Yeah you'll be fine. In my case(s) the filter element got saturated with water and the engine just acts like it's not getting air, so it bogs down, hiccups, burps out the air cleaner, and won't accelerate. No Hydro lock or anything.

 

Are you riding down from N IL? If you are you're one tough SOB. lol

 

This is where I blame the girlfriend for being a puzzy......Hahaha!

But I tell everyone "im not a puzzy, I just look like one! Hahaha!

 

Never had any issues with mine on any bike..

 

I don't use one and weather doesn't stop me from riding. I've been in rains that could fill a pool in 5 minutes and never had an issue. I've been in stop and go traffic and the heavens open up without problems too.

I try to relate this to the HO 103 air cleaner covers and no lowers. My wife's RK didn't come with a sock and I would think that the "scoop" on the cleaner cover would ingest a lot more rain than my CVO SE open filter that did come.

 

Harley Heavy Breather. I keep the rain sock in my bag. If I know its gonna rain I throw it on. When caught off guard in the rain, I put it on first chance I can. No problems yet.

 

No sock, never had one never will.
Running a Big Sucker w/open element since '95 with zero rain issues. And I've ridden through some real heavy storms.
You won't have any problems.

 

I run a Fuelmoto Stage 1 with an open filter with a face plate on the end. I have a Harley rain sock that fits over the filter element. We were caught in a downpour on the highway coming back from the Moonshine Store in Martinsville, Il. We road 80 miles in it. Without the sock the bike bogged down several times on the highway. We pulled over and put the rain sock on and had no problems after that.

 

You guys that have ridden for long periods in heavy rains that bogged it down a little, without any other problems might not be looking in the right place.

Check your oil for signs of water. In those conditions, some steam will find it's way into the oil, turning it a little milky.

 

I have the SE Ventilator AC and I just keep the sock in the bag last year on the way home from street vibes it rained good for the most part on the way home and the AC was fine with the sock on