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Message: [QUOTE="velosapiens, post: 314069, member: 29021"] don't worry about it. a little dust won't kill your engine. if you run it with no filter for a few rides, that might be different. once i forgot to oil my spare filter and rode 250 miles in VERY dusty conditions. i definitely got some dust through it. far more than your friend got it sounds like. i took the airbox and carb out and dismantled and cleaned it all. 15,000 miles later, the engine still runs great and doesn't consume any oil. eventually, dust might do bad things to the rings, but it'll take a while. witness all those poor farmers in mexico running trucks w/o airfilters. -mark weaver [/QUOTE]