Commando Oil Filter Question

swooshdave said:

Actually I don't get too worked up over the filters. As some will tell you many bikes ran forever without a filter. It's not like these bikes are daily drivers anymore.

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I only am concerned about filters on my modern high performance bikes. The old ones came without so anything is an improvement. I use the 1032 because someone mentioned it is a direct fit years ago and I remember reading bad things about fram on sport bikes. simple reasoning.

Baldwin! Been using them for years on everything from my Norton Commando, to my high revving sport car motor, to my low revving Detroit Diesel 8V71TIs. Frams, which many years ago were excellent filters, are now known as the absolute bottom of the pile. There's a bunch of data on line about oil filter tests that is pretty interesting. A search will turn it up.

As some will tell you many bikes ran forever without a filter.

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I rather doubt that. Filter or no filter.