The other option staying away from a in line fuel filter would be to have a filter and a funnel so you clean the fuel before it goes into the tank rather than clean it after its been through the fuel pump and is at pressure. It would mean having to carry around a funnel+filter. But then again the XTR/Tenere are design to run on lower grade fuels so a bit of dirt/sand isnt going to harm them really? is it?

I think i read somewhere that inline fuel filters are only ever used on carbed bikes as its mostly gravity feed to a pump, because if you put pressure on the fuel filter the dirt will at some point be pushed through and into your engine.

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