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Old 07-03-11, 19:49
minkyhead minkyhead is offline
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beefing up the bars and stupid bashplate

ive been wondering if to bother with engine bars
i wanted them fitted but each brand had negeleted either
the radiator..the water pump none of them did both jobs too well

i burst a radiator on me drz a few years ago
i know its pretty rare but i dont want any showstoppers if i can help it
on me holidays


i decided to go with motech as i wanted to keep the lower bars and was pretty sure i could re hang them

the yam bashplate took a minor knock and sheared off at the rear
it really is a crap design ....grr

so beefing up all round

i removed all the suff and cut the hangars from the engine bars

By minkyhead at 2011-03-07


By minkyhead at 2011-03-07

by luck they fitted the motech bars pretty well
i just had to mark grind them to refit the bars for welding


By minkyhead at 2011-03-07


By minkyhead at 2011-03-07
with the flanges left on you can get a lot of weld in and although not to pretty they aint going anywhere soon

By minkyhead at 2011-03-07

acoat of halfords finest and were good to go


the rear bash plate lugs are pathetic ..folded alloy is going to be weak
a really cheap design

By minkyhead at 2011-03-07

so a simple steel cradle with the plate bolted under didnt take too long to make and offers support for the bash plate as well as being much stronger

By minkyhead at 2011-03-07


By minkyhead at 2011-03-07

being paranoid now ive used high impact body armour pads to wrap around the pump and crank casiings
strangley they fit real well bolt to the belly pan and lower panel on the pump side
and bash plate and sprocket housing [with spacer ]on the crank side


By minkyhead at 2011-03-07

By minkyhead at 2011-03-07

By minkyhead at 2011-03-07

thats it for now hopfully it will all hold out ok its pretty strong now ..it cant be any worse than before
i guess you find these things as you go along
still a great bike though even now after the initial honeymoon ..i just love it to bits ,,

finished effect little over the top maby but .. i feel a bit more reassured for me trip now




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By minkyhead at 2011-03-07
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Old 07-03-11, 22:38
stoic bloke stoic bloke is offline
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hi, looks like it's up to the job now.

should be fit to bust through many a middle east barricade!
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Old 08-03-11, 00:00
minkyhead minkyhead is offline
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hi, looks like it's up to the job now.

should be fit to bust through many a middle east barricade!
mmm its a worry isnt it

least im not heading for lybia ..tunisia or egypt seems to be moving left to right ..

volitile times

hopfully morocans are happy bunnys
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Old 08-03-11, 07:17
Ilkleyal Ilkleyal is offline
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Nice job matey

Al
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