Air filters and rain

[mexican]

On this coming trip i am kinda worried about the beast, the filters are wide open and if i encouter heavy rain i may be in trouble.
According to Carpenter, a little water will not hurt anything and he sent the bike back to Bud without any filters at all.
What are your thoughts on this matter?

 

[rainman]

On this coming trip i am kinda worried about the beast, the filters are wide open and if i encouter heavy rain i may be in trouble.
According to Carpenter, a little water will not hurt anything and he sent the bike back to Bud without any filters at all.
What are your thoughts on this matter?

All I can say is you know what happens when you ride with me

 

[mexican]

All I can say is you know what happens when you ride with me

What if i stay behind 10 miles?

 

[TURBO200R4]

just a thought
i am thinking that there was like nylon covers for them and they might wick away the rain.

 

[rainman]

What if i stay behind 10 miles?

Ain't gonna help

 

[TURBO200R4]

three large tomato soup cans tied together.
lol

 

[rainman]

@mexican remember when me and glen came to Oklahoma

 

[rainman]

 

[Dr.D]

There are “rain socks” specifically made to cover exposed filters. I had one on my Harley Fatbob.

 

[Forrest]

I have the exact same filters on my roadster. I often ride in the rain and I've found that not a drop gets into the throttle bodies because I check after the ride. As long as the filters are nice and oiled I would not be worried.

Like the gents above have stated, there are prefilters that you can get for them. I would have no idea where to get them though.