but will running the bike lean for prolonged periods of time cuase any major engine damage i read somewhere that this leads to engine siezing and stuff is this true???

of course..and plus u guys are running the risk of dust and other particles directly entering your engine..which will kill it in the long run a lil too soon

i love when someone tries to sound cool!

so, coming to the point, the snorkel is there to give a slight bend to the direction of air flow and its function is to reduce the resonance inside the air intake box. when air enters directly from top of the space it reaches the resonance frequency when we accelerate hence making more sound.
and mind it , it happens only when accelerating because thats the period when air rushes in at maximum vol/sec.

and another thing for you! the sound we hear is produced is coming from the air box and not the exhaust.the exhaust makes normal sound but we we overhear it as air box makes a different sound at different pitch.
the sound we hear is amalgamation of the sound of air intake box and the exhaust.

and

your words (or rather lack of them in form of blanks) tells a lot about your
"bikerness"
sorry if i offended you but no one should pass BS as facts sarcastically!

i think my reply is good enough as my first post at xBhp! thanks!

BTW i removed the snorkel and covered around 1400km till now no problem nd it sounds gooood

Cheers W

50k km done without snorkel nothing bad happened to engine.. u just need to re tune the mixture or at higher altitude just remove it... service interval decreases ... the engine breathes better, revs better , performance increases slightly ...