you have to spray it / wipe it down once in a while with some wd-40 and a rag.. would be a good habbit to get into every oil change. found a pic of my bike with the greggs installed. I'll try and take one with the mikuni in a couple days.
I have checked everywhere on the internet to try and find someone who sells the Mikuni but I don't think it's available. Yoyodyne used to have them for $130usd but they have discontinued them for the 98-03 R1's. Just wanted to get an idea of what it was worth. I bought it used and beat up. Had to sand and polish the hell out of it.