Now that the topic has been covered, can we all take a moment to have a good laugh at the thread title Chris
Have mine infront. Why would you want to send the crap into the engine?
In front- it's there to restrict the amount of water getting to the plug caps/ spark plugs in rain, it's not a fully faired bike and this can be an issue- I know because I had several plug caps fail in heavy rain on my mk1!