Radiator Guards

iandavid · Jul 14, 2015

Visited a dealer in Surrey, over the weekend and looked at their demo XR. The rad fins were quite badly damaged and when I commented the guy said, the cleaner goes too hard with the pressure washer :blast

FFS. I said I was thinking of rad guards and he said good idea but we as a dealer are not allowed to fit them. Fast forward to Monday and I ask my friendly Yorkshire dealer about rad guards for my new bike and they said "no problem we'll happily fit them to your new bike for you if you drop them in before delivery.

RedRick Esq. · Jul 14, 2015

Which ones are you getting ?

iandavid · Jul 14, 2015

R & G Racing in black. I saw a 1000R with the evotechs and they also look very nice.

Nutty · Jul 14, 2015

I looked at the R&G ones, but the Evotech are much nicer. If it's not too late, check them out. I have pictures if you want to see them.

Neil W · Jul 14, 2015

Aluminium radiators and jet washes do not mix, we had a dozy slap arse at work who destroyed 3 transit vans radiators in one morning when jet washing the vans, bless she wasn't the sharpest pencil in the box.

iandavid said:
Visited a dealer in Surrey, over the weekend and looked at their demo XR. The rad fins were quite badly damaged and when I commented the guy said, the cleaner goes too hard with the pressure washer FFS. I said I was thinking of rad guards and he said good idea but we as a dealer are not allowed to fit them. Fast forward to Monday and I ask my friendly Yorkshire dealer about rad guards for my new bike and they said "no problem we'll happily fit them to your new bike for you if you drop them in before delivery.

roundincircles · Jul 14, 2015

The Nutty GSER said:
I looked at the R&G ones, but the Evotech are much nicer. If it's not too late, check them out. I have pictures if you want to see them.

Nutty. What fairing an dother bits need removing and how do you do it......when fitting the Evotech guards......I'm dangerous with spanners, might have the engine out if not clued up!

RedRick Esq. · Jul 14, 2015

The Nutty GSER said:
I looked at the R&G ones, but the Evotech are much nicer. If it's not too late, check them out. I have pictures if you want to see them.

Just Fuck off with your pictures You are costing me too much money !

Nutty · Jul 14, 2015

roundincircles said:
Nutty. What fairing an dother bits need removing and how do you do it......when fitting the Evotech guards......I'm dangerous with spanners, might have the engine out if not clued up!

You just have to loosen the bolts holding the side fairings on, and remove the bellypan. When you remove the bellypan, you need something blunt to tap out the plastic retaining plugs. Be careful, as you'll need to reuse these.

It's a 15-20 minute job at the most.

Nutty · Jul 14, 2015

redrick said:
Just Fuck off with your pictures You are costing me too much money !

Here they are

iandavid · Jul 14, 2015

The Nutty GSER said:
I looked at the R&G ones, but the Evotech are much nicer. If it's not too late, check them out. I have pictures if you want to see them.

I felt the R&G would give more airflow but there really is nothing between them in IMHO. Is that a turntable under your centre stand?

Nutty · Jul 15, 2015

iandavid said:
I felt the R&G would give more airflow but there really is nothing between them in IMHO. Is that a turntable under your centre stand?

There probably isn't much in it, I prefer the look of the Evotech though.

Yep, it's a turntable. Makes life much easier.

iandavid · Jul 17, 2015

The Nutty GSER said:
There probably isn't much in it, I prefer the look of the Evotech though.

Yep, it's a turntable. Makes life much easier.

Where did you buy that from please?

telbenj · Jul 19, 2015

I've brought a set of these for my bike I think it's a German company but look good and at £73:00 the set a reasonable price.
I will post photos and what the quality and fit is like when they arrive oh and of course I need my bike too ( Mon 27th collection day)

Terry

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telbenj · Jul 19, 2015

Hi Nutty
I've just brought the same wheel rim decals but in white to match my bike. Are they easy to fit, I want to make sure they are right.
I've put plenty of decals on in the past like on dirt bikes so I'm pretty confident, but just want your opinion

Cheers Terry

mediamark · Jul 23, 2015

I like the the Racefoxx and the Evo-Techs.

Shame neither are in stock!

RedRick Esq. · Jul 23, 2015

mediamark said:
I like the the Racefoxx and the Evo-Techs.

Shame neither are in stock!

Yep Thats the problem I have

I want to order some now but no one has stock

iandavid · Jul 23, 2015

redrick said:
Yep Thats the problem I have

I want to order some now but no one has stock

Phoned R&G and mine will be in tomorrow - hopefully!

Nutty · Jul 23, 2015

telbenj said:
Hi Nutty
I've just brought the same wheel rim decals but in white to match my bike. Are they easy to fit, I want to make sure they are right.
I've put plenty of decals on in the past like on dirt bikes so I'm pretty confident, but just want your opinion

Cheers Terry

Sorry, just seen this. :blast

I got the rim tape from eBay, and it's very easy to install. You get 3 pieces per wheel, so we used some old rim tape to measure an equal gap between each strip, then the rest was easy.

redrick said:
Yep Thats the problem I have

I want to order some now but no one has stock

Get them on back order; you haven't got the bike yet. :rob

RedRick Esq. · Jul 23, 2015

The Nutty GSER said:
Get them on back order; you haven't got the bike yet.

Fear not, I have

mediamark · Jul 25, 2015

I was chatting to the manager of my local dealership today about accessories and mods, radiator guards in particular.

He stated that adding 3rd party radiator/cooler guards would void the warranty as it would affect the airflow through the rad & cooler!?

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