Otto Man

First and foremost...don't come knocking on my door to sue me if for some unknown reason your 'Hawk explodes because of my post. I generally shoot first and ask questions later.

I work at a small 3 bay car repair garage and decided to look up in our book to see if there was a listing for the Superhawk. We use Atlas brand oil filters, which are produced by Wix. Fairly decent stuff IMHO, not $15 a piece filters, but not Dollar General stuff either. The filter # for the 'Hawks oil filter is M-33, with the long verison being M-36. I know from first hand expeirence that the M-33 and M-36 are used pretty frequently on Honda cars. I have read many times of people using the longer filter with slight modification to the chin protector thing. I cannot personally verify this, but I hope to in the next few days. Some quick specs on the filter:

Thread: M20x1.5
OD: 2-21/32 (67.5)
Length: 2-5/8 (66.7)

Fits: '92-97 Ford, 2000- On Honda, '99 on Infiniti, 94- on Kia, '80 on Mazda, '90-'96 Mercury, '95 on Nissian, '87-94 Subaru automotive, light duty trucks, Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha motorcycles.

Now obviously, the M-33 filter doesn't fit every engine and model listed above. That's just saying that on those particular cars, one of the engines put in one of their models of cars uses that filter. Don't expect to ask the counter guy for an oil filter for a '92-97 Ford and have it be the right one!!

OK...now that we have some basic stuff covered, onto the cross referencing. There is a metric **** ton of brands I could have gotten, but to ensure my sanity didn't expire today I just browsed through and picked some of the ones I thought would be more common at the local auto-parts stores. If for whatever reason any of you would need a tranny, air, or oil filter cross referenced, let me know.

Mobil - MO4612
Mobil - MO4610 (This is the long version, the M-36)

Napa Gold - 1358
Napa Gold - 1356 (This is the long version, the M-36)

Pennzoil - PZ-37
Pennzoil - PZ-36 (This is the long verison, the M-36. Are you catching onto a pattern here yet? )

Purolator - L14622
Purolator - L14620 (This is the long verison, the M-36)

Wix - 51358
Wix - 51357
Wix - 51356 (This is the long verison, the M-36)

I don't know why exactly Wix has two part #'s for the same filter, but whatever. Again...take this for what it's worth. This thread is definitely NOT something to hold higher than your own common sense. I don't want to be blamed for any blown engines! I read some discussions about if car filters would be OK for the 'Hawks, I really don't see why they wouldn't be. If anyone has any doubt, I'll be "aquiring" a M-33 and M-36 filter from work this weekend when I change out my bikes blood and will be sure to report back. Until then, ride safe, ride strong, and most importantly, ride fast.

Anto