Where to buy air filter element for LS650

This may seem like an elementary question to ask here, but I need a stock
OEM air filter element for a 1995 Suzuki LS650 Savage.

None of the Suzuki dealers anywhere near here even carry these in stock
(really!), and none of them are especially convenient to here anyway. so I
figured if they need to order it I may as well order one myself and have
it shipped directly here...

Yeah, good luck with that. :-(

So far Google searches have all come up with only the K&N aftermarket
element which, though it should fit fine, costs almost TWICE what the OEM
element costs.

Any suggestions for good online places in the USA to buy the OEM filter
element over the web? Anywhere in the USA is fine... distance from here
probably doesn't matter much.

Also, another, "idle curiosity" type question... On www.1tail.com on the
K&N replacement filter element page, it says "WARNING: Laws concerning
this product vary from state/province to state/province. Your
state/province may prohibit its use on public roads...".

What in the world could there be about an air filter element that would
run afoul of even the most anal state laws?

 

And the Federal Noise statute regarding motorcycles (which is never
enforced) prohibits modifying the exhaust AND THE AIR BOX AND FILTER. No
doubt some (many?) state laws parrot that.

 

believe it or not, dealers do not stock every part for every cycle ever
made. Your savings from an online merchant will probably be eaten up by the
freight.

YMMV

 

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Businesses pay taxes on their inventory, even if they paid taxes on the
stuff before. That is why the "Just in time" phenomena spread so rapidly.
Let the warehouser pay taxes for storing, not the dealer whose profit margin
is stretched perilously thin. The old days of finding lots of parts in stock
has passed. I miss those days too.

Ed Cregger

 

One would certainly expect dealers to stock consumables, like air filters
and oil filters, though.

 

None of the Zuke dealers are very convenient to here. I'm not necessarily
so interested in driving over there so that I can prepay so that they'll
order something as common as an air filter element, then drive over there
again to pick it up whenever it comes in.

None of them are overly interested in drop-shipping the thing to my home.

Ordering it online is a matter of convenience rather than economy. That's
the way it is most of the time, for most things, these days.

 

Try an Emgo OEM replacement filter. Good value.

Jim

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Wudsracer/Jim Cook
Smackover Racing
'06 Gas Gas DE300
'82 Husqvarna XC250
Team LAGNAF

 

Dunno what to make of this. For a start, some dealers charge less for
some parts, and secondly, I can't remember the last time a bolt fell off
a bike of mine.

My undoing one,. and forgetting to put it back properly, if at all, is
another matter.

 

Not IMHO
Emgo chinese junk often has radically different flow characteristics from
stock, making your bike inexplicably run like crap. Buy the original one
from your dealer. It's not like you need 1 that often. He'll have it in a
couple of days and if you have a problem there is someplace to return to.

 

Roll your own: http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?
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