Wait....I am lost Jack has a quote up from Kokomo that I don't see on the list of replies and it makes it hard to follow the flow of the thread.Am I missing something here? I seem to notice that more often . Is there something on my computer that is messing up or did Kokomo take his post down.... I posted that I would be concerned about any open air cleaner in the rain and Jack also makes reference. .. I am not sure if we are on the same page or not but the way I look at it is. Water at some point would find a way into that A/C how could it not. I f you are a fair weather rider as I am sure most of us try to be okay BUT at some point we all get caught in the rain. I got into two doozies of a storm this year. If I had an open element cleaner I would have been as nervous as a long tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs. Not that the water is going to get sucked in and shut my motor down but that it will be pulled in as a mist that wont shut the motor off but will wash over everything and contaminate my oil .. Right now I have the S/E stage one filter with the football and I even worry about water getting in that