Thanks everyone, apparently plastic guards are a OK (and cheap to boot). I primarily care about minor drops.
Attaching a picture of my baby - first time I see one in alien-puke color, I have only seen the orange-and-black ones until now.
This is the one they show in the books
Hello everyone, I become recently an owner of a R1150R, my first BMW. It's not new, but it was sitting in a garage for a while, so it is in a great cosmetic shape. I would like to keep it this way, so I want to minimize the possible scratches on the cylinder heads, but I find the large metal engine ...