Best Location For Spin on Oil Filter.

Same product? Both links show same thing...

Edit: weird browser problem, was seeing the same page content at both url's. Had to reboot.
 
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The one from 650 Central fits on the side of the motor, replacing the filter screen in the side cover. While the one from Smedspeed fits a modified sump plate underneath the engine. Hope I've explained it well enough.
 
I've used the 650 Central adapter for years. The SmedSpeed adapter puts the filter in a spot that may protect the oil pump a bit better but makes it much more vulnerable to road debris, etc. Smed makes the point that "only" 60 mm. of ground clearance is lost--that's close to 2.5", which is a lot, as far as I'm concerned.
 
I agree w/grizld. 650Central's looks like (too) easy access for filter changes, while smedspeed's looks like a leak waiting to happen.
Heiden tuning makes a sump filter that looks beefy as all hell. And you know what happens to the Xs's...
 
Well, I went for this Heiden setup, using a small Honda filter:
http://xs650.biz/p/28/2170/mo74-cg|22=3/#15-6504-oil-filter-cooler-kit-heiden-tuning-design
Which now is available without "cooling" fins, looking better IMHO:
http://xs650.biz/p/28/3437/mo74-cg|22=3/#ht-6504-oil-filter-kit-heiden-tuning-design-new

In hindsight, I should have bought this instead (no mods to clutch cover needed):
http://xs650.biz/p/28/2802/mo74-cg|22=3/#ht-0092-external-oil-filter-kit-

Heiden also has this upgraded sump filter:
http://xs650.biz/p/28/3440/mo74-cg|22=3/#ht-6501-sump-oil-filter-kit-heiden-tuning-

MikesXS may well have some, if not all of these items!
 
The one that is adapted to the sump plate filters oil before the pump.
The oil filter in the side filters oil after the pump.
You can also mod the right cover so the oil flows out through a hose to a filter and/or a cooler.
I have a side cover so modified. This works after the filter, same as the side cover filters, stock or aftermarket.
I also modified a sump plate to use a spin on filter.
I currently run the stock filters. They work fine, Just have to change the oil at 1000-1500 miles.
Even when I ran both spin on filters I changed the oil at no more than 2000 miles. Being the engine oil also runs the transmission, clutch and primary gears it gets a lot of abuse.
I took the modded side cover off to run a set of 1.5 inch head pipes from Mike's. They were bent so the pipes came too close to the right side cover and their was no room for the fittings.
I built a set of head pipes myself. They have plenty of room for the mods. I will put the modded side cover back on. Not for the oil filter but the oil cooler.
Leo
 
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