Hi,

I did a Pictorial on replacing the air filter for the Silver Wing. I replaced my stock filter with the K&N but this can be used for just performing maintenance too. If you have any questions or comments please respond to this post.

This is also an easy procedure if you follow the step-by-step instructions. It can save you a lot of money to do it yourself.

Here is a .pdf format link:

Hi Jeff,
Great pictorial on the air filter change out. Just wished Honda would have made the air filter a little more easy to get at.

DennisB :D

Dennis,

Thanks for the compliment and I agree that Honda should have made this easier to get too. It seems you have to remove about 10 screws to get the cover off but only 1 to remove the air filter. Also, it is too bad that the bike companies just can't design this like the vent filter in dryers in your home. You just pull it out and clean it and then replace it.

Jeff, I just replaced my air filter with the K&N using your pictorial. The one thing I discovered is that my replacement K&N is slightly different from the original filter. The recessed screw ( The right one on your step 10 picture) isn't used. The original filter had a plastic form(?) to screw into. The replacement does not have anything there. The other screws are certainly sufficient to hold the case, only there is a blank hole with no screw now. Curious if you or others have found this when you changed yours. Did I by any chance get the wrong filter?
Gary

BTW Took about 30 Minutes for complete job and I had the Passenger Arm Rests on the back. I used a power screw driver. I want you to know that your Pictorial made the quick job possible. Great help.

For some reason that one gets left out I just put the extra screw in a box with other stock fasteners I have replaced.

Thank you for the pictorial, this site has proven to be disappointing as most the topics I have been receiving info have nothing to do w/Swing. I appreciate you sharing a valuable post. I have been looking into how to replace my air filter since it is not a simple screw or bracket. Thank you for your contribution.

Grogers,

I'm sorry you think that this site is disappointing but it seems most people have found it helpful and enjoyable. Not all posts can be "just about the SWing" since we all enjoy other things too. We talk about rides, equipment, gear, etc so I hope you continue to participate and that you come to enjoy this site too. If you go to other sites you will find that not all things are related to their bikes either.

Most forums aren't intended to be text books or service manuals but are also conversations among people who have a common interest. The normal thing is to ask and answer questions but also to expect some digression. Think of it as a bunch of friends getting together at a local gathering spot to discuss their common enthusiasms, there's no reason to become testy or disappointed because something gets lost once in awhile. Expecting answers to one's problems by lurking and not participating in these roundtables will usually lead to dissatisfaction so join in and ask about things that concern your issues.

The first maxiscooter forum I joined (and still belong to after 6 years) was set up by a rider who wanted to find other people to ride with - he envisaged a virtual 'clubhouse' in which to chat, organize rideouts and exchange useful information.
Inevitably, there are disagreements from time to time, sometimes quite heated, but that's life.
I have to say that this forum is very similar - equally friendly and relaxed and I feel very comfortable here.
No doubt the technical section will grow and grow, a benefit to us all, but I hope the social side maintains top position.

I'm glad this post came up as I'm in the throes of fitting a Stebel Nautilus horn and found the pictorial on how to remove some of the tupperware very useful.

Thanks for sharing this information.

I read grogers post here and was tempted to say something then but I bit my tongue and counted to 11,376,158. I am guilty of posting a lot of non technical stuff and I guess I owe the group an apology. Sorry group.

I for one enjoy the friendly almost family atmosphere of this forum. We have folks from all over the US and from countries all around the world. It is nice to hear from people that I don't start out with any prejudice of race, gender,age, religion or any other wall we build to separate us from each other. I have learned some cool things from "girls", "old men", "Texans", "Yankees", "Hillbillies","Gators", "Limies"(SP) (and I don't know yet what a Limie is). Here we are all Swingers. Some have other bikes ( or at least claim to, to avoid appearing less of a man), some, like me, have one scoot and are happy with the Silverwing. Friends are more than just tech mates. We are people that share a common experience with our desire to ride a two wheel (some times three wheels) machine through forests or over mountains or through a desert at sunset or on a sea side overlook and then try to tell others what that was like. I enjoy MY experiences, but I sure envy those of you that have other scenic country and countries to experience. I can say that you are my forum friends. Please keep sharing. As I will.

I have to second the thoughts of JeffR, Opalsboy, MikeO, and exavid. The technical side of this and other forums is of tremendous value. But it's just human nature to want to be able to comfortably converse with fellow SWingers about whatever other subjects that might be of interest at the same time. That's what makes these sites enjoyable, at least for me; and I'm sure, for most others.

(*&*&*^%&())*%^$#@#$@%&**(me, falling off soapbox!)

How do I down load these Pics with out being charged. Every avenue I am trying wants me to sign up & pay?????????

Hi Mark,

WHAT????? Pay for free/shared information!!!!! Should not be happening! What site are you going to that charges you?

www.4shared.com. It wants me to sign up for there so many weeks & such before I can see the pics.

HEY !!! I got it to work on pdf and it didn't cost me a dime. Thanks Dennis!

Hi Mark,

Please....Just down load the .pdf file in my last post and welcome to the forum.

I was just on the other SWing site and someone was asking a question on how to clean the air filter. They didn't know what panels to remove or how to do it. I put a Pictorial on there years ago and this guy named "agwing" puts a link of the Pictorial I did with a comment of "searched the original Swing forum from 2004" so the guy could figure out how to do it.

Agwing is someone that doesn't like this site, or the people here, but he recommends my Pictorials to the people there. Kind of strange.

Jeff, It looks like "agwing" is a member here also (Not the original forum, But the Best). His last visit was in Jan. 2, 2011 he has never posted anything on this forum. I'm glad your pictorials are still over there to help those folks. I just hope John does not start marching people off to concentration camps anytime soon.

JeffR, I (actually, we) just added air filter replacement to the growing list of maintenance procedures, along with oil/filter changes and final drive oil, for the Silver Wing. As noted on other pictorials, the air filter pictorial is spot on. My daughter (turning the socket and screwdriver) and I (reading the instructions and handling the larger removed parts) changed the air filter this evening.

At this point, the new air filter is a stock Honda item, but I might give the K&N a try next time around. Spending some time with my daughter, who wants to take the BRC early next year, was the best part of this project. We enjoyed the time spent working on the filter replacement together. Thank you for providing these pictorials; they are accurate and make the work much less mysterious for a novice Silver Wing maintainer.

Guys, I can see how the stock filters would be available at the Honda stealership and I see the K & N's available on ebay. But I was wondering if either or both were available at any auto parts store like Pep Boys or Auto Zone, NAPA, etc. They'd most likely be cheaper and have it in stock as I hate waiting and on occasion I've noticed some of them having motorcycle stuff.

K & N filters are available all over the place. You can also get the recharge kit with the cleaner and the recharging oil. I bought mine at a Bumper to Bumper auto parts store in the little town of Rison, Arkansas.

While you do need a filter oil, any good cleaner can be used such as Simple Green.