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A few weeks ago, I received an email Hurricane Racing Co. Ltd. about their new air filters. Here is a small excerpt from the email.
"....The difference between our filters and other brands is that we are using stainless steel as a filter medium. The steel we use is high grade SUS-304 from Japan, to produce the finest steel mesh on the market. It has the advantage over cotton as being less tedious to maintain; it can be pressure washed, blow dried and replaced without the need of any specialist products or oiling. Thus, making it truly a simple to maintain, lifetime filter.
Our Ninja filters have become very popular under our Hurricane main brand in South-East Asia, but also especially in Indonesia, under our Ferrox brand. You may find some good feedback and comments already from the Indonesian web forums.
I have attached pictures of our 250 panel, open pod and also our new 650 filter, just for your references. You may also be potentially interested in distributing our Ninja filters, as we currently have non in the US. The RRP for each filter is listed below (side note: our cotton filter price is also listed, as we can produce these, similar to K&N - the price is there for comparison).
Kind regards,
Scott [email protected]
Hurricane Racing Co. Ltd.
I had been talking with Scott about theses filters. He saw a review I had done before and offered a free filter, if I wanted to do a test and review. So, I took him up on the offer.
Today on the way out the door to pick up a few other parts for the bike, I was greeted by the mailman with a package. It was a panel filter for the Ninja 250 from Hurricane Performance. The filter came in a nicely packaged box with a few little goodies and instructions from Hurricane Racing Performance.
Quality, Finish and Fit
Right away you can tell this is a quality made filter. Sturdy, clean lines and well put together. The filtering medium is a pleated, fine stainless steel mesh, bordered by rubber like the K&N 2508 panel filter, but cleaner and smoother, slightly wedge shaped with a small bump to pull on. This filter was a little heavier than the foam Pipercross Air Filter I pulled out, of course. The first thing I did was look right at and through the filter. I could see through the other side and was even able to take a picture with my camera phone. What was interesting was even though I could see through it, the holes in the mesh were amazingly tiny, even smaller than the pores on my foam Pipercross Air Filter. The more I looked at it the more I liked it. My opinion is that, this filter is definitely built for the racing circuit although street application could be possible if you don’t live in a real dirty and dusty environment. Then again some tracks are pretty dirty too.
After having a good look at it, it was time to install it. The install was perfect, quick, smooth and snug, no grease needed to coax it into the air box or seal the edges. No swapping of the filter frame or oiling is required for this filter. (According to the instructions provided by Hurricane, you simply can blow it clean, wash it and dry it.) The cover went on without any pushing.
Performance
The bike I’m testing the filter in, is a slightly modified (shimmed w/ two washers, snorkel removed, Iridium Plugs) 2009 Ninja 250R. Start up was normal and warm up was the same. The temp was 70 degrees with 45% humidity. Throttle inputs while idling seemed fine, however I did notice the idle was a tad smoother (although a number of factors can contribute to that). I purposely rode up the street past the landscapers that were blowing dirt and grass to see if I could collect some of it driving by. During the 4 years I’ve had may bike, the air filter has not really gotten extremely dirty. The dirtiest filter has been the stock filter, with the Pipercross it’s been mainly a few big leaves here and there and a little dust in the corner of the filter.
Out on the main road for a quick ride, I can tell by the intake and exhaust note that a little more air is flowing. I also noticed it in the difference in smell of the exhaust while warming up. It was not as rich smelling. Throttle response was good between 3-6k RPMS. I’ll probably take it out again tonight on the hwy to open it up a little. I will update this review over the next few weeks with more information and findings.
"....The difference between our filters and other brands is that we are using stainless steel as a filter medium. The steel we use is high grade SUS-304 from Japan, to produce the finest steel mesh on the market. It has the advantage over cotton as being less tedious to maintain; it can be pressure washed, blow dried and replaced without the need of any specialist products or oiling. Thus, making it truly a simple to maintain, lifetime filter.
Our Ninja filters have become very popular under our Hurricane main brand in South-East Asia, but also especially in Indonesia, under our Ferrox brand. You may find some good feedback and comments already from the Indonesian web forums.
I have attached pictures of our 250 panel, open pod and also our new 650 filter, just for your references. You may also be potentially interested in distributing our Ninja filters, as we currently have non in the US. The RRP for each filter is listed below (side note: our cotton filter price is also listed, as we can produce these, similar to K&N - the price is there for comparison).
Kind regards,
Scott [email protected]
Hurricane Racing Co. Ltd.
I had been talking with Scott about theses filters. He saw a review I had done before and offered a free filter, if I wanted to do a test and review. So, I took him up on the offer.
Today on the way out the door to pick up a few other parts for the bike, I was greeted by the mailman with a package. It was a panel filter for the Ninja 250 from Hurricane Performance. The filter came in a nicely packaged box with a few little goodies and instructions from Hurricane Racing Performance.
Quality, Finish and Fit
Right away you can tell this is a quality made filter. Sturdy, clean lines and well put together. The filtering medium is a pleated, fine stainless steel mesh, bordered by rubber like the K&N 2508 panel filter, but cleaner and smoother, slightly wedge shaped with a small bump to pull on. This filter was a little heavier than the foam Pipercross Air Filter I pulled out, of course. The first thing I did was look right at and through the filter. I could see through the other side and was even able to take a picture with my camera phone. What was interesting was even though I could see through it, the holes in the mesh were amazingly tiny, even smaller than the pores on my foam Pipercross Air Filter. The more I looked at it the more I liked it. My opinion is that, this filter is definitely built for the racing circuit although street application could be possible if you don’t live in a real dirty and dusty environment. Then again some tracks are pretty dirty too.
After having a good look at it, it was time to install it. The install was perfect, quick, smooth and snug, no grease needed to coax it into the air box or seal the edges. No swapping of the filter frame or oiling is required for this filter. (According to the instructions provided by Hurricane, you simply can blow it clean, wash it and dry it.) The cover went on without any pushing.
Performance
The bike I’m testing the filter in, is a slightly modified (shimmed w/ two washers, snorkel removed, Iridium Plugs) 2009 Ninja 250R. Start up was normal and warm up was the same. The temp was 70 degrees with 45% humidity. Throttle inputs while idling seemed fine, however I did notice the idle was a tad smoother (although a number of factors can contribute to that). I purposely rode up the street past the landscapers that were blowing dirt and grass to see if I could collect some of it driving by. During the 4 years I’ve had may bike, the air filter has not really gotten extremely dirty. The dirtiest filter has been the stock filter, with the Pipercross it’s been mainly a few big leaves here and there and a little dust in the corner of the filter.
Out on the main road for a quick ride, I can tell by the intake and exhaust note that a little more air is flowing. I also noticed it in the difference in smell of the exhaust while warming up. It was not as rich smelling. Throttle response was good between 3-6k RPMS. I’ll probably take it out again tonight on the hwy to open it up a little. I will update this review over the next few weeks with more information and findings.
