05-30-2013, 03:23 AM
Here ya are, Ron -- this link is from page one of this thread, supplied originally by someone else:
http://shop.sw-motech.com/cgi-bin/cosmos...d=99067871
They look nice and stout and well-engineered. I'm not crazy about the metal C-ring 'loop' that wraps around the lower frame as I've seen others that have clamps that wrap around the frame and mimic the shape of the frame. I can see myself applying some 3M clear film to the frame if I were to use engine guards with the more integrated type clamp like I've seen on some of the Japanese engine guards. I suppose you could also mount it over a cut piece of bicycle inner tube to prevent scratching the frame.
I don't know why, I just don't like those D-ring clamps. Maybe I'm just being anal. I suppose it has something to do with the fact that I removed the giant transverse crashbar from an RD400 I'm restoring and saw the gouging its c-ring clamps did to the frame, which of course, after 35 some years, formed surface rust at the attachment point, and this on a bike that was virtually rust-free. It's the one reason I'm still considering sliders as engine guards though they suit the character of this bike less than crash bars.
EDIT: I just looked at the install instructions for the SW-Motech bars and it looks like they do supply a sort of shim to wrap around the frame to protect it from the clamp, so let me give credit where credit is due. Here's the install instructions: http://shop.sw-motech.com/cosmoshop/arti...0000_b.pdf
http://shop.sw-motech.com/cgi-bin/cosmos...d=99067871
They look nice and stout and well-engineered. I'm not crazy about the metal C-ring 'loop' that wraps around the lower frame as I've seen others that have clamps that wrap around the frame and mimic the shape of the frame. I can see myself applying some 3M clear film to the frame if I were to use engine guards with the more integrated type clamp like I've seen on some of the Japanese engine guards. I suppose you could also mount it over a cut piece of bicycle inner tube to prevent scratching the frame.
I don't know why, I just don't like those D-ring clamps. Maybe I'm just being anal. I suppose it has something to do with the fact that I removed the giant transverse crashbar from an RD400 I'm restoring and saw the gouging its c-ring clamps did to the frame, which of course, after 35 some years, formed surface rust at the attachment point, and this on a bike that was virtually rust-free. It's the one reason I'm still considering sliders as engine guards though they suit the character of this bike less than crash bars.
EDIT: I just looked at the install instructions for the SW-Motech bars and it looks like they do supply a sort of shim to wrap around the frame to protect it from the clamp, so let me give credit where credit is due. Here's the install instructions: http://shop.sw-motech.com/cosmoshop/arti...0000_b.pdf