I don't ride in rain but what if I am traveling and hit a sudden thunderstorm or something. ZX14R has a huge opening up in front connected to air filter. Does riding rain affect performance? What should I do after riding in rain? Dry up air filter??

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I never noticed a performance change. It would take a hell of a downpour to really get the filter dripping wet. I would just keep an eye on the filter and change as necessary. Is there a air box drain tube with a bottle on it like the Gen1 has? If so, I would not even worry unless you find water in that bottle.

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Rook nailed it. there's a little drain bottle you could check for water.

Ive been in some torrential downpours where the cars on the freeway were slowing to under 30mph and just so I could see I was passing people at 75+ to get out in front a bit and have the rain-x start working on my visor. Below about 50 it doesn't help much.

Just parked the bike when I stopped. Didn't ever check the filter. seems to be fine.

and PS there was so much water that after I got my waterproof boots off, there was almost a cup of water that I wrung out of each sock that had come in from the tops where my jeans were tucked in. lol.

* Last updated by: rod442 on 1/17/2016 @ 11:16 PM *

I also got stuck on a trip from Maine to CT. It was a solid 2.5 hours of rain from heavy to light but it rained the whole time. I never thought about that huge ram air hole. Bike never skipped a beat. Hopefully the engineers took that into consideration when they designed it.

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2.5 hours riding in constant rain? Yowwww!

I HATE getting caught in rain. Do my best to avoid it if at all possible

ZX14R has a huge opening up in front connected to air filter.

The little clear catch tank at the bottom left side near the side stand. This hose/catch tank is sealed and is a rain drain/oil catcher that empties the ram just for those incidents. Simply drain it and you are done.

Does riding rain affect performance?

Cool, condensed air is a performance enhancer. You may feel it run smoother on some days or not without rain. It's subtle against the [sensor] telemetry.

What should I do after riding in rain? Dry up air filter??

No: Fairly clean, the air of the engine needing that much volume is an air dryer and will dry within minutes of sustained dry riding. Riding all the way home in the rain is still semi-dry having that air move across it. No need to mess with it.
Depends: Say you are 3/4 in on the service interval. I'd say it's done. The rain soaks it... where the dust is loose, but to get it wet and spread the dust to a caked effect over the pleats? It's far from being cleanable but rather replace it.

* Last updated by: Hub on 1/24/2016 @ 11:03 PM *

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yep, throttle will feel a little crisper in cooler air, we probably have more wet days than dry days here, never effected any bikes i had in 25 years of wet riding,
your air filter should not get wet, i turned my trials bike upiide down in a river last week, it still ran after a good few kicks, filter had some water in it, not a huge amount for a bike that wwas submerged for a few seconds,
the zx will be fine

* Last updated by: motero on 1/25/2016 @ 11:53 AM *

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Also, steam cleans the carbon off parts, which lowers compression, which decreases knock/pre-ign. Ask me how many head gaskets I've changed when the radiator coolant enters the combustion chamber.

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Hub, how many head gaskets have you changed when radiator coolant has entered the combustion chamber?

How many hade gaskets have you changed due to the gasket was the reason coolant was entering the cylinder?

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Enough to know the effect of what happens... fucking wise guys!

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