International Dealer News IDN 147 February/March 2019 | Page 31

Twin Air General Manager Pieter Does
anufacturing air
filters for
motorcycles is
easy, right? It is
simply a question
of cutting, stamping, printing,
gluing, assembly, pre-oiling (or
not), packing and shipping,
right? Think again! Robin Bradley
visited Twin Air at Veghel in the
Netherlands to see for himself
just how much care and testing
goes into every air filter…
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Whether you are working with paper, cotton, foam,
gauze and mesh or any other combination or kind of
filter media technology, the process, and the
importance of getting it right, is an attention-to-detail
minefield and a primary critical component for engine
performance.
Visiting Twin Air in the Netherlands reminded me just
how much attention to detail needs to go into that
process and just how a filter can affect performance.
Twin Air has been a leading foam air filter
manufacturer for almost 50 years and only makes
motorcycle and ATV air filters - with off-road and
motocross performance its speciality.
A major OE filter manufacturer, with the added reach
of their aftermarket programme, Twin Air can claim to
have been the filter of choice for “more World and
National Champions than all other air filters
combined”. Since 1972, Twin Air’s owner Klaas
Biermann is proud of Twin Air’s record of having
supported over 300 World Champions.
The Netherlands can claim a special place in the
history of motocross - the country’s sandy, gritty soil
is where it all began.
It was in the Netherlands, in 1947, that the Dutch
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