which hand guards

[Yan]

There are rear racks for KLR650 available on eBay for $80 - anyone has these? Any idea as to how the quality is? I remember one fellow complaining about them cracking back on the KLR650.net forum, but the forum crashed and took the archive along with it. Looks like the reviews on eBay are all good, but those are usually done right after you get the product, while I am more interested in someone who has actually used the racks for some time. Thanks.

[Yan]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Yan" wrote:

> > There are rear racks for KLR650 available on eBay for $80 - anyone has > these? Any idea as to how the quality is? I remember one fellow > complaining about them cracking back on the KLR650.net forum, but the > forum crashed and took the archive along with it. Looks like the > reviews on eBay are all good, but those are usually done right after > you get the product, while I am more interested in someone who has > actually used the racks for some time. > > Thanks. >

I guess I didn't make myself clear - I mean rear side racks, not the rack that goes behind the seat. Here is the link: http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=007&item=170040285695&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

[Moose]

I just bought and installed the JC Whitney 46 litre trunk. Went on pretty easy, the only thing I am upgrading is bigger washers for a better hold. It doesn't leak, looks good and holds my full face helmet and some other stuff. It might be worth looking into. Moose Yan wrote: There are rear racks for KLR650 available on eBay for $80 - anyone has these? Any idea as to how the quality is? I remember one fellow complaining about them cracking back on the KLR650.net forum, but the forum crashed and took the archive along with it. Looks like the reviews on eBay are all good, but those are usually done right after you get the product, while I am more interested in someone who has actually used the racks for some time. Thanks. --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Spike55]

Yes, I have them installed for the last month. I haven't figured out what saddlebags to use yet but these racks seem substantial enough to handle anything. After dropping the bike this past weekend in the rain on muddy roads around Renova, PA, I used the left-side rack as a hand-hold to lift up the bike. The welds look good and the paint job is "worth" as some would say. My only concern or tweek is the method of anchoring. The hex-head bolts that you remove have "shoulders" that fit down inside the recesses of the OEM rack and rear foot peg bracket. These side rack tubes are welded to hollow tubes (the posts) with a washer at the bottom and you run your new hex-head through the hole in the washer back into the rear rack and foot peg bracket. It would have been better to have those "shoulders" to improve the anchoring rather than just surface pressure. I'm hoping that the weld around the washers doesn't bust out. I'm hoping that I explained it enough. Jeff Saline's rack pics show how he made his bike attachment posts out of solid rod (hole thru the middle of course) but the shoulders really add piece of mind and are the best design. If these racks had those solid posts, they would be greatly improved. Anyway, my experience has been so far so good. Plenty of protection around the muffler tip to prevent heat damage to your bags. Don R100, A6F

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Yan" wrote: > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Yan" wrote: > > > > There are rear racks for KLR650 available on eBay for $80 - anyone has > > these? Any idea as to how the quality is? I remember one fellow > > complaining about them cracking back on the KLR650.net forum, but the > > forum crashed and took the archive along with it. Looks like the > > reviews on eBay are all good, but those are usually done right after > > you get the product, while I am more interested in someone who has > > actually used the racks for some time. > > > > Thanks. > > > > I guess I didn't make myself clear - I mean rear side racks, not the > rack that goes behind the seat. Here is the link: > http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&ih=007&item=170040285695&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA% 3AIT&rd=1 >

[Sean]

I have been looking in to a rear trunk from JC Whitney. Is the 46 litre the large trunk with the red reflector stuff all the way around? What was the product #? Thanks for you help. Sean

----- Original Message ----- From: Moose To: Yan ; DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 3:24 PM Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Rear racks questions I just bought and installed the JC Whitney 46 litre trunk. Went on pretty easy, the only thing I am upgrading is bigger washers for a better hold. It doesn't leak, looks good and holds my full face helmet and some other stuff. It might be worth looking into. Moose Yan wrote: There are rear racks for KLR650 available on eBay for $80 - anyone has these? Any idea as to how the quality is? I remember one fellow complaining about them cracking back on the KLR650.net forum, but the forum crashed and took the archive along with it. Looks like the reviews on eBay are all good, but those are usually done right after you get the product, while I am more interested in someone who has actually used the racks for some time. Thanks. --------------------------------- Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[ssridesred]

I have the Maier Deluxe woods pro with Pro Taper SE ATV mid-bend bars and I have been amazed at how they have held up. One time I dumped the bike hard in Moab(on a rock of course) and was very surprised to see that the bars and guards were straight. They were a pain to mount but work. Steve --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Neil Doane" wrote:

> > I've been looking at the Maier ATV guards at Arrowhead. They look > pretty heavy duty and the spoilers look as big or bigger than

stock.

> Anyone have comments on these? > > > Neil > > > On 10/24/06, Mike Peplinski wrote: > > I've decided to put some real hand guards on my KLR, but which

ones? I am a

> > street only rider so the only thing I"m really looking for is

crash

> > protection. And of course good looks to complement my already

handsome KLR.I

> > ride in the cold and like the wind protection from the stockers.

Which hand

> > guards offer wind protection as good as or better than stock? So

far I"m

> > thinking Moose with the plastic protectors but Ascerbis has some

nice ones

> > that have a small wind dam that can be added for even more wind

protection.

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