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Look at twisted throttle , they have a black cover for both lower sides of the motor.

Uhm, the price for such a cover, which in my opinion is one ugly piece of #%$, is the same as a new shiny alternator cover from the dealer.

Yes, you're right. If I have to throw money better for me to buy a new or original

Honestly, it would be cheaper to have someone professionally mask off the white of your lefthand fairing, and the decal work, and sand and respray it blue. you're looking at a few hundred pounds, Maybe. the stator cover, oh well. sand it as smooth as you can get it, and just have that guy prime it and paint IT silver as well. I mean really.

you got out really easily, you didn't crack any fairings, you didn't bust your headlight assembly, or bend up brakes/forks, ect. best wishes on that knee of yours, but just have a paint guy look at it, and give you an estimate. I bet it won't be nearly as much as buying fairings and pieces from the STEALERSHIP.

Sharba, thank god you didn't get injured "more than that" - hope your knee gets well soon! Reading your story, I'm glad I coughed up the extra dimes to get it with ABS. My health is worth the extra money.
I have only put it to ground once, doing a parking. I was so stupid to pull the front brake while having the front wheel turned completely to the right; though at very low speed the bike just lay down, taking me with it (the bike didn't deny its 240+ kgs). Luckily, nothing extensively , happened except for a few scratches on the right blinker, minor (almost invisible) scratches on the exhoust and deep on the right fairing. Well, and a few scratches to my pride

@dspedersen:

I believe that ABS is a good option for a bike, but even so I probably wont purchase my new bike with it. Riding experience and insight work better to keep me safe and on the saddle then trusting the ABS to get you to a stop. My riding conditions are almost always dry only on vacations that I get a few wet km's.

@Kadett, each to his own I'm not that an experienced rider, and even if I was, I'd ask myself if I could brake 100% optimal in all panic situations I might face. Even one missed optimal braking could be fatal. Also, the wet conditions aren't the only ones in which ABS is favorable; oil spills, dropped gravel from a truck, etc etc. Plenty of factors and not always forseeable. Btw, read somewhere that EU is planning to make ABS obligatory on all bikes bigger than 125 ccm, so, in a not so near future you might not have a choice...

Oil spill even ABS wont save you. Trust me on that
I'm also not an experienced rider (3 years and 20k km's) but have enough experience riding my cars which gives me road experience. And I believe experience > ABS. My experience keeps me out of problem/panic situations.

Do you think the same is true for cars, ie they'd be better of without ABS?

Which is why you should practise emergency braking, and often - 2-3 times a week I still have a go, usually just outside my own house on the way home from work.
When the times comes, I want to brake hard, stop fast, and not have to think about it...

I practice it whilst riding on the road, with nothing behind me of course

yes. at least every few times you roll out and about, give yourself a good 2-4 times of hard hard threshhold braking, until one day you practice one, and it's scary fast stopping first try, every time.

Saved me and my girlfriend when a silverado 1500 pulled a left in front of us into the pizza joint after I made a 15mph right hand 90 degree turn at a green light. 15 to dead stop before he met eyes with me. You can bet I had a few choice gestures for him. My girlfriend had a few choice manuevers in the bedroom for me too, she rides, and appreciated it.