• 4 Stroke Husqvarna Motorcycles Made In Italy - About 1989 to 2014
     TE = 4st Enduro & TC = 4st Cross

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TXC 250 Oil Line Guard..Thoughts!?

Mudvayne

Mudvayne

Husqvarna
AA Class
Hi guys I'm new around hear and new to Husky recently picked up a left over 2011 txci 250 for a really good deal, anyway my first ride out a few weeks ago..within 10 minutes of riding I snagged the oil line on a good size branch it stalled my bike but somehow spun the line enough for oil to come out a bit! So got me searching the web for a decent guard and realized there is nothing really out there and not much to bolt to on the side of the engine anyway! So I came up with this guard have a look feedback would be great!? :)
 

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There are some guards available, I'm not sure from who but others will answer. Now please remove that "thing" from your beautiful bike****************************************
 
Do you truly believe that I should take that guard off and go for looks as opposed to ripping the line off..lol. Come on really? The only guard I found was a tiny thing that protected the lower couple inches of the line...useless! It actually doesn't look that bad in person trust me I'm about looks as well. lol
 
Actually there is a photo in one of the threads on here and the guy ripped the rubber hydraulic line right out of the banjo bolt and kept on riding till it seized..that's what I want to avoid.
 
Its got about 50k on it had it for almost 2 weeks will be riding it lots this fall. I have a few bikes!
 
The line is not the weak spot. This is what happend this summer in close call with a stone, and I have about 220 houres on x-lite and hard Swedish stone enduro. :-)
 

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MorganD said:
The line is not the weak spot. This is what happend this summer in close call with a stone, and I have about 220 houres on x-lite and hard Swedish stone enduro. :-)
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I am thinking about replacing my Enduro Engineering skidplate with a Hyde for that very reason. The Hyde wraps around the oil filter cover and lower banjo.
 
Mike-AK said:
I am thinking about replacing my Enduro Engineering skidplate with a Hyde for that very reason. The Hyde wraps around the oil filter cover and lower banjo.
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That might do it but I think it's too soft. I have Meca systems and that is the best for the 2010. The frame on this was rebuilt in 2011 to the better.
 
Hyde racing skid plate AND the 7602 guard. Then your done. Take that contraption off because it will cause more damage in an impact acting like a lever and wreaking havoc.IMHO
 
Its a fine attempt and does not seem like it would hurt. I personally would have painted it black but seems fine. The Hyde racing and 7602 Guard is probably a very good solution but will be close to $300 to protect an oil line. Do what you feel you need to.
 
Ouch MorganD that hurts I see the area has a few flaws I will upgrade or improve mine when I find something better for now its all I got and riding season is the best in the fall here in Canada..so it stays on for now! Here is another photo off a thread here this proves the oil line is the main weak spot unless you hammer a rock in which case most bikes don't like..LOL From what it said he ripped it off and kept riding till it seized which IMHO is worse than a rock bash which is obvious!?
http://www.cafehusky.com/threads/te-250-310-outter-oil-line-protection-guard.30199/
 

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Ya nothing at his website that I could see would protect the oil line I saw an oil filter cover guard which does nothing for the line itself..!?
 
Mudvayne said:
Ya nothing at his website that I could see would protect the oil line I saw an oil filter cover guard which does nothing for the line itself..!?
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Mudvayne,

You are right, we do not make anything that protects the entire line. Our oil filter cover guard protects up to where the plastic oil line meets the steel banjo fitting. Like you said, there aren't any good mounting locations to fit a good guard/deflector that would prevent anything from ripping the oil line off.

The only downside I see with your guard is that it is bigger than the stock oi line and sticks out further and could potentially be grabbed easier. It's kind of a case of it could help or it could hurt depending on the situation. It may protect the line from damage, or it might grab some trail hazard that the stock line by its self might not have. In the end if it makes you feel better having it on vs not having it, then leave it on.
 
It actually doesn't stick out any more than the thickness of the metal and the fuel line I have wrapped around the oil line! My hopes were being that it is aluminum pipe and its round it would 'deflect' any sticks headed behind the line as the gap between engine block is very small!? And it adds a lot of strength to the line itself being that the top and bottom zip ties are around the banjo bolts not just the oil line! Another idea I'm thinking of is adding an aluminum skid plate and welding that guard I have to the where the skid plate and my guard almost touch!? I realize it would have to be secured at the top! Thoughts?
 
Thoughts?
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We looked at making a deflector type guard that would mount to the two front engine mount locations and extend from there all the way around the front of the motor and back past the oil line. Kinda a big batwing thing that wouldn't allow branches or rocks to get between the engine and oil line. We decided against it for several reasons. The biggest downside is that there is no good solid anchor point up high other than the oil line fitting itself. I thought that was kinda self defeating.
 
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