[Jeff Higgins]

Speedy Moto has the short sliders that fit under the fairings. The ones that are long enough to stick through the fairing, ostensibly to "save" the fairing, really don't. They are actually so long they typically just break off, or wind up damaging the frame when they bend back. If you are going to use sliders at all, use the short, behind the fairing kind. Most of us don't use them, though. Not on street bikes.

Living in the Pacific North "wet" and riding year-round, I run enclosed covers on the clutch and belts. I don't think getting the dry clutch wet with road spray will hurt it in any way (nor the belts), but I am concerned with what is in that road spray - all the grit, sand, and other crap.