Engine Guard Fitting - frame type

[salty_monk]

Has anyone fitted one of these full width frame type guards to their bike?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...ewitem=&sspagename=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_500wt_956

I'd like to see some pictures of one fitted & also to see if anyone has made one work with an aftermarket pipe. I was thinking of fitting one for my Baja trip for engine protection plus I can use it as a basis for fitting some simple "skid pan" / pipe protection but having lined it up with my 4:1 fitted it looks like it's going to be no good....

Dan

 

[Greg B]

I seem to remember someone had one on their bike. But strangely, the front fender got caught on it. Oops, can't turn the bars..

 

[rustybronco]

http://img413.imageshack.us/f/pict2671.jpg/

It's sitting in the scrap pile at home.

 

[salty_monk]

That seems to be a slightly different type. This one goes in front of the pipes...

 

[Dodik]

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?t=163588&highlight=engine+guard
there is a link to what i think you were looking for

 

[Do Little]

http://www.givi.co.uk/attachfile/content/prodotti_regionali_uk/22312/1.0.1.varc_tn394.jpg

I have a set like these. They fit the engine rather tight, which I like, and they don't go all the way through the front like the ones you linked to. I'm sure it'd be rather easy to mount some pegs on them if you really wanted them. Not sure where to get them though, mine came with my bike.

So whats the advantage to a one piece that goes around the front like that?

 

[Dakotakid]

The '82 850GZ which I bought last year had one of these and a Windjammer Nightstalker on it. I never really paid much attention to the finer aspects of it. But, by the time I got it and the fairing off the bike....I had pretty much familiarized myself with every cuss-word I had ever known (with like an exponential value of 14 or so)!!!!

 

[salty_monk]

They stick out much further... i.e. the bike can never really fall flat as it will always be propped up by the guard.

Doesn't look like you can fit one with a 4:1 system, not enough access to the frame downtubes.

 

[FreshStart]

I seem to remember someone had one on their bike. But strangely, the front fender got caught on it. Oops, can't turn the bars..

That was me. If youve got a welder to fix what i cut off ill send it to you. Probably gonna have to modify it a little so what happened to me doesnt happen to you. Espescially riding baja

Here it is on my 1100gk

 

[salty_monk]

Wow that one is a monster!

I think I'm going to go with the other style guards & *possibly* built my own extensions to them as Happy Trails do with their NERF bars