V-Strom handguards - how much?

no idea which i have ordered DL650 or DL1000?
i will see when i get to the shop & ask them to send them back if they are not right.

Alan

Your bike looks great ejohnh, wot screen is it?

cheers

Originally Posted by Wild Bill

Your bike looks great ejohnh, wot screen is it?

cheers

Thanks,

I thought I was gonna get the SV fashion police banging on about my givi topbox rack

It's a Givi screen not, sure which model though. I bought it off some guy in the WRC. It really cuts down the windblast at speed.

I`ve just got round to fitting my handguards. Did anyone find that the new longer screws in the kit were too long, for securing the bar ends?

Cheers

I have some on my curvy, didn't have to shave anything off, but then its a S not a N. I did find the bolts a bit long so had to cut them down a tad and re-thread them.

Thanks Grinch.I did the same.I was abit confused until the penny dropped.

Cheers

Originally Posted by Wild Bill

I`ve just got round to fitting my handguards. Did anyone find that the new longer screws in the kit were too long, for securing the bar ends?

Cheers

not sure if I should even be reviving this after so long, but... here goes...

I put the DL guards on my '08 SV650 naked, and had exactly that bolt problem. the bolt that comes in the kit is 140mm (there is an outer expander, a long spacer, and an inner expander to pass thru to reach the nut inside the DL bar end); it needs to be 80mm (original is 60mm plus extra 20mm spacer). there happens to be a Suzuki part number for precisely what you need: 09127-06014. expensive here in the colonies; not sure about the homeland...

i didn't realize you could rethread the long bolts - they have turned threads, which stand proud of the shank slightly, but i guess you can cut enough thread into the shank to work.

cheers,

[yorkie_chris]

Bolts are cheap, probably <15p for what you need.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Bolts are cheap, probably <15p for what you need.

thanks yorkie, but i'm not mechanically adept enough to know where to seek out the correct bolt, let alone correctly describe it to the 'bolt-man', once i found him. it has a countersunk, oval head with Phillips drive; the shank is only half threaded (not that this likely matters); and the threads are rolled (i.e., slightly 'proud' on the shank) rather than cut. [i noticed others have mentioned cutting extra threading onto the 140mm bolt and chopping the length down (which certainly was my first thought, before i noticed the threading was rolled, not cut), but that surely doesn't give very strong threads or a good fit to the nut. don't you risk stripping the threads and/or having the assembly come loose?]

so i just went with the Suzuki part that the dealership parts-man was able to dig out of an old envelope. time vs money, i suppose. turns out it's from an '88-'91 GSXR-750 bar end. the Ron Ayers microfiche prices it at US$3.44; i paid CDN$10.00 for a pair (roughly correct exchange)! the stock 60mm screw is priced at US$1.50; the 140mm DL650 screw is priced at US$1.69. don't ask me why the 80mm is so much more - perhaps just the rarity that comes with age, like a fine wine?

cheers,

Originally Posted by Mark_h

As for fouling the choke, on a naked just shift the clutch perch right a bit and it's fine. Also make sure you order the DL650 set not the DL1000 kit as the DL1000 kit does not come with all the fixings you need.

DL, is that the same as a V-Storm, need to know, as i am easily confused

£25 from a normal dealer, probily about £20 more from mine..
Haha