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How much are you paying for oil filter?

I just noticed that it cost me $28 for a ZX6R J1. Ouch !! as compared to my civic filter which is $7 at supercheap.

What are the alternatives ?

I think about $12 for a non genuine one.
apparently they come from the same factory as the genuine ones anyway.

cost me $20 for 4 off ebay

Has anyone or does anyone use a stainless steel Re-usable oil filter,they always get a good write up(sales).any opinions on these filters??

Pabs wrote:Has anyone or does anyone use a stainless steel Re-usable oil filter,they always get a good write up(sales).any opinions on these filters??

from memory...Philthy (Phil) does on his 9r
lets see if he sees this thread ..or pm him

cheers

javaman wrote:How much are you paying for oil filter?

I just noticed that it cost me $28 for a ZX6R J1. Ouch !! as compared to my civic filter which is $7 at supercheap.

What are the alternatives ?

the ones for my old GPx were $11 (genuine Kwaka)
the ones for the 12? afraid to ask

i know with cars of the same brand of an era share the same oil filters.. in regards to toyota's that is!!! But do bikes share the same deal...
Down here in hobart i am unsure if we have a Kawasaki Dealer, but i was wondering if it is possible to use a GPX or ZZR filter on a ZXR? if i can't buy it diretly from the dealer where else do u guys know of that sell filters ?

any bike shop should be able to get a oil filter in, if you dont, try super cheap or somewhere like that, just give them the part number from your old one

About $12 for a genuine filter for the ZZR.

Smitty wrote:

Pabs wrote:Has anyone or does anyone use a stainless steel Re-usable oil filter,they always get a good write up(sales).any opinions on these filters??

from memory...Philthy (Phil) does on his 9r
lets see if he sees this thread ..or pm him

cheers

yep i've got one....tim also uses one in the $8K gpx engine...

my mechanic is the importer of them.........www.bikespares.com.au.

mine has paid for itself now anyway, some of you guys would get good value out of one (oil changes every 5K adds up )

some of you that change bikes like i change my undies would prolly not benefit unless the new bike used the same filter.

HTH

Thanks guys $12 is an ok price but that $5 a piece in ebay sounds good I'll give it a go next 5000k

Phil wrote:

Smitty wrote:

Pabs wrote:Has anyone or does anyone use a stainless steel Re-usable oil filter,they always get a good write up(sales).any opinions on these filters??

from memory...Philthy (Phil) does on his 9r
lets see if he sees this thread ..or pm him

cheers

yep i've got one....tim also uses one in the $8K gpx engine...

my mechanic is the importer of them.........www.bikespares.com.au.

mine has paid for itself now anyway, some of you guys would get good value out of one (oil changes every 5K adds up )

some of you that change bikes like i change my undies would prolly not benefit unless the new bike used the same filter.

HTH

What sort of price were they Phil?

They look good. How do you clean them?? degreaser??

I got a few for the ZZR from Walmart for US$3.99 when my father was in the USA, they are Fram brand and even come with new o-rings.

for an external type (zx's etc) about $200 odd. internal (zzr11's, zrx's etc) are about $170 odd.

i wash mine in petrol but the manual says you can even use use soapy water amoung other things.

i then dry it with the air gun, reasemble and reinstall.

attached are a few photos of mine when it was being cleaned