I had a left side maintenance cover come off once. It hit the road and immediately got crushed by an eighteen wheeler so the was no recovering it. I ended up pulling the lowers and riding "naked" for a few years.
The benefit was the bike ran cooler, especially around town.

 

its going to storage in the next few days. the place its going to has reduced rates on labor wile its there so the carb is going to be rebuilt.

 

If you get a plastic welder, you can fix the plastics. Its not going to happen over night and will take some work. But it will be worth it. I would hate to see you just say the heck with the bike over one of the plastics. These bikes are one of a kind. I don't think street fighters does them justice but take away from the history and real tradition and value of the bike. Ebay has the plastics all the time.

 

I notice my bike gets rather hot around town. They should of vented them better. I may take the maintance lids off and see if I notice a differance sometime.