2022 Officially "On Order"!

[Pyrrho]

Considering it's a 2021 and has only 82 miles on it, yeah it certainly was a garage queen. Previous owner has a main residence in CO where he has his GS, and bought the RS to ride around Florida when staying there. The O719 stuff is damn pretty (esp in the storm like mine) but without engine bars there's no way to protect it.

IMO, engine bars:
+ maximum engine protection in a crash
+ can accommodate non-stock head covers
+ provide additional lighting mount points
+ could retain expensive O719 bits that came with bike
- unattractive
- prohibit use of spoilers or belly pans
- out of place on what I consider a classical ST such as the RS (stylistic issue vs beauty)
- increases width of the heads even more on what already is likely one of the widest bikes available
- added weight

Whereas MM X-Heads over stock covers:
+ increased protection of heads to an acceptable level
+ allow installation of the Limberger belly pan I'm interested in
= negligible weight difference
- slightly less attractive than stock
- more time/hassle/money in getting heads & engine cover swapped

Using my math, stock heads are the way to go. Everyone else has different goals and use cases.