Hmmm ... I pulled my spare Super Tenere DNA filter out of it's packaging tonight just to double check the colour ... and yes the pink is a fairly light shade but can be definitely seen.

I can only think that your filter must have somehow skipped that manufacturing stage !!!

I see that you are planning to clean the filter with warm soapy water but I'm just wondering whether that will be successful and that you might have to use some "approved" air filter cleaner as a degreaser.

I haven't used the K&N air filter oil but my riding buddy has used it on the K&N filter he has in his own Tenere. From memory the oil consistency and application was almost identical to the DNA stuff but I do have plenty of the genuine DNA oil available if you prefer to use that ...

Good luck ...

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Pete

expat Kiwi - now living in Melbourne - now riding a XT660R and a XT1200Z