Yup I use the same thing on the bike as ghostbiker, works a treat.
In the past I have hammered a screw driver through and used that to turn the filter.
That used to be the way I got em all off. Till I bought a 3 year old VW Bora with 6000 miles on the clock. Don't think it had ever had an oil and filter change. The dealer gave it a 'service' before I picked it up. But I reckon they just sucked the oil out and stuck some fresh stuff in, either that or the apprentice stuck the filter on and torqued it to buggery.
But anyway, stuck my screwdriver through it and it started opening up like a tin of sardines. Eventually got the remains of the filter off with one of these -
http://http://www.drapertools.com/b2c/b2citmdsp.pgm?pp_skmno=37871&ipadd= Great if you can get em in.
Was lucky, thought I would have to remove the oil cooler to get the filter off.
Never stuck a screwdriver through an oil filter since.