I put these on last weekend. It did look like a headache was starting when I first put the shroud up but after putting in the top screw I made sure the bracket from the shroud was behind the guard then I pushed and pushed (and almost blew my bike down) but finally got the front bolts in. It deforms the plastic shroud a bit but not enough to cause harm (from what I could tell).
>>> 3/16/2001 2:59:26 AM >>>
Don, sorry it took me so long to respond, I'm way behind on email. I
recieved the right and left bracket and 4 bolts. The left side (rad)
went on real easy, just put the racks on top of the rubber washer
"stacks" and use the replacement bolts. I put a small washer under the
bolt head. I don't think the guards will fit behind this "stack." You
can flex it slightly because of the rubber mounts.
It's the resevoir side (right) that was trickier. I tried many, many
configurations with and without washers being used as shims, but could
not get the shroud to fit back on using the two screws that attach to
the resevoir bracket. The top attachment on this side already has two
brackets under the bolt, I sandwiched the guard between them and put the
ground attachment on top under the bolt head, the bottom one I put right
on top of the resevoir bracket. The shrouds top screw and rubber mount
point fit ok, but the two screw attachments inside to attach to the
resevoir had to be ziptied (which I have heard will result in less
damage if you lay it down). The rack itself gets in the way of the two
short pieces of metal and their screws. I ziptied the plastic tabs
directly to the guard.
Has anyone else been able to attach the right resevoir shroud with all
its original hardware after guard installation? (Without tweaking).
It would appear if the guard curved a little more forward (toward front
of bike) it would allow this, but, I think the top of the guard would
encounter the top of the inside of the shroud, mine just barely touches
the plastic. I don't know if this was the design or unique to my pair,
there were no instructions included. The gap between tank and shroud on
right has slightly increased. Over all, they appear protective and also
provide attachment points for tank panniers. The quality and finish is
very nice.
I am thinking of putting a finer mesh screen over my radiator guard side
to keep bugs out of my radiator when in Alaska, has anybody tried this?,
I suppose I shouldn't use too fine of a mesh to avoid insufficient
airflow.
Hope it helps Don, feel free to contact me for further detail.
Charles Earl
Santa Cruz, CA
Don Dotson on 03/12/2001 03:20:10 PM
To: Charles Earl/SSI1@SSI1
cc:
Subject: Re: [DSN_klr650] Installing HT radiator guards questions
Charles-
I just received the HT rad guards. I think? I received some other
stuff from them plus the guards and I have no idea which is what. I
did get some hammered gray brackets, I assume these are them. How did
your installation work? I was hoping for some instructions from HT. I
picture or two would have been nice. Any help you could lend would be
greatly appreciated.
tia,
d
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Utah
Charles.Earl@... wrote:
>
> I received my radiator guards from Happy Trails today, I ordered them
> Monday morning and they arrived Wednesday afternoon, wow, that's
fast!!
> The "hammered gray" finish matches my Original Side Racks exactly.
I'll
> install them this weekend, glancing at them this morning raised a
couple
> of questions for which I hoped to get input on:
> The bolts on the radiator side have a sort of "sandwich" arrangement
of
> rubber washers on the radiator bracket, would it be best to attach the
> guard brackets at the "top" of this stack, against the radiator or
> against the main frame?
> On the reservoir side, the top bolt holds the reservoir frame bracket
> and an accessory bracket, should I mount the guard bracket against the
> main frame or stacked on top of these items? It would seem against the
> main frame would be the sturdiest, but I wasn't sure if the guard
> brackets would fit behind the radiator and reservoir brackets.
> Any suggestions appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charles
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