The DSS sidecovers look exactly stock EXCEPT that there are no holes for the badge mounts. The location for the holes are marked on the inside should you want to install badges.
The DSS sidies are beautifully made, better quality than the OEM items, and certainly much better quality plastic, almost nylon, in fact. Only problem that I had, was mine
fell off on the bike's maiden voyage, never to be seen again, even though I drove my car 100 miles, scouring the sides of the roads twice, but I never found it.
That was 2 years ago and I'm still pissed as I'd painted it candy burgundy and clearcoated it with expensive 2K clear, and fitted a new OEM badge, it probably looked remarkably beautiful arcing through the stratosphere on that balmy fall evening on it's way to "Sidecover Valhalla", boo hoo! I consoled myself with the thought that God probably took it for his own F2 rebuild because it's beauty was unique, and even though technically he broke one of his own commandments by knocking mine off, I could at least understand why.
I'm hoping mine had a manufacturing defect, but the flat knobs were a little "undersized"? I initially thought that the old mounting rubbers that I re-used were worn out, but in fact, when I found a good used OEM sidecover on Ebay, and once again repainted it with the last of my candy burgundy paint, and put another badge on it, (thanks to another forum member) it was a tight fit in the rubber mount. Just be careful, if you buy one and it feels a little "loose" contact DSS and see what they'll do to replace it, or like me, you'll cry yourself to sleep, mourning your tragic loss. Cheers, Terry.
