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Shrouds catch everything

Bench Racer 117

Bench Racer 117

Husqvarna
A Class
I just got a 07 WR250 and am wondering what to do about the upper and lower shrouds. They get full of branches and anything in their path. Has anyone come up with an idea to help fix this without drilling the plastic and bolting them together. I would like to see a patch of some sort that is hidden on the inside that attaches them somehow. I have some ideas but I can't quite figure it out. Maybe a plastic clip that would clip on the front, pushes back, and joins them.

Also, the kickstand flops around from my foot pushing on it. Are there any ideas on how to make a strap that's quick and reusable? Kind of like the orange bikes have.
 
My solution to the shrouds catching every branch that went by was to cut them back. I bought a set of UFO tank shrouds which were pretty cheap. After mounting them on the bike, I made a nice straight line down the upper and lower shroud and cut them with
an .045" cutoff wheel on a 4 1/2" grinder. Cleaned the "fuzz" off the cut ends and they worked great.
 
I'll have to take some picutres of what I've been doing with mine. It's pretty simple, but it works very well. At least I'm not ripping a shround off at every race, like I was.
 
I just used one of those 6mm threaded body clip and bolt them to the tab of the lower.

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I had to borrow a friends plastic welder just recently to do some repair. Those manzanita branches are strong suckers :doh:
 
Those pictures show a good idea. It looks clean. But my shrouds don't have that tab anymore. I'm sure I could come up with something that would be close to what you did. Thanks. It helps having pictures.
 
The shrouds are the reason the folks I ride with usually insist I go first, to clear the way :banghead:
 
I used to take a piece of old tube and cut it so that I have somewhat of a giant rubber band and find a place on the frame to loop it around and put the other end around the kick stand to keep it from bouncing around.I found this to be good for whoops or really hard hits when landing.Hope this helps with the kick stand issue
 
Thanks schrode and waserman. The shroud idea off TT is what I was affraid of doing. It works great I'm sure. I would just use a shorter piece to couple them together.

The kickstand idea is perfect. I had thought about something like the straps that hold the headlight on to do the same for the kickstand. I'll see what I can come up with using an old tube.
 
I guess you could file a knife edge on those strips like the one on TT and just trim the trail as you ride.:lol:
 
I used a heat gun and bent mine in....it was better than stock. I like the idea from TT. Maybe a combination of bending them in and doing the metal would be perfect.
 
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