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Tusk Crash Bars Back-ordered.

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KoryJ

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Ordered my Tusk Crash Bars from Rocky Mountain atv mc. Told me it was back-ordered till the end of June. Should revive them first of July. I guess I ordered them a little to late anyway. Hit a deer at about 20-25mph 2 weeks ago didn't do much damage but enough to make me sad I didn't have them on already.
 
After almost 2 month of waiting my Tusk crash bars are on there way. I celebrated by tearing my bike apart. I purchased the pass through subframe bolt upgrade kit, USB port charger, volt gauge, 2 add on lights (to help me see those dang deer), and a fuse block to top it off. Wile I have it all stripped and naked I'm doing some repairs to the plastic damage from hitting a deer a few months ago, and spraying all my plastic in LineX. Here are a few pics will post more as I go.

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KoryJ
 
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We gotta talk about your wiring skills! I know it's a KLR but we gotta tighten that up a little lol!
 
Lol. It will be better when I get panels back. Just have wires that are way to long just hung on the windshield mounts to keep the fuse block out of my way. I have wires just hanging for a double usb plug, volt gauge, and 2 new lights. I promise I'll clean it up. Lol.


KoryJ
 
Any progress? Those deer can be rough on equipment.:lol2:
 
No progress yet. Have had to much rain and humidity to spray the coating on my cowlings and other plastics. Deer are definitely rough on equipment, but ridding gear saves lots of pain that's for sure.


KoryJ
 
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Got a set of Tusk crash bars for my 2015 from RM on the 28th along with the Tusk handguards that we also backordered. They are done very nice, haven't installed them yet, thinking about painting them green, if it stops raining.

trainman
 
trainman said:
Got a set of Tusk crash bars for my 2015 from RM on the 28th along with the Tusk handguards that we also backordered. They are done very nice, haven't installed them yet, thinking about painting them green, if it stops raining.



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Do you like the tusk hand guards?


KoryJ
 
By request bwsmax. Lol. Went ahead and put my crash bars on. I love these crash bars.
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Here's all the plastic just waiting to be sprayed. Still need to do a little work on one before being sprayed.

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KoryJ
 
Also Thanks!! to everide for the new stickers. I love watching this guys vids.
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KoryJ
 
I've owned five KLR's over the past 15 years and all but one had Tusk Handguards. They are done very well and the fit and finish are top quality. For the price you will be very happy with them, as I have found with most Tusk products.

trainman
 
Have scheduled to spray all my body parts on Tuesday, have a cardboard mock up of my skid plate going to drop it off to get the steel cut tomorrow. Hopefully coming back together in the next few days. Most are 3/16 aluminum(which is equivalent to 7 gauge). I'm not the biggest fan of aluminum skid plates. Is the reason for building my own. What is you opinion on steel thickness for a skid plate? (11 gauge = 1/8")

10 gauge?
Thoughts?


KoryJ
 
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I'm doing 12 gauge steel well try that. If nothing fails my plastic will be sprayed today.


KoryJ
 
It quit raining and got the spray rig up and going. I really like how they turned out.

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KoryJ
 
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Wait wait wait.....

Is this 2-part bedliner or what's the story? Reason I ask, is in my extensive experience trying to refinish motorcycle/atv plastics, not much seems to actually work.

Dirt bike plastics are made with a wax release agent that nothing seems to stick to. Best luck I've had is alot of prep, followed by and adhesion promoter, and then a flex additive in a catalyst finish. Even then, the results are often not great after 2 months and a couple falls.

IF this is a finish that'll actually hold up, I may look into having my xr650 side panels done in white. They're all torn to *****
 
thrill-billy85 said:
Wait wait wait.....

Is this 2-part bedliner or what's the story? Reason I ask, is in my extensive experience trying to refinish motorcycle/atv plastics, not much seems to actually work.

Dirt bike plastics are made with a wax release agent that nothing seems to stick to. Best luck I've had is alot of prep, followed by and adhesion promoter, and then a flex additive in a catalyst finish. Even then, the results are often not great after 2 months and a couple falls.

IF this is a finish that'll actually hold up, I may look into having my xr650 side panels done in white. They're all torn to *****
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Yeap my father runs a dealership. They have a bed liner spray booth. I talked to several techs from the company they all said with there stuff there is no need for a adhesive promoter just to spray both sides. I used a wire wheel and buffed all the decals off and roughed up the plastic first. I beleave it will work well. It seems to be on there very very good. Had to sand down a couple of pens to fit through another piece. It was very hard to remove from the plastic. I'll keep you guys posted.




KoryJ
 
Actually, I wonder if it would melt the back side of the side panel over the exhaust....

Does this stuff dry like super brittle, or does it have some flex??
 
thrill-billy85 said:
Actually, I wonder if it would melt the back side of the side panel over the exhaust....

Does this stuff dry like super brittle, or does it have some flex??
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Pretty flexible. I'm wondering about above the exhaust as well. I have a aftermarket exhaust doesn't really get that hot but we'll have to see.


KoryJ
 
Are those plastics polypropylene, like regular dirtbike plastics. (Same color all the way through). Or are they like abs plastics, like on a sport bike. (Painted)

I've got a feeling, they're abs.
 
thrill-billy85 said:
Are those plastics polypropylene, like regular dirtbike plastics. (Same color all the way through). Or are they like abs plastics, like on a sport bike. (Painted)

I've got a feeling, they're abs.
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ABS I guess
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KoryJ
 
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