FL500s is still widely sold in the US. But I did hear somebody say his dealership put something else inside. So yeah, dealers my use some other filter that also works. But I prefer to stick to the parts written in the manual.
It's like spamming on the supercharger thread that we don't need them. People like to hijack threads by going offtopic and make it look like they are a rolemodel and we should do what they say, like what they like and think how they think.
Anybody already told him to enjoy life and have a good time or are we only going to give him life lessons that he will forget anyways, like we forgot and found out ourselves?
We act like we are all competent enough to avoid all risks. This life doesn't come without risk and a young kid can't...