Bike is starting to Irritate me re oil filter backing out

[flynrider]

That's crazy. I never new that was a common failure mode for those filters.

Not that it's worth the time or effort, but you should be able to get a free replacement for that from K&N, as they are warranted to last for one manufacturer's OCI. If nothing else maybe it will push them closer to beefing up the engineering of the nut attachment.

http://www.knfilters.com/oilwarranty.htm

I don't know if I'd call it a common failure mode. The failures I'm referring to seemed to be the result of a change in the manufacturing process several years back. According to people who continued using them, K&N eventually fixed the problem with the nut snapping off.