Poor man's radiator guard...Cost=$4

right now i can't afford a beowulf radiator guard $100 so i decided to build my own! went to home depot and bought a gutter gaurd for about $3 and safety wire $1

cut a piece w/ a heavy duty scissor = 11 3/8 inches and rounded the edges off a little so i wont scratch stuff up..took off the bolt that holds the radiator gaurd in place


i chose safety wire instead of zipties so i wont have to worry about them melting...i cut 9 pieces of safety wire like this

i thought about putting the mesh on the back of the radiator gaurd but i felt it wouldnt do a lot of protecting so i put it in the front..


heres what it looks like(sorry for the blurry pic)


theres is a small portion of the radiator that is still exposed but i find that something is better than nothing. i placed the mesh more toward the top bc i have more dings and dents up there than the bottom

Nicely done :thumbup:

Great idea!

Some food for thought:rockon:

Nice job, my son suggested something similar and he wants to cut a template and paint FZ6 on it.

I made mine out of a paper divider thingy....smaller holes and mine is in front of the radiator....it can get clogged with mud sometimes so I may try the wire like you have done...:thumbup:

great idea! :thumbup:

Looks great. Good job!

Thanks everybody! I'm planning to ride as soon as it stops raining to see if it makes noise, loose, etc... I was first goin to go w a metal fly mesh for screen doors $8 but I thought it was way to thin. another option was to get a ready made 1'x2' aluminum radiator gaurd $19 for house radiator heaters but the holes were too small n some of the cut patterns would look doofy.

interesting,but didnt your bike come with a plastic rad guard as standard or did you fancy some chrome work

Gutter guards are only $3?!?
Man I need to do my whole house...:BLAA:

sparkycrew said:

interesting,but didnt your bike come with a plastic rad guard as standard or did you fancy some chrome work

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yea my bike comes stock w/ the plastic radiator gaurd thats what i safety wired it to. the stock guard doesnt do a great job of guarding anything lol

CowtownBiomed said:

Gutter guards are only $3?!?
Man I need to do my whole house...:BLAA:

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lol

QwickFliCk said:

yea my bike comes stock w/ the plastic radiator gaurd thats what i safety wired it to. the stock guard doesnt do a great job of guarding anything lol



lol

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i have stone chips all over the frontal parts of my bike,the rad has a dent in the right radiator part under the rad cap,the rad core however is in mint condition so the stock gaurd for does a fine job for me,10 out 10 for inginuity though,if you could form a nice edging strip and some mounting points it would quality

QwickFliCk said:

yea my bike comes stock w/ the plastic radiator gaurd thats what i safety wired it to. the stock guard doesnt do a great job of guarding anything lol



lol

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i have stone chips all over the frontal parts of my bike,the rad has a dent in the right radiator part under the rad cap,the rad core however is in mint condition so the stock gaurd does a fine job for me,10 out of 10 for inginuity though,if you could form a nice edging strip and some mounting points it would be quality