It might be okay, but from personal experience with a factory upgrade on a different model bike, I would have to say no and back away from such a mod.
The long story:
Apples and oranges, perhaps, but I bought a 1st year rubber-mounted engine Harley-Davidson XL1200R in 2004.
The easy mods included a Screaming Eagle slip-on mufflers plus jet and air filter kits.
The air filter setup came with different plastic "guts" behind the stock metal air filter housing that eliminated the forward facing air intake snorkel completely.
It had acted to both direct air into the air filter housing and divert debris & water from making direct, head-on contact with the filter itself.
The new filter had a cleanable material of what appeared to be like a coarse woven fiberglass. 2,000 miles of normal riding later, I examined the filter and was
horrified to see holes in the leading end's pleat edges where they'd sustained hits from ?? (sand?) and worn through. One could see tiny dots of clear daylight through them!
I took it back and the 1st Harley tech tried to say I had improperly cleaned it (compressed air). I let them know real quick it wasn't cleaned at all, it was clean because it was NEW and a victim of a poor design.
I got a free new filter after some debate and went home to devise a simple fix that covered the area vacated by the absent snorkel.
Plenty of air could still get in around the new backing plate as it was smaller than the outer cover.
Photo, clockwise from upper left:
Original intake with snorkel.
After modification with factory HD parts, the air filter(faint blue and white part) visible & exposed to oncoming debris.
Small stainless steel "cover" I installed over the void left by removing the snorkel.
Final note: HD went through I believe three part numbers on that air filter within a year even though I doubt they were the real issue.