[dsn_klr650] installing rallypro handguards

[DonJonuska@webtv.net]

KLR Kawasaki Light Reconosance(sp?) Someone else on the list came up with that a while ago when we were talking about the marine corp bikes but I hadn't heard it chimed in yet Don KLR A13 73' TS185

[Joe Percival]

You need to drill out the end of the handle grips to about the same Inside Diameter as the bars. No other bike mods were necessary other than removal of the stock guards. I needed to bend the guard's aluminum bars to fit well on both sides. I used a pair of 18 inch channel locks and my garage floor. A bench vice would have been more elegant, but would have involved more walking back and forth. Be careful about how you fit the guards on the throttle side. If you have to get tricky at all about their placement to keep the throttle from sticking when you tighten up the allen screws, then you probably need to do a little more bending. In the end, I only needed to make sure that I did not press the guards right up against the throttle. Once I was done with the bending, everything went togehter great. The aluminum bars go right around the clutch and break levers to provide max protection, and the fit was perfect. Prior to bending, the guards would only go on at a very low angle providing almost no protection and even then the parts did not mate well with the handle bars or each other. May sound a little involved, but the entire process took less than an hour working in the hot sun with a couple of mandatory beer breaks. Hope this helps, joe -----Original Message----- From: Weaver, Mark [SMTP:markw@...] Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 3:05 PM To: Klrlist (E-mail) Subject: [DSN_klr650] installing rallypro handguards i'm going to put on my rally pro handguard tonight. the left side should be pretty straightforward, but are there any helpful hints for the right side? do i need to remove any of the actual throttle bits, or just cut a hole in the end of the grip? any special tools? -mark weaver ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get a NextCard Visa, in 30 seconds! 1. Fill in the brief application 2. Receive approval decision within 30 seconds 3. Get rates as low as 2.9% Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR http://click.egroups.com/1/6628/6/_/911801/_/963353240/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the KLR650 archives at http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... Let's keep this list SPAM free! Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com