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I would also consider the cylinder head/valve cover protectors or crash bars to be highly desirable. Those beasts are top-heavy, and you'll find quite a few of them bear the scars from being laid down more or less gently on their sides. Better to get scars on the protectors than on the valve covers. The plastic protectors will stand up to a drop at standstill or very low speed. There are also aluminium ones available, and crash bars of various types.You might also want to add the full toolkit, which is not included on later models.Apart from valve cover protectors, the accessories I've added are: tank bag, top case, lifting handle (it's an early model), big foot on sidestand, Laminar Lip screen extender to reduce buffeting noise, oil cooler mesh protector, headlight protector, front accessory socket, GSA 'winglets', and probably a few I've forgotten. I've also reversed the filler cap and removed the rubber extension tube inside the filler. It came with ABS, heated grips, hand protectors, and alarm preinstalled.