Well, thanks to some of you. Especially lostarchitect for having my back, and yes, I live just outside of the Badlands at the base of the Black Hills. I see you are from Brooklyn. I lived on the north end of Prospect Park for about a year when I was a bike messenger in Manhattan. I did that for about 5 years in the late 80s-early 90s.

I'm an avid fisherman and I've seen first hand what the sun will do to vinyl and plastic on a boat, even though my boat is stored in a garage and only gets out once a week. Being out all day when the UV index is high will destroy just about anything. My concern is with those components on the bike that are plastic or rubber/vinyl, like the seat and headset components. Heck, even the battery housing is black plastic. I plan to keep the cover at work.

I like the motorcycle cover idea......and since I live 30 miles from Sturgis I think I can find one.