[Vinish]

Yes, with dimpled blockoff plates, leave the reed valve and screw in place. There is more that you must do, however, related to the vacuum hoses and other related hoses and using the rubber stopper supplied with the blockoff plates to plug the resulting hole in the back of the airbox. The instructions will detail all of this.

 

[Vinish]

While that is likely to work, it leaves hoses and other voids that are sealed off from the external environment and tend to collect condensation. I have read that these hoses and other voids will fill with water from condensation eventually which can cause corrosion problems.