30th Anniversary 1200GSA

[KevW]

Hi fellow tossers! Collected my new bike yesterday am am one happy bunny. Having now seen how much crap gets flung up by the front wheel, the first thing on my shopping list is a front mudguard extender. Does anyone now if an extender will fit without hitting the front of the sump guard/bashplate? The 30th Anniversary model has an enlarged or enduro one fitted and its looks a bit tight for space. Many thanks in advance.

 

[Dahoum]

If you type 'mudguard extender' into that search box at the top right, in less than 1.5 seconds you get 19 pages of shite to while away the long winter nights

 

[Roadrash Rider]

Hi fellow tossers! Collected my new bike yesterday am am one happy bunny. Having now seen how much crap gets flung up by the front wheel, the first thing on my shopping list is a front mudguard extender. Does anyone now if an extender will fit without hitting the front of the sump guard/bashplate? The 30th Anniversary model has an enlarged or enduro one fitted and its looks a bit tight for space. Many thanks in advance.

Hi Kev

I fitted a Machine art extender to my 30th and I had the Cymark crud catcher just enough space, not sure it had enduro bashplate fitted as standard though, certain it didn't come to think of it?

Enjoy the bike, missing mine already.

 

[KevW]

Thanks for the pointers. Have ordered the MachineArt extender.

 

[Bendy toy]

The Machine Art Mudsling is great for keeping the back end clean. OK - less dirty.

The front wheel moves vertically so no worries about the mudguard hitting anything. The downside is you can't steer by shifting rider's body weight. A feature I really like, but it can take a while to adapt to.

 

[Greenman14]

A fender extender is a worthwhile fit but if you really want to keep the front of the engine clean a crud catcher is needed. With the fender extender road muck is thrown up onto the exhaust crossover pipe and the bottom of the engine front cover.

 

[Bendy toy]

Mine has a Spanish made carbon fibre extender and exhaust with cross-over pipe. the front cover sees hardly any dirt. When my front cover did corrode it began from the screw holes either side and from the bottom screw holding the alternator belt cover. There was a lot more damage inside the belt cover than outside so it cannot have been stone chips.

My brother's bike had a crud catcher but by the time he noticed corrosion around the cover screws, it had become really bad. Some paint bubbling had been visible but it "looked" nothing serious. When the crud catcher was taken off the real state of affairs shouted out.

In short, I believe the front cover corrosion issue is caused by dissimilar metals a lot more than by stone chips.

 

[KevW]

As soon as I got the bike home the ACF50 was applied, crud catcher to be ordered this weekend.

 

[NZRalphy]

The downside is you can't steer by shifting rider's body weight. A feature I really like, but it can take a while to adapt to.

Eh? How does the teralever change physics? I thought if you move some weight to the side the bike will lean to that side. Some bikes react quicker than others

 

[meatfest]

I have one as well! Have fun, stay in touch

James

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[tuftywhite]

Haven't done this for a while.

 

[KevW]

Hopefully this is what you wanted.

 

[tuftywhite]

You've nailed it.