radiator guard

[jjonz47]

Howdy listers, I have installed the Dual Star radiator guard (1) on my KLR. I rode with a friend a couple of weeks ago and he had the Happy Trails radiator guards (as in 2) on his KLR. Is a guard on the right side necessary/desireable? Jeff Jones

[bigfatgreenbike]

jjonz@... wrote:

>Howdy listers, >I have installed the Dual Star radiator guard (1) on my KLR. I rode >with a friend a couple of weeks ago and he had the Happy Trails >radiator guards (as in 2) on his KLR. Is a guard on the right side >necessary/desireable? > Jeff Jones > >

It's a convenient place to zip-tie the radiator shroud onto after you break off the flimsy plastic tabs. It also provides a slim amount of additional resistance to the reservior getting bent back against the tank if you have a low-speed fall to the left, or the shroud hooks a sapling. There's already a similar-size bar behind the reservior. I had the pair of happy-trails guards, then switched the radiator side for the dual-star item. So I'm using both. -- Devon Brooklyn, NY A15-Z '01 KLR650 '81 SR500 cafe racer "The truth's not too popular these days....." Arnold Schwarzenneger, in The Running Man

[dooden]

Depends... you ever fall on the right side ? Worse case without the coolant bottle, you might manage a field fix to get you home. With no radiator chances are your walking, unless your buddy carries a tow rope. Dooden A15 Green Ape

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "jjonz47" wrote: > Howdy listers, > I have installed the Dual Star radiator guard (1) on my KLR. I rode > with a friend a couple of weeks ago and he had the Happy Trails > radiator guards (as in 2) on his KLR. Is a guard on the right side > necessary/desireable? > Jeff Jones

[Guest]

Looking for a good radiator guard. I also want to get some footpegs, so I was thinking about going with the pdnerfbars. They seem like the total package? Anyone have anything to say about them? If I need to do any work on my bike do the bars need to be removed? How much better protection do you get with the pd nerf bars compared to the normal guards? Thanks in advance Matt [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[James L. Miller Jr.]

There's a How-To in the FAQ, courtesy of me. Also, imagine the KLR straight up in the air, coming down directly on the left side, and picking it up and riding off. Yes, they're that strong. The foot pegs are comfortable to stretch out on, and the added protection is well worth it. But I'm biased. I got a keychain with mine! millerized http://home.earthlink.net/~millerized/pdnerf.htm --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Matthew Durtsche" wrote:

> Looking for a good radiator guard. I also want to get some

footpegs, so

> I was thinking about going with the pdnerfbars. They seem like the

total

> package? Anyone have anything to say about them? If I need to do any > work on my bike do the bars need to be removed? How much better > protection do you get with the pd nerf bars compared to the normal > guards? Thanks in advance > Matt > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[westnash1]

Who has the best radiator guard set up...Happy Trails or Dual Star?

[aboyandhisdawg]

perhaps the big IMS tank is the "best" radiator protection out there! http://www.4strokesonly.com/IMSKaw.html fixer KLR A1 #1187 Lost Wages, NV

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "westnash1" wrote: > Who has the best radiator guard set up...Happy Trails or Dual Star?

[The Mule]

> Who has the best radiator guard set up...Happy Trails or Dual Star?

........Either one is way better than none.....! I have the DualStar........it looks a little beefier to me. Then again you could get rad protection and more with the Happy Trails PD Nerfs if you wanna go that far. Da Mule

[tomgpdx]

My personal peave is having a radiator guard backordered since mid January and being told it's another 1 - 2 months away. Tom

[Chaz Cooper - Hotmail]

I gave up and got them from another source.

----- Original Message ----- From: tomgpdx To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 1:30 PM Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re Radiator Guards My personal peave is having a radiator guard backordered since mid January and being told it's another 1 - 2 months away. Tom Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]