My local dealer finally got the R and GT in stock (though they have sold 4 in the last week and the next two are spoken for...selling like hot cakes) so I had the privilege of sitting on both today. Looked close at them and there aren't any apparent options for mounting anything to the front of the engine and certainly not any points that that seem strong enough to support the weight of the bike against a case guard. I was thinking that the bike might look nice with a small rounded guard similar to what Honda uses on the Goldwing.