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Marque Remarks => Honda => Topic started by: MX? on February 26, 2009, 02:56:03 pm

Title: '74 XL250 Air filter indentification help needed.
Post by: MX? on February 26, 2009, 02:56:03 pm
Can anyone identify this air cleaner element?

It was bought (and labelled as) an XL250 '72-'73 foam. Well it certainly isn't anything like the one in my K1. :-\ mine i squarish with oval entry tapering back to a seam.
So could this be for K0...were they different to K1. Uni Filter only had this and one for a '76 XL250.
Maybe this an American thing and their '76 is our '74???....

Help! (and no, I don't want to use a pod   :))
Title: Re: '74 XL250 Air filter indentification help needed.
Post by: lc4 on February 26, 2009, 06:11:46 pm
Dont take this the wrong way but "Pull it out of the packet and pull it on"  ;D
Title: Re: '74 XL250 Air filter indentification help needed.
Post by: MX? on February 26, 2009, 09:16:01 pm
Well I would....but it's far too small for my liking.   ;D
Title: Re: '74 XL250 Air filter indentification help needed.
Post by: LWC82PE on February 26, 2009, 09:20:57 pm
yes that is right one, thats what i bought for a 72 XL 250. it does fit and work
Title: Re: '74 XL250 Air filter indentification help needed.
Post by: MX? on February 26, 2009, 10:14:12 pm
Hmmmm.... I'm guessing the K1 air cleaner isn't the same as K0 then? 'cos that little sucker don't fit over this cage?
Catalogue has it to fit 72-73 build dates.
(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/photos2u/XL250/AirCleaner.jpg)
Title: Re: '74 XL250 Air filter indentification help needed.
Post by: GMC on February 26, 2009, 10:54:17 pm
It's the correct Uni-Filter number, if you really think it's too small then maybe they packaged it wrong, but it's proabably worth taking it out of the packet & seeing if it stretches to fit first.
Title: Re: '74 XL250 Air filter indentification help needed.
Post by: LWC82PE on February 26, 2009, 11:03:14 pm
has it got a spring in the middle? what you do is get rid of the whole std air cleaner and cage and run that foam one in the stock air box. i have heard other people use this unifilter in the 72 XL 250 and it was a lot better breathing than the std one.


you dont put that unifilter on the stock cage.
Title: Re: '74 XL250 Air filter indentification help needed.
Post by: MX? on February 27, 2009, 09:17:14 am
Thanks again!
GMC, yep I've had it out and given it a stretch.....though the wife told me to put it away again. ;D

LWC, No spring inside, but I thinking the same as what your saying last night, that is doing away with the standard cage and fitting it that way.
I thought these things were usually made to simply replace the standard filter element.....though I guess not. ::)
Title: Re: '74 XL250 Air filter indentification help needed.
Post by: MX? on March 25, 2009, 09:19:22 pm
Ah ha, seek and ye shall find. :D

(http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/photos2u/XL250/CorrectUniFilter.jpg)