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I'm interested in opinions on the best hand guards for weather protection, I really like the stock one's for this but would like better lever protection. BUT not at the cost of less cold or wet weather protection. I do too many highway miles to shortchange my comfort on the road for a bit more off road protection where all I have to do is not let the bike fall over, easy to say, a bit more difficult in practice at times. So what does the group have to say? Brad A15

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Best bet for weather protection and crash protection is to use the aluminum Moose or MSR bark-buster style. Then fit you stock plastic handguards over theses with a few zip ties and a little trimming. One of the listers put up a few pics of his hack job doing just this. It looked pretty good actually. DennisKirk has the Moose for about $40. I have the Acerbis Rally all plastic with the little clip-on doodads for more weather protection. A more expensive alternative that probably provides less of either protection than the Moose + stock solution does. But does have the cool Acerbis logo so the pit tootsies all know I'm the man with cash to burn. If I had to do it again, I go for the Moose + stock setup. Mark. All --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Brad " wrote:

> I'm interested in opinions on the best hand guards for weather > protection, I really like the stock one's for this but would like > better lever protection. BUT not at the cost of less cold or wet > weather protection. > > I do too many highway miles to shortchange my comfort on the road

for

> a bit more off road protection where all I have to do is not let

the

> bike fall over, easy to say, a bit more difficult in practice at > times. > > So what does the group have to say? > > Brad A15

[Guest]

Brad, Made in USA Answer Products Bark-Busters & Blue Italian UFO large plastic hand covers The above combo offers the best wind, rain, rock, tree and lever protection possible. Strong and top quality, pure function without any uneeded frills. Get them from Fred... he's your man. Toss in the Hot-Grips to complete the package. Steve G --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Brad " wrote:

> I'm interested in opinions on the best hand guards for weather > protection, I really like the stock one's for this but would like > better lever protection. BUT not at the cost of less cold or wet > weather protection. > > I do too many highway miles to shortchange my comfort on the road

for

> a bit more off road protection where all I have to do is not let

the

> bike fall over, easy to say, a bit more difficult in practice at > times. > > So what does the group have to say? > > Brad A15

[Steve Green]

If not on a tight budget and you want all out protection - the UFO hand cover/guards from Fred are larger than the stock KLR plastic covers. (I have not seen larger actually and they look great IMO.) Not that expensive either. I have the Acerbis Rallye Pros on my other bike. They are real nice too but do not offer the coverage protection of the UFOs with Bark Busters. Also, the more I shop around for KLR stuff the more I come to realize that the time and effort saved by going through Fred is worth it. He knows his KLR stuff and ships out cheap and prompt. I have nothing to gain by saying this. I am always happy with Fred's service. SG --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "mark " wrote:

> Best bet for weather protection and crash protection is to use the > aluminum Moose or MSR bark-buster style. Then fit you stock plastic > handguards over theses with a few zip ties and a little trimming.

One

> of the listers put up a few pics of his hack job doing just this. It > looked pretty good actually. > > DennisKirk has the Moose for about $40. > > I have the Acerbis Rally all plastic with the little clip-on

doodads

> for more weather protection. A more expensive alternative that > probably provides less of either protection than the Moose + stock > solution does. But does have the cool Acerbis logo so the pit > tootsies all know I'm the man with cash to burn. > > If I had to do it again, I go for the Moose + stock setup. > > Mark. > All > > --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Brad " > wrote: > > I'm interested in opinions on the best hand guards for weather > > protection, I really like the stock one's for this but would like > > better lever protection. BUT not at the cost of less cold or wet > > weather protection. > > > > I do too many highway miles to shortchange my comfort on the road > for > > a bit more off road protection where all I have to do is not let > the > > bike fall over, easy to say, a bit more difficult in practice at > > times. > > > > So what does the group have to say? > > > > Brad A15

[Guest]

Excuse my ignorance but unless you're talking about Lucy's landlord I'm not sure who "Fred" is. --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Green " wrote:

> > If not on a tight budget and you want all out protection - the UFO > hand cover/guards from Fred are larger than the stock KLR plastic > covers. (I have not seen larger actually and they look great IMO.) > Not that expensive either. I have the Acerbis Rallye Pros on my > other bike. They are real nice too but do not offer the coverage > protection of the UFOs with Bark Busters. Also, the more I shop > around for KLR stuff the more I come to realize that the time and > effort saved by going through Fred is worth it. He knows his KLR > stuff and ships out cheap and prompt. I have nothing to gain by > saying this. I am always happy with Fred's service. > > SG > > > > > --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "mark " > wrote: > > Best bet for weather protection and crash protection is to use

the

> > aluminum Moose or MSR bark-buster style. Then fit you stock

plastic

> > handguards over theses with a few zip ties and a little trimming. > One > > of the listers put up a few pics of his hack job doing just this.

