blah"

    Basically a nicely worded palm off.
  5. mandolin Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Hungary
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    SM 610 ie '09
    we should gather on..and send 20-30 request
  6. SilverBullet Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Harmaston, TX
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2011 TE630
    Other Motorcycles:
    KTM 300EXC, V-Strom650, Super Tenere
    Seems like it would be crazy hard and expensive for K&N to manufacture a drop in filter for our bikes. The fact that only Twin Air makes a foam filter kinda confirms this. And foam is for both TE and SM, while K&N would really only be for SM's. Most bikes typically have about 5-6 choices for filter brands. We have one with OEM & Twin Air being the same.

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  7. Mike-AK Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Alaska
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2012 TE 310
  8. BiG DoM Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Not true - Uni makes a very good twin foam replacement filter for the 610's. I have also seen another Italian freeflow brand filter - cannot remember name now. To fit K&N on a SM you need to use a cone filter and it is a tight fit - often requiring a little squashing/ moulding of the backside of the filter against the frame.
  9. Theo Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Lombardy, Italy
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    SM 610 I.E.
    Other Motorcycles:
    2001 YZ250

    Is it the Black Wind?
    http://www.htmracing.it/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=66&lang=en
    I've never tried it, but a chap on an Italian forum wrote that he tried it putting another filter behind it, to find out whether it allowed the dirt to pass or not.
    He wrote that some dirt and even some little pebbles passed.
    I read many things written by that chap and he seems to know what he talks about.
  10. DYNOBOB Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Cincinnati (Lebanon), OH
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    TE630
    Other Motorcycles:
    SuperTenere-GL1800-CBR900RR-KLX250S
  11. SilverBullet Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Harmaston, TX
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2011 TE630
    Other Motorcycles:
    KTM 300EXC, V-Strom650, Super Tenere
    Do you have the p/n? I have searched every online retailer here in the US that I know of and not a single match for the TE630. Actually none even show a match for the Twin Air filter either but I went on Twin Air's website and got their p/n (155506) and then plugged that in online and able to order it from BikeBandit.com for much less than any Husky dealer. Just checked Uni's website and cannot find a match for the TE630?

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  12. BiG DoM Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Mandolin was asking re the 610 - has the 630 the same filter?
  13. organ donor Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Berlin

    No
  14. SilverBullet Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Harmaston, TX
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2011 TE630
    Other Motorcycles:
    KTM 300EXC, V-Strom650, Super Tenere
    Yes it does. I bought a used SM610 filter on Ebay and it was identical to my stock filter. Twin Air lists the same p/n for 610 and 630, years 2006 and up. The filter frame was different on the 610 though but not the filter.

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  15. BiG DoM Husqvarna
    AA Class

    The uni filter has been discussed here before. Part number NU 1015ST. A good number on e-Bay.
  16. organ donor Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Berlin
    I live and learn ... was put off by the frame looking different.
  17. Kyle Tarry Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Portland, OR
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2012 WR 300, 2006 TE 610
    Other Motorcycles:
    Ducati Monster S2R 800
    Why run a K&N? The stock (twinair) foam jobber works fine.
    Mike-AK likes this.
  18. EricV Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    TE630
    I'm in this camp also. I've just read too much about K&N (and like filters) being just too porous in effort to be as free flowing as possible. It's an inherent issue: freer flow = more particle ingress.