ims tank vs. crash guards
Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 6:06 pm
--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "eddiebmauri" wrote:
My KLR w/IMS has gone down a few times with IMS, but no crash guards as such. No problem. The IMS tank appears to spread the weight around so that no one spot on the radiator or the stock reservoir loop gets a big whack. I don't even run those little tab mounts on the front. I wouldn't expect that it'd take a big crash like at 30mph, but for typical low- speed tipovers that will cause issues with a stock KLR it does fine.> As a follow-up to the recent excellent threads about crash guards, I > have a question, "I was told that with an IMS tank, it is not > necessary to have crash guards because the IMS tank would suffice". > Do you agree with that?