Welcome Loopydog! Glad you like the bike already - I'm sure you'll love it even more once you get a few more miles on it - it's a fantastic machine!

I can certainly recommend OTR (even if other haven't in the past) - I have one or two bits from them already... (ahem), including their aluminium sump guard and it works very well, while not being too clunky looking like some others... don't be concerned about the potential lack of water-pump coverage - it's a myth - and of course their sump-guard is the only one that has been 'Dakar-tested' and there were no problems, other than the odd ding...

Jenny xx

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