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This makes me wonder
03/21/17 at 12:12:29
Hello there people I want to ask which I wanted to ask for a long time.
Why people remove this thing from the engine, I mean doesn't rain crappity smacks up the sparkplug this way?
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03/21/17 at 12:14:59
I removed mine because I think the covers look like tacked-on plastic. Given that it IS actually tacked-on plastic, that kind of makes sense.
I want to see the engine...not chromed plastic.
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03/21/17 at 12:28:42
The chrome covers are a styling element - they really don't serve any purpose that I can see.
When it rains - most of the rain comes from the front and is also thrown off the front tire.
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03/21/17 at 12:43:09
It's ugly and sissy looking.
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Dave wrote
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The chrome covers are a styling element - they really don't serve any purpose that I can see.
When it rains - most of the rain comes from the front and is also thrown off the front tire.
What about dust and such?
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Turulszem81 wrote
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What about dust and such?
Yes, they probably hold dust.
Honestly, they don't do a darn thing but get removed when they are in the way.
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03/21/17 at 13:19:16
If you want to cook a foil wrapped potato up there.....the covers may help to the potato from falling off the head when you change lanes!
(Is that why Harleys make a sound like....potato,potato,potato,potato?)
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03/21/17 at 15:52:58
I just don't like the look of them which is why I removed them from my bike.
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03/21/17 at 16:33:06
I DO like the look of them, which is why I keep them on, it's a question of aesthetics, either you like them or you don't, and some have strong feelings about them.
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03/21/17 at 16:49:35
I run the covers,I think the recess around the sparkplug and decomp cable and bracket to be pretty ugly. I believe Suzuki thought to make the motor look like the old panhead Harley,more suitable to a cruiser ,in the 80's than an overhead cam ,modern motor.In the end it's all a matter of choise.(Gary their pot metal like the carb not plastic.)
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I prefer the look without them and they only get in the way when I'm checking the valves etc.
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03/21/17 at 17:27:33
batman wrote
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I run the covers,I think the recess around the sparkplug and decomp cable and bracket to be pretty ugly.
Same here. It looks unfinished to me without them.
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03/21/17 at 20:02:44
Either way works for me. If they made the head cover a little nicer I'd probably ditch them for sure, but I think I'm keeping mine. I think the motor is one of the more striking features of the bike and the covers tend to make it stand out a bit more. Makes it look taller an more stunning. I guess it depends on what you like.
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03/21/17 at 20:44:46
Flat black with a lot of holes drilled in them might look ok.
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hotrod wrote
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Flat black with a lot of holes drilled in them might look ok.
That would make for a distinct look.
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