Like Ryk, I have had zero problems. I have bare K&N pods, was in a rain so hard cars had to pull over. I kept riding in the stuff to just see what this bike would do in a flood rain situation. Water was 6" deep in the road and it never so much as sputtered. But I did.

2005 Model . Two Fast Eddy stickers , a bell and a clock . She's Lola . She tinkles and keeps time . http://s649.photobucket.com/albums/uu211/britbike05/