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Turulszem81 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 9	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? http://imgur.com/a/mJRtK
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2633 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: This makes me wonder Reply #1 - 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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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18101 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: This makes me wonder Reply #2 - 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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hotrod Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 326 NC Gender:	Re: This makes me wonder Reply #3 - 03/21/17 at 12:43:09 It's ugly and sissy looking.
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Turulszem81 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 9	Re: This makes me wonder Reply #4 - 03/21/17 at 12:45:01 Dave wrote on 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. What about dust and such?
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Gary_in_NJ Serious Thumper Offline LS650 Cafe Racer Posts: 2633 Amongst the Twisty Roads	Re: This makes me wonder Reply #5 - 03/21/17 at 13:05:06 Turulszem81 wrote on 03/21/17 at 12:45:01: 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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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Online SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18101 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: This makes me wonder Reply #6 - 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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Ed L. Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline "We All go a Little Crazy Sometimes" Norman Bates Posts: 2808 Sunny Florida Gender:	Re: This makes me wonder Reply #7 - 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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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: This makes me wonder Reply #8 - 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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Reply #9 - 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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old.indian Serious Thumper Offline Fighting Foreign Terrorism since 1492 Posts: 975 Central New Mexico Gender:	Re: This makes me wonder Reply #10 - 03/21/17 at 17:13:46 I prefer the look without them and they only get in the way when I'm checking the valves etc.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: This makes me wonder Reply #11 - 03/21/17 at 17:27:33 batman wrote on 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. Same here. It looks unfinished to me without them.
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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2772	Re: This makes me wonder Reply #12 - 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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hotrod Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 326 NC Gender:	Re: This makes me wonder Reply #13 - 03/21/17 at 20:44:46 Flat black with a lot of holes drilled in them might look ok.
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10667 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: This makes me wonder Reply #14 - 03/22/17 at 03:25:16 hotrod wrote on 03/21/17 at 20:44:46: Flat black with a lot of holes drilled in them might look ok. That would make for a distinct look.
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