It's not hard to get into the air filter. There's a bunch of stuff to remove,
just don't get in a hurry.
I have the manual, and referred to it as I went.
I made a plan, an order of stuff to remove, by looking at these
power commander guys do it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhwo3EiayY0I broke one clip, or "push pin" on the upper cowl, but once
I got the idea of how they work, I didn't break anymore.
On some, you push in the middle and then pull the whole thing out,
on others you pull out the middle and the pull the whole thing out.
The pull out ones are called "button heads".
Honda wants 3 or 4 dollars each for replacements. I got these on Amazon,
a box of 80 or so for less than $20... there's numerous different sizes in there,
some are perfect for the Valkyrie.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GXJIWRA/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1-Mike
