I am biased on running NOS. Some things are just plain cool. Everyone has an opinion, although I am not a fan of that set up. I much prefer the NOS tanks on the down tubes. The poor owner of this bike better know where every gas station is when making a trip, because he will have to stop at all of them. Is "Channel air" supposed to be some sort of ram air feature? Just curious if you flow benched this set up? An open element filter directly sucking air from beside the tank like a normal setup would almost have to flow better then sucking air through a hole in a tank, and then piping it into the heads.