Rick123

This guy is again as good as always.

On 11/1/2020 at 10:53 PM, Ride365 said:

Hey Rick it’s “Big B” good to see ya here my man!! Yeah I might just do that, looks very much like the best bars imho for my wants and they look very unobtrusive as well. 

Hi BigB. Good to see you here as well. Thanks to friend of mine who got GT a year ago and partially you too I got FJ09. But about engine guards - in my opinion they protect bike very well, are heavy (which I don't mind since I have 45 HP more than on my Wee3) and seems very solid. I don't think you'll be disappointed if you go for it.

2 hours ago, Ride365 said:

Wish was a good way to get these in the states, doesn't appear to be a US distributor? 

Just get them shipped to you from Poland. 

On 10/27/2020 at 3:14 PM, keithu said:

My OEM chain lasted about 17k miles and all I ever did was brush a little gear oil on it every 1000 miles or so, sometimes less. One time I sprayed it down with some WD-40 and made a half-assed attempt to clean it, but I wasn't real thorough. The WD-40 was getting everywhere so I decided it was a bad idea.

Also, I ride in the rain a lot. 

Maybe all this "proper maintenance" you guys keep doing is the problem? That's the only thing that makes sense to me. 😎 

I think you might be right on that but at the same time I'm wondering if all of you guys having chain issues had a chain adjusted to Yamaha specs (5-15mm free play)?!!!  I very rarely clean the chain but lubricate it every 500-600km. On my 2017 V Strom 650 I have 50000km (30000miles) on original chain and it still looks and works pretty good. I personally know another V Strom owner that never cleans the chain but lubricates it on every fill up and after riding in a rain. He gets 70000-80000km (50000miles) out of the chain. No, it is not a misprint.

Did oil change and and the oil filter replacement. After that I started to finish heated grips installation but before I completed it got a big package in front of the door. Inside the box Heed engine guards, headlights guards and GPS mounting bar. Nice surprise since I was expecting it to arrive 2 days later. Without any hesitation I installed everything. Bike looking even better now and definitely more protected.

Just installed them on my 2017.  Heavy duty stuff must say.

I have Vstreem sport-touring (medium height) installed with adjustable lip and it works pretty good for me.

pretty ugly if you ask me.

Still looking?