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DavidOfMA Senior Member Offline Getting back in gear after a long time away Posts: 336 Beverly, MA Gender:	Where can I buy a replacement left side cover? 10/19/13 at 16:46:27 Left side cover vibrated off on a group ride and the guy behind me crushed it flat. Looked (and posted) on the Marketplace, but if nothing shows up there, where can I buy a one? Nothing on eBay - just a lot of RIGHT side covers. Thanks, David
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Re: Where can I buy a replacement left side cover?
Reply #1 - 10/19/13 at 19:39:11

Keep checking Ebay and one will turn up. Pinwall in Massilon OH parts out lots of totaled motorcycles. They have an Ebay store but you might want to give them a call.

I'm surprised there aren't any for sale here on the Marketplace with all the hacking going on in the name of building a bobber or café racer.

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DavidOfMA Senior Member Offline Getting back in gear after a long time away Posts: 336 Beverly, MA Gender:	Re: Where can I buy a replacement left side cover? Reply #2 - 10/19/13 at 20:23:59 Didn't find one through search, but you're right, there must be some out there. To buy one new is absurdly expensive for a bit of stamped metal. Thanks, David
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Re: Where can I buy a replacement left side cover?
Reply #3 - 10/19/13 at 22:41:37

You may be waiting a while to find one on the used market.
I check Pinwall regularly and haven't seen one listed there
in the last 9 months. Plenty of right sides, but no left sides.
I started checking for them when mine vibrated loose for the
second time and I wanted to have a spare in case I actually
lost it. Still haven't found one.

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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: Where can I buy a replacement left side cover? Reply #4 - 10/20/13 at 04:31:42 Yea weird there's like 20 right side covers on EBAY, but no left siders
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DavidOfMA Senior Member Offline Getting back in gear after a long time away Posts: 336 Beverly, MA Gender:	Re: Where can I buy a replacement left side cover? Reply #5 - 10/20/13 at 06:58:50 I'm thinking this is because a lot of people remove the air box, but there's not much reason to remove the left side cover unless you're doing a major bike mod.
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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	Re: Where can I buy a replacement left side cover? Reply #6 - 10/21/13 at 18:00:11 I have four side covers for sale. RYCA leftovers. Two yellow and two silver. I'm not sure how to price all the stuff I am about to put up for sale. Maybe use 1/5 of the dealer price, eh?
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Where can I buy a replacement left side cover? Reply #7 - 10/21/13 at 18:13:58 You guys may wanna use allen heads & locktite.
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gizzo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiCabbage. It's Savage. Posts: 1318 Australia	Re: Where can I buy a replacement left side cover? Reply #8 - 10/21/13 at 18:33:11 Do the left side ones maybe go missing because they only have one screw holding them on? The RHS one has 2 screws. Looks like a candidate for an extra bracket to replace the silly tag and slot arrangement.
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Todd James Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 238 Mansfield, Ohio Gender:	Re: Where can I buy a replacement left side cover? Reply #9 - 10/21/13 at 18:58:53 Pinwall Cycle parts out a lot of salvage Savages and S40's and they rarely, if ever, have left side covers listed in their inventory. Seems like most of the Suzy's arrive without them. I'm going to take Justin O's advice put some locktite on mine.
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DavidOfMA Senior Member Offline Getting back in gear after a long time away Posts: 336 Beverly, MA Gender:	Re: Where can I buy a replacement left side cover? Reply #10 - 10/21/13 at 19:20:30 Found a replacement here. Turns out mine fell off because the bracket snapped, not because the screw vibrated loose. Need to find a sturdier way to keep the replacement in place. Ideas?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Where can I buy a replacement left side cover? Reply #11 - 10/21/13 at 20:22:41 old sealing washers work great.
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Re: Where can I buy a replacement left side cover?
Reply #12 - 10/22/13 at 05:43:30

verslagen1 wrote on 10/21/13 at 20:22:41:

old sealing washers work great.

Like I said, the problem in my case was not that the screw vibrated loose but that the bracket to which the cover was screwed snapped off. Don't see how sealing washers would help. Need to figure out an additional attachment or reinforce the bracket somehow.

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Re: Where can I buy a replacement left side cover?
Reply #13 - 10/22/13 at 05:52:20

DavidOfMA wrote on 10/22/13 at 05:43:30:

verslagen1 wrote on 10/21/13 at 20:22:41:

old sealing washers work great.

Like I said, the problem in my case was not that the screw vibrated loose but that the bracket to which the cover was screwed snapped off. Don't see how sealing washers would help. Need to figure out an additional attachment or reinforce the bracket somehow.

Same exact thing happened to me. I found a left side cover at a motorcycle salvage yard, pretty cheap (cheaper than ebay) and a bracket. Have not had that problem since. I don't think it really needs reinforcing but some lock washers and you should be good. Mine has not broken off again after 6 years.

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