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Might be time for some radiator guards. 3rd gear drop in a rock garden filled with basketball+ size boulders. The only damage was to the front headlight/numberplate background - shredded it pretty good. It was a pretty lucky drop, coulda mangled a radiator big time.
I tried doing a search here on radiator braces, but pretty much every post came up.
Who makes the strongest brace for side impact (i.e. dropping it in some rocks) protection? Works Connection or Devol?
And I've got to say that the stock pipe may not be worth much in the performance department, but it sure can take a beating!
I tried doing a search here on radiator braces, but pretty much every post came up.
Who makes the strongest brace for side impact (i.e. dropping it in some rocks) protection? Works Connection or Devol?
And I've got to say that the stock pipe may not be worth much in the performance department, but it sure can take a beating!
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Works Connections are Braces for side impact support, Devol are guards for front impact. Each does it's specific task. If you don't figure on getting limbs through the front and expect more side drops then Works Braces are what you need. Using both is the best insurance though.
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I have a set of works connection on my 220. The devol's just look like not enough air can get through for my type of riding; tight, technical, and steep.
I have seriously bent up my Works Connection braces though. I can't imagine the radiator even being attached to my bike though, considering the crash they sustained. They weren't easy to straighten back up either. I had my bike loaded onto a trailer that flipped on the highway when taking a corner too fast. They saved my whole bike! The only damage was to the bars, front fender and just a tiny bit on the side plate. Great braces!!!
I have seriously bent up my Works Connection braces though. I can't imagine the radiator even being attached to my bike though, considering the crash they sustained. They weren't easy to straighten back up either. I had my bike loaded onto a trailer that flipped on the highway when taking a corner too fast. They saved my whole bike! The only damage was to the bars, front fender and just a tiny bit on the side plate. Great braces!!!
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I just ordered the MSR radiator guards... less than $30! Looks like they will have plenty of flow and the protection has got to be better than what's on there now!
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I recall some riders having problems with Devol BRACES and overheating. Don't have a link to document it.
The Works braces work fine. It takes virtually nothing to tweak the rads. Both of mine are smushed..and that was only a couple of rides..before (great thinking, 'eh?) I put the Works braces on.
I still use the oem rad GUARDS. Maybe riding on borrowed time, but I've not had a problem that called for aftermarket guards yet.
BTW...'Woods of Nebraska'? What kind'a woods are those? ;)
The Works braces work fine. It takes virtually nothing to tweak the rads. Both of mine are smushed..and that was only a couple of rides..before (great thinking, 'eh?) I put the Works braces on.
I still use the oem rad GUARDS. Maybe riding on borrowed time, but I've not had a problem that called for aftermarket guards yet.
BTW...'Woods of Nebraska'? What kind'a woods are those? ;)
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My sister had a pair of the devol guards on her 220. They looked nice and strong. I think most of the people that have problems with the aftermarket radiator guards don't put the oem air deflectors back on after the guards. They help direct a _lot_ of air flow over the radiators.
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You use the word 'guard' and say 'strong'. They may well have been strong, but the will not protect the rads from side impacts.
That's what braces are for.
Braces fit behind the rads, guards fit in front.
I'm sure you know that..but note that JDs post says 'guards' and then 'strongest brace for side impact'. Well, he also mentions looking for braces. Maybe he wants both.
Inda's pic is of guards No side impact help there!
That's what braces are for.
Braces fit behind the rads, guards fit in front.
I'm sure you know that..but note that JDs post says 'guards' and then 'strongest brace for side impact'. Well, he also mentions looking for braces. Maybe he wants both.
Inda's pic is of guards No side impact help there!
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I've not seen the devol guards up close, but I have found that a hard impact will bend the mounting points for the radiator as well as the radiator itself if not protected. The works connection keeps my radiator from impact damage and the radiator itself from being relocated by re-inforcing the mounting points.
MattR said it best, I think, in his first post on this topic.
MattR said it best, I think, in his first post on this topic.
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re: 'The Devol guards also wrap around the outside edge of the rads and offer excellent side protection.'
What part of the bike frame do they attach to?
What part of the bike frame do they attach to?
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I kind'a figured that out...but being a $marta$$ is what I do best..and that not well all the time.
Just funnin' 'ya!
...well, before I read the 'double black..Vermont' comment, I DID think you were referring to Nebraska. I've never done anything in NE but drive straight thru it. There might be a woods there someplace...
Just funnin' 'ya!
...well, before I read the 'double black..Vermont' comment, I DID think you were referring to Nebraska. I've never done anything in NE but drive straight thru it. There might be a woods there someplace...
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It's all good fun.canyncarvr wrote:I kind'a figured that out...but being a $marta$$ is what I do best..and that not well all the time.
Just funnin' 'ya!
...well, before I read the 'double black..Vermont' comment, I DID think you were referring to Nebraska. I've never done anything in NE but drive straight thru it. There might be a woods there somplace...
I have a Fredette helmet cam VHS from the Kishawakee(?) enduro. Miles and miles of riding around corn fields with a couple of sections of small trees and a few stream crossings. Very different terrain out in the middle.
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What state is Kishwaukee in?? I have that video too.
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