I like the look. What all is needed to complete the conversion? Battery bracket, carb braces, filters, what else? What parts do you have and where do you suggest getting the rest of the items? It would certainly make it a lot easier to keep the lower part of the frame clean.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.