Riders Choice installed a number of K&Ns on my bike over the years. The last one failed (installed last August), in the exact manner this recall describes, as I was going thru Gananoque on a weekend tour to the Adirondacks in October. The local CrappyTire saved the day and the weekend on that occasion (put a Fram filter on as a temporary measure, topped off the oil and off we went).
Read good things about Purolator One filters. As I returned home from that tour, I immediately did a full oil and filter change, now using the Purolator instead. As I was the third person in my entourage whose K&Ns have failed in the same way, I am never touching them again.