open air cleaner cover question?
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Tourer
Joined: Apr 2006
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From: champaign illinois
open air cleaner cover question?
im thinking of purchasing this one. it is open pretty much everywhere. i have seen others use an air cleaner where it is all open except the front. is it safe to run the bike like this? the bike doesnt like rain.
Road Master
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From: Kewanee, IL.
My air cleaner is completely open like this one... I have been caught in the rain before and unless it is not really pouring down hard the bike still ran fine... however I did get caught in a bad down pour and after about 5-10 miles the bike did sputter a couple times but has been fine since.
Tourer
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From: East Tennessee
I have run an open filter for several years now. I have used a big sucker and now have a screamin eagle. My bike is rode and I have been through some bad storms and it has not bothered my bike. I also have a carb bike. I rode through one of the worst rains ever for 250 miles back from Nashville and bike never sputtered.
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Tourer
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: Ontario,Canada
if you are running fairing lowers there shouldn't be a problem even in the heaviest down pour,if you are not there is a possibility of water saturation and a temporarily poor running bike until it dries out ,no big deal though.
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