I put a Mikuni on this summer and love it. But this will be my first season with it and I was just wondering when it's raining and you are just sitting their hunting do you throw a ziplock around the filter with a rubber band on it. That is how I have been doing when pulling the boat around behind my truck in the rain and since my boat stays out side I store it with a ziplock on it as well. I have the K&N oiled and have a pre filter on it.
Rich

I've always put the zip lock bags over mine when it starts to rain, if I'm hunting. Early teal I got caught in a huge down pour and couldn't see more than 20ft in front of me. The motor started sputtering and I lost power. So I ended up trimming the motor higher to get my carbs pointing down a bit so water wouldn't get in the engine as much and it worked. I had to crawl back to the dock though and it wasn't fun. A lot of the guys here haven't had issues with the rain but that day I did. I didn't have the prefilter on it which might have been the reason and some here say to spray the prefilter with silicone spray and it helps. I keep mine on the boat now but haven't tested them out so I couldn't tell you if it worked. I can tell you that it was a very long ride to the dock that day .

Thanks guys

coat the pre filter with teflon silicon spray to water proof it

I went out this morning and didn't get rained on, amazing!

I had to run a little over 10 miles in a STORM !!!! the motor was missing, I just knew that something was going to BLOW...

When it rains take it off. Air fillters are over rated.

wouldn't one like this be just right to keep rain out?http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/K-N-AIR-FILTER-ML-092B-MIKUNI-40-45MM-BONNET-HARLEY-_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem4cf25f474aQQitemZ330483844938QQptZMotorcyclesQ5fPartsQ5fAccessories

Thanks, I picked up some silicon spray and if i get in trouble I will just take the filter off.