Well, my sweet looking pipe guard didn't look sweet for very long.
 

One ride. Bummer. Maybe I should remove the guard, then put it on after the ride. lol!

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Bummer! But it would have happened sooner of later.

looks better now, like you really ride the thing. I hate showing up for a ride and there is some guy with every add on and not a scratch. you know you will be turning around at some point.

Hahah! True! My bike usually looks kinda beat up so I was just excited to have a few fresh looking parts. It even prompted me to wash the poor thing!

LOL - been fortunate to not have that happen with the maroons I head out with :D

shang - she looks like a proper dirt bike now :cool: I went through 2 pipe guards on my orange 300; first one had a nasty encounter with large rock in the side of the trail (my foot didn't fare too well either :o ).

Be sure to pull that guard and check the pipe if she takes a hard hit; the guard I referred to above didn't look too bad (cracked), but the force transmitted to the pipe was significant - had to get a new pipe. That's one of the drawbacks of using a C/F guard - force transmitted can really mess up the pipe - especially at the neck right out of the cylinder. I'd still run one - saved lots of small dents and dings along the way ;)

Yeah, I'll keep an eye on it. My stock pipe probably would have been okay if I had a guard, although the left side was folded against the frame the it was kinked at the head pipe.

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jeff

You more than likely have a dent under the guard I was shocked the first time I took my guard off:eek:

Isn't that the real purpose of the guard. To hide dents:p

I have found it easier to just blow out the dents, then to fix the bends. I don't run the guards