I had a foam filter with outerwear and it would get plugged up too quickly and cause the bike to run terrible. On one occasion, in one ride, it became plugged to the point that it would not even run. Towed it back to camp only to find all it needed was the filter cleaned. Switched to K&N with outerwear and no problems yet, even when going 4-5 tanks of gas between cleanings (5.3 gallon tank)