Do you have a metal tank? Woodman has a IMS tank that covers the radiator & I think that gives pretty good protection. Bigger fuel capacity too.
I had crash bars on my 08 which worked really well except when a stick went between them & still broke the plastics.
I believe a sump guard is more important than anything.
If you are doing hadcore stuff they'll pay for themselves pretty quickly.
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Unfortunately KLRs are a bit fragile when dropped, especially the rad guards and radiator. I used to cabletie stitch my rad guards together each time but eventually they looked like Frankenstein. Nordie used to play find the KLR parts there was that much plastic laying around the Nelson area. The radiator is the main concern and mine eventually got stoved in, it doesn't leak but has lost a hell of a lot of surface area so is not that efficient any more. Eventually a slight crash folded my tank in on itself so I got an IMS 6-6 gallon jobby which does away with the rad guards etc and is friggen awesome as far as crash protection is concerned, in fact among other things the bike can be dropped off a 3 metre bank, land inverted and have no damage whatsoever aside from a broken mirror but I'm working on that.
I mentioned vegetables once, but I think I got away with it...........
Due to my plan of doing the DB1K ride in Jan I have just made myself a aluminium skid plate,and ordered
a IMS 6.6 gallon tank. I ordered from KlR650.com. The size of the tank means it replaces the shroulds that fit onto the front of the tank.
Just be aware that if you order from overseas and your order goes over NZ$400 including postage you well probably get a GST bill when the items arrive in NZ. Unfortunatly I think the Tank is going to come in at just over NZ$400, so I'll probably have a extra $60 or so to pay this end.
I didn't like the look or structure of the radiator guards etc that were availiable for the earlier model of the KLR. So decided on the plastic tank as the answer.
There are plenty of USA sites that sell the tank, and various forms of guards online.
There are also a few KLR forums on the net that can be worth looking at to get ideas of what works well, and what doesn't.
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I was worried about the radiator getting stoved in on my KLR, considering the price it would be to replace it i decided to make up my own radiator crash bar out of a bit of tube steel that came from an old school chair, i bent it into shape and welded a fixing plate at the bottom and the top, it bolts on were your engine and frame bolts are at the bottom and bolts on were your radiator bolts to the frame, just like a brought one and i even painted it silver to mach the frame, works a treat, droped it many a time with know damage at all, a must do with a stock tank.
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I've just ordered a Hyde Racing Poly skid plate, bought a tubing bender and ordered a bunch of tubing to build some protection.. figured it was just a matter of time before all that fragile plastic around the front of my Tengai is a jagged jigsaw.. now just need some shed time!
Hyde Plate here - pic isn't a KLR so trusting that the supplier has got it right, otherwise it might be some heat gun massaging required - http://aviciouscycle.ca/mainpages/pr...?productid=432
Let us know how it works out - the standard "bash plate" on my '08 has been broken and I don't recall having smacked it *that* hard.
As long as you're making the bottom of the bike less vulnerable, have you looked at getting a low profile drain plug? The standard one sticks down a long way. I got some of these, only disadvantage is that they are stainless, so magnet won't stick.
(BTW, Howie, if you're reading this - this plug is the one you were meant to come and get )
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
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Just for a change I dropped the KLR while loading onto a trailer the other day so will be hacking up a Yamahaha TT500 bash plate in the next few days to fit the KLR and scavenging some pipe to see if I'm capable of bending it into a resonable shape to protect the upper bits of the bike. Hopfully the Santa-ette brings me a mig welder (I've dropped enough hints) Keen on one of them low profile sump plugs though. $?
I got them from a place called Stig Fasteners in the (with a name like that, where else?) UK.
www.A2Stainless.co.uk item is M12 x 1.50 pipe plug DIN 908 A2-70, 3 pounds, plus another 3 pounds freight. I bought three of them and the remaining two were included in the freight cost, ie 12 pounds for the lot.
You might be able to find something similar locally but the only M12 pipe plugs I could find were 1.25 thread.
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
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Hey KLR boys.
I have 2 new (still in box) KLR 650 indicators
1 rear left
1 front left
Dropped your bike lately?? Need some replacements??
Both for $90
Cheers
Dave
What year KLR? (dunno if they changed with The Great Facelift of '08)
it's not a bad thing till you throw a KLR into the mix.
those cheap ass bitches can do anything with ductape.
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[ Quote. What year KLR? (dunno if they changed with The Great Facelift of '08)]
Yes, they are for an 08 or later
This thread seems to have slowed down a bit??
I have spent a little bit recently on the KLR, before heading south I ordered, and it finally arrived the week before I left. A IMS tank.
From February 7, 2012
When I was changing tyres before heading south I noticed that the Aluminium in the front wheel hub was cracking where the Speedo drive engages it, and a little piece had broken off. On further investigation I discovered that the Speedo drive worm gear was nearly seized. 30 Min later I had that working properly again.
I then had a search on Trademe for a Front wheel, and what do you know I found one at a very reasonable price, in great condition and off a 2005 bike.
so this arrived while I was down south.
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