since Rusty's story of side cover damage i've noticed some grooves worn into my clutch cover, turns out the brake foot pedal is real sharp on the edges. so i bent the rear ears over and sanded them smooth.

the ears are formed to match the cover profile, so when they do engage the force is dispersed and wont cut into the magnesium cover

So until i can get some side cover guards, this is a quick cheap insurance policy

This is the way the PO set up the brake lever on my bike. He mounted the pedal from the bottom instead of the top. He also put on piece of rubber hose and a brake snake. It is kind of ugly but it actually works okay.