Confessions of a born again noob

[Cormanus]

My bike has been dropped twice, once on each side and both causing damage to the engine covers. The second drop caused enough other damage to justify an insurance claim which is paying for the repair to the crankcase cover. Frankly, I would have left the scratched covers alone if I was paying for them out of pocket. I weighed the cost of repairing them against the cost of the engine guards, added in that I haven't yet to see engine guards that I find particularly attractive, and have come to the conclusion that I don't really need them. Now I just call the scratches "character marks".

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