Side cover blew off...history

ski said:
Brand spanking new Touring. It was finally cool enough, 45 degrees, to start putting some miles on her. About 3-5 miles into my ride I heard something kinda click. Looked in the rear view and didn't see anything. Didn't think anything of it. When I got to the first stop sign, put my foot down and felt the right rear floor board was down. "That was the click I heard" I pondered to myself. Kicked up the board and went on my way. When I returned home about 42 miles later I noticed the side cover missing. Re-rode the route and could not find it. I called the dealer the next day and explained the above story. He wanted to hem and haw and asked me If maybe I bumped it throwing my leg over it. I assured him I know how to mount a motorcycle and in the end he agreed to cover the cover. So...I have read quit a bit on these forums but didn't see where this side cover mounting was a problem. I took the left cover off and did notice it comes off rather easy. I assumed it was a dealer issue and won't be a problem in the future. Is there an issue with these covers? Is there something I can do to prevent this from happening again? I'm quite sure that if this happens again I will be forking over the doe to replace it.
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Glad the dealer came through. I had dealer in the Milwaukee area change my tires a couple years ago when I was on our Sea to Shining Sea ride for diabetes research. They treated me great!!!
 
Went to take care of this today and got stopped by a drill with a dead battery, but my plan is to drill through the rear plastic peg base that goes into the bushing when you push it on - a hole through that on the inside won't be visible at all, and it is right next to the frame so a looped loose strip tie should be a perfect backup in case it flies off.
 
Probably would cost close to $100,000 to buy all the parts separately and put it together to build a Rocket 3.
Mind you, if it was a Harley it would cost $200,000.
 
Hi i lost one of the gromets from the side panel and went to the dealerfor a replacement.
repalcwment cost was ......... £1.25 or $2 now that is good
 

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