Keep us updated on how it seals and works next time you check it. I know I'm very interested to see how it does. I'm not comfortable having a one time use paper filter and nothing else on hand for my 690, since most of its life is spent offroad.

2 street rides later, the filter is still flat against the lip of the airbox as best as I can tell. It's hard to see up front there - I think I'm going to remove my shrouds to triple-check everything is in ship shape, and then take it offroad. I'll keep you updated.

One note for installation of AU 1417: It's not easy to get the lid's tabs to fit into the holes in the airbox because the rim of the filter extends too high and blocks them. You have to wiggle the lid in and then and then slot the front of the filter in after it as best as you can. Someone punch me if I'm the only one who thinks this is awkward. Maybe a tiny trim of the filter seal would be in order, if only I had courage for such things. What I find works best is the following:

1) With the lid and filter removed, insert the filter but don't push it all the way forward.
2) Push the front of the filter down and below the rim of the airbox while pulling the filter back gently
3) While holding the front of the filter down, insert the airbox lid tabs down into their cutouts
4) Push the filter forward and tuck it underneath the tabs
5) Gently insert and tighten the airbox lid screws into their brass inserts but be careful - it is exceedingly easy to pull them out of their towers. I was not careful, and therefore I JB weld.

Pain in the ass for a "drop in" filter, but it seems to work. It's foam and this material has been tested in some truly dusty conditions so I know if there's still dust on the inside of my box when I check it next, I have a leaky airbox or inadequate oiling or something.

As yet another side note: AU 1417, the orange one (NOT US 1417, which is black) says on the package it comes pre-oiled. I guess there's a tiny bit of oil on there. I always wonder if the pre-oil amount is enough. Is filter oil combustible in teeny tiny quantities? Is it bad to have too much (it generally ends up at the bottom of your airbox)? I got some grease on my filter when I stuffed it in there - is my engine going to grenade? (or - sometimes I think this almost as bad - just lose power gradually without me noticing as the piston gets torn up because of my incompetence?)

Air filters literally keep me up at night - I have work in 6 hours. Why can't they just fit and seal well!?!?! Sheesh...