It

> > looked pretty good actually. > > > > DennisKirk has the Moose for about $40. > > > > I have the Acerbis Rally all plastic with the little clip-on > doodads > > for more weather protection. A more expensive alternative that > > probably provides less of either protection than the Moose +

stock

> > solution does. But does have the cool Acerbis logo so the pit > > tootsies all know I'm the man with cash to burn. > > > > If I had to do it again, I go for the Moose + stock setup. > > > > Mark. > > All > > > > --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Brad " > > wrote: > > > I'm interested in opinions on the best hand guards for weather > > > protection, I really like the stock one's for this but would

like

> > > better lever protection. BUT not at the cost of less cold or

wet

> > > weather protection. > > > > > > I do too many highway miles to shortchange my comfort on the

road

> > for > > > a bit more off road protection where all I have to do is not

let

> > the > > > bike fall over, easy to say, a bit more difficult in practice

at

> > > times. > > > > > > So what does the group have to say? > > > > > > Brad A15

[Guest]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "S. B. Lawrence " wrote:

> Excuse my ignorance but unless you're talking about Lucy's landlord > I'm not sure who "Fred" is.

He is where I and lots of others buy our KLR parts, everything from tires to handguards to sprockets .... http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/ It's hard to beat Fred's service or knowledge about KLRs and other motorcycles. Way better than most of the shops up the street.

[wingrj@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/26/02 19:29:26, bradklr650@... writes:

>I'm interested in opinions on the best hand guards for weather >protection, I really like the stock one's for this but would like >better lever protection.

I installed a set of Fredits (sp?), I liked the extra curve. I then cut the stock plastic to fit the curverture of the bar. Drilled to holes in the plastic and bar and taped in a couple of screws. From the front, one cannot tell the difference from stock. Viewed best in the text font 'Courier' ___ /___\ (!* *!) __\^-^/__ / ___ \ _/ |___| \_ (__\=/ \=/__) O=|_[ ]_|=O \.---./ | = = | | =.-.= | !_|| ||_! =|| ||= | | | | _____`-'_____ Wish I could go through life like I go through traffic

[Curt Van Weelden]

I broke the stock ones, now I want a set of after market guards. Which guards are the best band for the buck? I am leaning toward the Acerbis pro rally's. 69.99 from Rockymountain ATV. It's cold here (Wisconsin) so I am looking for maximum wind protection. Curt

[Dave Tice]

Curt, I had a pair of Acerbis on my Atk 350 DS. They had the metal guard with plastic cowling and an add on piece like a little winglet that made the surface area against the wind even larger. They worked pretty well specially when I would whack a tree. The metal bar would stay in place and the plastic could be replaced. Just my experience. Cheers, Dave T. 96' Big Greenie --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Curt Van Weelden" wrote:

> > I broke the stock ones, now I want a set of after market guards.

Which

> guards are the best band for the buck? I am leaning toward the

Acerbis

> pro rally's. 69.99 from Rockymountain ATV. It's cold here

(Wisconsin)

> so I am looking for maximum wind protection. > > Curt >

[Jud Jones]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Curt Van Weelden" wrote:

> > I broke the stock ones, now I want a set of after market guards. Which > guards are the best band for the buck? I am leaning toward the Acerbis > pro rally's. 69.99 from Rockymountain ATV. It's cold here (Wisconsin) > so I am looking for maximum wind protection. >

The Rally pros look great, and work reasonably well, but I have MSR and Moose guards on other bikes that give better weather coverage. I have also found that the Rally Pros seem to bend more easily than the others. After a few drops, you might want to put them in a vise and re-bend them to get back the clearance for your levers.