nklr - advice on hand/wind deflectors

[fasteddiecopeman]

I 'did' Alaska on my '03 Bandit last June. I bought a waterproof white water duffle bag ( made by WORLD FAMOUS, $44 Canadian) that's 29" x 15" that carried my tent, two sleeping bags and a self-inflating matt, strapped laterally across the passenger part of my seat with two BIG bungee cords, a pair of TRAVEL BAGS soft saddle bags for clothes,rain gear, oil, etc ($150 Cdn), a Joe Rocket tank bag for my stove, camera, 3 days grub and Deep Woods Off, and I had a back pack with a 100 oz 'camel-back' and a few other things. We were on-the-road 19 days (from Calgary) and camped EVERY night, and had three days of SERIOUS rain. I wore old '75 era MX boots, a Teknic leather jacket and chaps, and Nelson-Riggs 2 piece rain suit w/ rubber gauntlets over my leather gloves when it rained, and NEVER got wet! I had a home-made electric vest which I HIGHLY recommend. If you want more info/pics e- mail me separately and I'll send them. LOVED the trip - and I bought the KLR so that, next time, I could go to Inuvik (750 kms of dirt from Dawson City, Yukon). By the way, my partner, madmotorcyclist2001 on this list, ALSO got a KLR! Ed

[John Thompson]

Thanks to everyone for responding to my question! John

>From: Greg Guithues >Reply-To: Greg Guithues >To: John Thompson , DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Advice on hand/wind deflectors >Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:56:55 -0500 > >John, > >I've heard good things about Hippo Hands but haven't used them. > >www.hippohands.com > >$65US for the KLR model. > >-Greg Guithues. > > > > --- John Thompson wrote: > > > > > > Hola, > > > > > > I'm looking for the BEST wind protection for the > > > hands. After reading the > > > archives (great resource!), sounds like the Maier > > > Woods Pro or the > > > Barkbusters are good protection. But I cannot > > > determine that there is a > > > deflector noticeably better than the stock ones. > > > > > > Does anyone know of a GREAT wind deflector & which > > > guards it can mount with? > > > > > > TIA, > > > > > > John in CO / A19 > > > > > > > > >