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There are only three real problems with having my motorcycle sit in the rain without a cover.

1. A part of the left handlebar is rusting.
2. My brake rotors are rusting. (polishes away)
3. My registration underneath the seat gets wet. (usually keeping them in a zip-locked bag works)

But even those minor issues don't bother me as much as the unreal problem; the thought of my bike sitting outside getting drenched. Sometimes I picture it as though the wind and rain will weather it as they do to landscapes, in particular granite landscapes. Other times, I think of my bike as a living creature, like a horse or dog, and you just don't leave those guys outside in the rain. I sold my last bike because I couldn't stand the idea of it getting rusty outside in the perennial mist that is so typically Berkeley. Now I have a bike that's almost entirely aluminum and plastic and it still bothers me to have it showered upon. Maybe it's me.