Right side air filter cover

[sonny]

I just removed the right side air filter cover figuring on oiling the idle adjustment cable.
1st time I've taken it off, never needed to I thought. Should there be an air filter element behind that cover? I don't have one there. If so, is there one I can buy at a parts house instead of a dealer?
Thanks for your time

[taranis]

I'm assuming yours is a stock bike, if so, then no. Your air cleaner is on the left side. Air is channeled through a cross-over tube that goes between the jugs and to the right side.

Goofiest setup I've ever seen.

[AlabamaNomadRider]

No air filter on the right side. You can do the throttle body cleaning while you are there.

[sonny]

Thanks folks, wuuuu, y'all just saved me a stomping case of the red ashes. I was going hunting my mechanic tomorrow. I would have never figured an empty air cleaner cover. It does look good, but now even more confusing with a single carb. Well that's what makes me mechanically declined, confused, I guess.
Thanks for your time

[creed]

I had the exact same experience last summer when I first brought home my 2008 Nomad, and posted with the same question then. I was freaking out thinking the dealer had left out the air filter in putting the bike together but learned it was all OK. So, you're not the only one.

[Jared]

Extremely inefficient design.

[nomadbehappy]

When I brought my nomad home (2006) I pulled the covers to check the air filters and wondered where the right filter was. At first I thought the dealer forgot to put it back in (used bike) but found a PCIII under the left side cover and figured that was a fair trade :-)