...then go back on air pretending to be a coroner for the capitalist American Navy.

 

Well, if you wanna get real technical, it should be "I'll bet" instead of "I bet"...

Regardless, I'd take em off completely so that they wouldn't cause any more rust damage.

 

And here we see Illya Kuryakyn and Napolean Solo ..... man-caving it up ... '60's style.

BTW: We obviously had very little "upscale" fashion taste in the '60's ....

 

+1 on the extenders...very functional

 

Not sure who makes this part, (likely it wasn't Kuryakyn), or what happened; bike is 10 months old, garaged, and just had the 1k service done. Since I have checked the levels a few times and it wasn't like this, I swear this somehow happened during the service.

Any ideas how this type of pitting might happen IF it was from doing a service, something spilled on it?

 

That's fairly close to the battery overflow tube, and I suspect that at speed there may have been some splatteing of acid.
That 'is' nasty looking ....... curious that it's only the chrome plug though .....

 

I have purchased several items from Kuryakyn and I have had only one issue with the things I bought from them.

I had purchased the saddle shields for my 2008 Ultra, after only a month, one of the lexan pieces cracked at the bolt holding it on. I called and was immediatly sent out a new set with no charge. A couple months later, this set also broke, and once again, it was replaced with no charge. I ended up selling the new set and went with the HD shields, simply because I found the problem to be more an issue of my riding style (leg hit the shield when mounting and dismounting, causing stress)

Customer service has always been above and beyond most companies, so If I do have a problem, I feel reasonably certian that they will stand behind the product they sell.

 

That sounds like a good call but I would think that the battery overflow would be farther back, closer to the rear tire, rather than over the engine area. It's interesting that it only hit the two plugs, primarily the transmission plug, or at least doesn't show any splatters on the black wrinkle paint. Could this have come from the battery tender over-charging?

Went out and took another look, and there are no hoses hanging down in this area, but then discovered a small hose that at one end isn't connected to anything; what is it, and should it be connected somewhere?

 

Transmission vent. Not connected to anything. Vents off pressure in the tranny.

 

Thank you very much! Too short to go anywhere, but inquiring minds want to know. Still not sure about the splatters, though, but it doesn't seem to be from anything like a hose over-flow.

So strtarrow, can you offer us an update yet with Kuryakyn, and if the manager made it right?