• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
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Guards - protection or just farkles?

WbCherry said:
I wonder if anyone will make kevlar/cf replacements for the plastic radiator shrouds.
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They need to be light weight and flexible. carbon does not flex at all before it brakes, kevlar flexes a little more so, but the resin holding it together does not so it will also fracture.
GP
 
So, why make skid plates out of it?
Or why not the high-impact plastic, instead of ABS or polypro junk?

Not trying to be argumentative, GP. Just seems like they could be improved.
 
I like the plastic skid plates for light duty work.
Body work needs to be light and flexible as possible, carbon kevlar would be lighter than plastic, but at that weight would fail everytime the bike crashed or snagged a branch.
A skid plate for heavy bashing of rocks needs to be strong and plastic may be to flexible and not strong enough without the weight going to high. A mix of carbon/kevlar gives high strength to weight ratio where the carbon gives the high stiffness/ strength and the kevlar adds a slight flexibility and anti tear component.
Aluminum works well also, but is a little heavier and does not have the bling factor.
GP
 
WbCherry said:
Seems to make a decent skid plate. And hockey sticks.

Which covers, Firecrotch? Neoprene, accordion style, or whichever?
I ordered some of the neoprene ones from Tusk. Mulled it over when they came in the mail...thinking the same thing.
I saw a study (with streetbikes) on fork seal covers. Stock Goldwings (i think) that had them lasted 60% longer before seal failure.

Then, I realized I'm not riding a Goldwing.
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i been using seal savers on my wr300 since new & still on original seals(2500 miles-dusty, muddy, big hits!), was going through old seals @ a rate of knots on old bike. dunno if its the savers or not but i gonna keep runnin em. just make sure you clean em after each ride as they can 'sweat' and rust sliders and damage seals if left dirty/wet. and do the cable ties up tight!
 
vintageveloce said:
Two pics of my radiator after a minor crash yesterday without any radiator guards. Lost it in a right hand corner, swerved into a embankment on the right, clipped the right handlebar, slammed the right side into the embankment and then gracefully exited the motorcycle. Motorcycle was still upright leaning against the embankment when I walked back to it. Luckily the radiator wasn't leaking. This shot from below shows the right radiator bent, should be parallel to the left one.
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And smooshed fins in this blurry shot.
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I'll be buying rad guards with my new radiator.
Carl
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Really? I could fix 95% of any "damage" with my leatherman on the trail and be back riding in under 20 min judging by the pictures, however there is no urgency as it's simply distorted and no in any danger of failing. There is no reason to buy a new radiator, that's for certain as it's purpose is to cool the bike and needs to hold fluid,........it's doing both of those functions just fine as pictured, just a little distorted. A little creative application of a pry bar and a 2x4 piece of wood with a dead blow hammer and that radiator will be just as new and a lot cheaper then rad guards or new rad
 
Actually,- I did keep riding. :-) But I posted here as I was surprised at how easily the radiator was hit and bent. Radiator guards might have helped.
 
Bobby said:
Really? I could fix 95% of any "damage" with my leatherman on the trail and be back riding in under 20 min judging by the pictures, however there is no urgency as it's simply distorted and no in any danger of failing. There is no reason to buy a new radiator, that's for certain as it's purpose is to cool the bike and needs to hold fluid,........it's doing both of those functions just fine as pictured, just a little distorted. A little creative application of a pry bar and a 2x4 piece of wood with a dead blow hammer and that radiator will be just as new and a lot cheaper then rad guards or new rad
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hope youre not studying to be a surgeon bobby! your real name isnt richard dean anderson is it with all this leatherman talk?(im 99% sure macgyver invented them) :)
 
vintageveloce said:
Actually,- I did keep riding. :-) But I posted here as I was surprised at how easily the radiator was hit and bent. Radiator guards might have helped.
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Radiators bend easily including the mounts causing a misalignment ... The guards will help greatly but you hit enough or hard enough and you'll warp them again ... But chances are, you can ride home ... If it ain't leaking, it's just another battle scar ... Myself, I decided to learn how to ride better and quite crashing so much and protect my self and bike that way ... Sometimes this idea even works ...
 
shawbagga said:
hope youre not studying to be a surgeon bobby! your real name isnt richard dean anderson is it with all this leatherman talk?(im 99% sure macgyver invented them) :)
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If I'm around or on a motorcycle there are a couple things I'll always have with me, one of them being a "multi-tool" or two,.............the other "my lil friend" for some of the areas we end up riding in. ;)


ray_ray said:
Radiators bend easily including the mounts causing a misalignment ... The guards will help greatly but you hit enough or hard enough and you'll warp them again ... But chances are, you can ride home ... If it ain't leaking, it's just another battle scar ... Myself, I decided to learn how to ride better and quite crashing so much and protect my self and bike that way ... Sometimes this idea even works ...
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Something we agree on!
 
Motosportz said:
Absolutely. Also allows you to hold a line better, have less fatigue, ride longer / harder, be safer, etc. Go to the races and see almost everyone has one. Many people tell me ours feels like power steering is it isolates you from the trail trash / removes the loose feeling.
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I couldn't agree more with the statement. A damper is something you don't miss on a bike... until you've ridden a bike with one... then you can never ride without one again. I've tried the Ohlins damper years ago and have since purchased at least (I've lost count) 6 Motosportz units and have been 100% satisfied.

I recently "donated" my 2011 CR 150 to my son for use in MX racing. I didn't have time to take the damper off the bike before the first race. After Cody took second place with the bike in the 250F class... I told him I was going to take the damper off and put it on my 2012 CR 125. He looked at me like I was Charlie Manson getting ready to shoot him in the head! His comment went something like: "Dude, please... buy a new one OK?... this thing is awesome I wanna keep it." Story of my life... waiting for a tax refund so I can "buy ANOTHER new one"... :rolleyes:
 
krieg said:
I couldn't agree more with the statement. A damper is something you don't miss on a bike... until you've ridden a bike with one... then you can never ride without one again. I've tried the Ohlins damper years ago and have since purchased at least (I've lost count) 6 Motosportz units and have been 100% satisfied.

I recently "donated" my 2011 CR 150 to my son for use in MX racing. I didn't have time to take the damper off the bike before the first race. After Cody took second place with the bike in the 250F class... I told him I was going to take the damper off and put it on my 2012 CR 125. He looked at me like I was Charlie Manson getting ready to shoot him in the head! His comment went something like: "Dude, please... buy a new one OK?... this thing is awesome I wanna keep it." Story of my life... waiting for a tax refund so I can "buy ANOTHER new one"... :rolleyes:
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Thanks Krieg, I think you are at 6 :eek: I really don't understand why more MX guys don't run them but them I'm not a moto guy. Seems a good place for them especially on rough fast tracks.
 
krieg said:
I couldn't agree more with the statement. A damper is something you don't miss on a bike... until you've ridden a bike with one... then you can never ride without one again. I've tried the Ohlins damper years ago and have since purchased at least (I've lost count) 6 Motosportz units and have been 100% satisfied.

I recently "donated" my 2011 CR 150 to my son for use in MX racing. I didn't have time to take the damper off the bike before the first race. After Cody took second place with the bike in the 250F class... I told him I was going to take the damper off and put it on my 2012 CR 125. He looked at me like I was Charlie Manson getting ready to shoot him in the head! His comment went something like: "Dude, please... buy a new one OK?... this thing is awesome I wanna keep it." Story of my life... waiting for a tax refund so I can "buy ANOTHER new one"... :rolleyes:
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+1 on the first coupla lines!
 
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