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Steering guard?

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dave_2A_2.25Turbo:
None of the guards seem to be totally bolt-on - they all follow the same design & only one pair of holes lines up at a time.  The fact that there are several pairs gives you a choice of mounting positions.  Jaes' idea of welding on a couple of tabs to stop rotation is excellent!  Most old LRs don't need any more unneccessary holes!

Tractorboy16:

--- Quote from: "dave_2A_2.25Turbo" --- Jaes' idea of welding on a couple of tabs to stop rotation is excellent!  Most old LRs don't need any more unneccessary holes!
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plus, as u can see from the pic i have been able to mount mine lower on the spring hanger this way meaning it does cover the steering bars a little better,

Me xx

datalas:
Oddly enough a lot of the Series trials motors don't have steering guards and prefer to use a hunky set of Sumo bars and a little discrimination on the part of the driver.

have seen a couple of occasions where the sttering guard acts as a barb on sharper rocks.  That is the motor slides up the steering guard and the rock falls in behind it, wedging the motor and doing something unpleasent to the steering it was supposed to protect..

dave_2A_2.25Turbo:
Oddly enough.....

I was having the same conversation with a mate of mine recently - the trouble with 'protection' is that, the more you have, the less discriminating you tend to be.  The feeling of invulnerability can cause problems that would easily have been avoided with a little more caution - my mate ended up with the steering guard on his bobtail RR wrapped round the steering bars - without the guard he'd have gone ROUND that particular rock and had no damage whatsoever.

Mounting too low can also be counter-productive - as Datalas says, it can act as a barb and hook up.  On the other hand, too high and there's no point.

TBH if I could get a set of Sumo bars for the tenner I paid for my guard, I'd have gone for those instead!

They look purdy tho!!

stratie:

--- Quote from: "ian_s" ---doesnt seem to protect your trackrod verywell :?
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That's why it was only £25  :lol:

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