Thoughts, ideas, or suggestions are greatly welcomed
Figured as much, thanks to most of you.
Anyone else notice the contrast in sentiment?
Anyway...
You'll probably get as much damage from poor carb jetting as you will from water injestion.
Engine won't run as well while injesting water, so you'll get performance issues during the event.
If the water isn't removed before shutdown, internal parts like valves, cylinder walls, etc. in contact with water will rust/corrode, including the exhaust internals.
Water contaminated oil doesn't lube as well, and promotes the formation of amino acids, also of detriment to metal components.
If your pods are paper elements (there are, what, dozens of styles made in the last thirty years.), water softens the paper and they distort and change their behavior. If they are foam, then they'll have to be re-oiled after the rain event. (If they were oiled in the first place.)
All these things tend to shorten engine life.
But, I suppose if you are putting on pods for looks, it will look like you want it to in the short time you'll operate the bike before moving on to more exciting machines. And, it'll still look bad-ass to the potential buyer who'll inherit the problems induced by the P.O.
And, don't worry, I already know you're not going to thank me. (Insert sarcastic smiley here.)
