'05 Air Cleaner

[Cappra]

New owner of an 05 RT, is the air cleaner easily accessible or do you have half the bike apart?

[dirtrider]

1 hour ago, Cappra said:

New owner of an 05 RT, is the air cleaner easily accessible or do you have half the bike apart?

 

Afternoon Cappra

 

Not 1/2 the bike, more like 1/4 of the bike.

 

Upper tank rail & R/H side Tupperware needs to come off as well as remove the glove box cover. (careful that you don't pull the R/H side throttle cable out of it's location) . Also be mindful of the temperature sensor (if yours has been moved to the front)  as that is easy to damage if you don't unclip it. 

 

[Hati]

You will need a T25 torx screwdriver for that. With practice you can remove the panels (both sides ready for any work) under two minutes.

[EvilTwin]

This is what it looks like once you pull off the right side tupperware.  Its the longish black plastic tube.  Once you get to this level, its pretty easy access.

 

[Cappra]

Thanks everyone, replaced the filter yesterday. Not the original owner but it looked like the original filter with 34k on the clock. What's typical mileage for a stock filter? I replaced with a K&N. 

[dirtrider]

36 minutes ago, Cappra said:

Thanks everyone, replaced the filter yesterday. Not the original owner but it looked like the original filter with 34k on the clock. What's typical mileage for a stock filter? I replaced with a K&N. 

 

Afternoon Cappra

 

There is no typical mileage (just BMW suggested mileage) as it DEPENDS on how clean the air is that is going through the air filter. It also depends on how many cubic feet of air that goes through the filter per mile traveled.

 

If the bike is ridden in very clean air  then the filter will go many/many miles between changes. On the other hand if bike is ridden in very dirty conditions (like on dry loose dirt or sand roads, or especially behind other bikes on dirty roads ) then the filter will need replacing much earlier.  

[Cappra]

Got it... thanks!