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[Joshua Gorman]

I am looking to put some handguards on my bike. I was looking at the Acerbis Rally 2. Does anyone have any input on these, or are there other brands that are better? Thanks, Josh Dr. Joshua C. Gorman, D.D.S. 401 W. San Augustine Deer Park, TX 77536 (281)930-8744

[Jim A Backer]

I have the Tusk guards. I don't know that they are better but they work well and are priced right. http://rockymountainmc.com/wc.dll?wwrmatv~type~0003353542~H~HANDGUARD~Han dguards kb7tgr jim A6 02gl18 WY ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!

[kdxkawboy@aol.com]

In a message dated 2004-05-11 8:47:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time, drjoshgorman@... writes:

> I am looking to put some handguards on my bike. I was looking at the > Acerbis Rally 2. Does anyone have any input on these, or are there other > brands that are better? > > Thanks, > > Josh > >

Josh, most any handguards will work with a KLR. There are some combinations of bar bends and specific brand handguards that a little more persuasion to go together, but most any combo can be made to fit. Shop for price or shop for style. What ever tickles your fancy will work, so make this part of your multi-surface, adventure touring bike personal customization. Pat G'ville, Nv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[bigfatgreenbike]

drjoshgorman@... wrote:

>I am looking to put some handguards on my bike. I was looking at the >Acerbis Rally 2. Does anyone have any input on these, or are there other >brands that are better? > >

If the rally-2 are the ones with integral turn signals, or have a plastic body, I suggest getting something else. The rally-pros (with a full aluminum bar inside the plastic) are decent but kind of pricey. Moose, Maier, Tusk, and others make inexpensive and perfectly good handguards. Enduro Engineering are really nice. The real question is, are you just keeping brush and weather off your hands, or preventing a broken lever in a fall. -- Devon Brooklyn, NY A15-Z '01 KLR650 '81 SR500 cafe racer "The truth's not too popular these days....." Arnold Schwarzenneger, in The Running Man

[Paul Dent]

> >I am looking to put some handguards on my bike. I was looking at

the

> >Acerbis Rally 2. Does anyone have any input on these, or are

there other

> >brands that are better? > Moose, Maier, Tusk, and others make inexpensive and perfectly good > handguards. Enduro Engineering are really nice. > > The real question is, are you just keeping brush and weather off

your

> hands, or preventing a broken lever in a fall. > > -- > Devon

I like my Tusk handguards with the stock deflectors butchered and screwed on. They are extremely inexpensive and they sure look like they'll prevent a broken lever (haven't been offroad since I installed them). The 'unsophisticated' rectangular aluminum section looks a lot like that of the rear rack, which is to say they fit the style of the bike, if there is any. Paul

[cdnabn49]

i have the moose brand now... had acerbis rally's they held up real well after my bike was run over then pushed down the road... they saved my control's/brakes... not to much damage to them either... i like the moose aluminum ones better though... just a matter of opinion and likes i guess... they all work well ;^) ~cdnabn49~ --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Joshua Gorman" wrote:

> > I am looking to put some handguards on my bike. I was looking at

the

> Acerbis Rally 2. Does anyone have any input on these, or are

there other

> brands that are better? > > Thanks, > > Josh > > > > > Dr. Joshua C. Gorman, D.D.S. > 401 W. San Augustine > Deer Park, TX 77536 > (281)930-8744

[Jim]

I too have the Tusk guards, very few $$. I attached my OEM plastic to the tapped holes on the front and saved even more $$. I use the $$ I saved to buy fuel. Here in CA I'm paying up to $0.45 per mile for my KLR running premium, $0.40 per mile for regular. --Jim A-15

> I am looking to put some handguards on my bike. I was looking at the > Acerbis Rally 2. Does anyone have any input on these, or are there

other

> brands that are better? > > Thanks, > > Josh > > > > > Dr. Joshua C. Gorman, D.D.S. > 401 W. San Augustine > Deer Park, TX 77536 > (281)930-8744

[tim dermody]

Ditto on the Tusk guards. They work well and are certainly priced right. Stock plastic can be cut to fit them too. Not terribly pretty, but functional. "Better is in the eye of the beholder", sometimes. Tim --- Jim a backer wrote:

> I have the Tusk guards. I don't know that they are > better but they work > well and are priced right. >

http://rockymountainmc.com/wc.dll?wwrmatv~type~0003353542~H~HANDGUARD~Han

> dguards > > kb7tgr > jim > A6 > 02gl18 > WY > >

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[hijklr]

I put the aluminum Cycra ProBends on my A17. They fit real snug and the design fits the KLR well (I can't recall a time when they got in the way of my hands). Wind protection is good. No modifications were required to the bike (other than drilling out the throttle tube with a dremel. I did use a pair of aftermarket bar ends to install because they came with some cheesy bolt and rubber hose to accomodate standard bars. Kevin

> I am looking to put some handguards on my bike. I was looking at

the

> Acerbis Rally 2. Does anyone have any input on these, or are

there other

> brands that are better?

[John S Harper]

$0.45 a mile? Are you off an order of magnitude? If gas is $2.00 a gallon and you get 40mpg, that's only $0.05 per mile. "Jim" on 05/12/2004 03:20:37 AM To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com cc: Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: Handguards I too have the Tusk guards, very few $$. I attached my OEM plastic to the tapped holes on the front and saved even more $$. I use the $$ I saved to buy fuel. Here in CA I'm paying up to $0.45 per mile for my KLR running premium, $0.40 per mile for regular. --Jim A-15

> I am looking to put some handguards on my bike. I was looking at the > Acerbis Rally 2. Does anyone have any input on these, or are there

other

> brands that are better? > > Thanks, > > Josh > > > > > Dr. Joshua C. Gorman, D.D.S. > 401 W. San Augustine > Deer Park, TX 77536 > (281)930-8744

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