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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28649 Tucson Az Gender:	DIY stoneguard... 03/01/12 at 12:41:27 I cut a circle of expanded metal,.. bashed a curve into it on a sorta' round rock with a rubber mallet,.. then installed with a pair of those bendy wire loom holders, so I can remove it to clean the headlight... Scrambler tech!... ...
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EJID Serious Thumper Offline Work to ride and ride to work. Posts: 1536 Pocatello, ID Gender:	Re: DIY stonegaurd... Reply #1 - 03/01/12 at 13:16:27 Are you going to do a matching one on the back lights for the full "scrambler" appearance?
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28884 L.A. California Gender:	Re: DIY stonegaurd... Reply #2 - 03/01/12 at 14:02:33 don't need it on the back... no reverse.
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Boofer Serious Thumper Offline Nearly too old. Posts: 1760 N Ms Gender:	Re: DIY stonegaurd... Reply #3 - 03/01/12 at 14:35:37 Can't say this is the best use of your off day, but the craftsmanshift is flawless. How about one for your helmet?
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Reply #4 - 03/01/12 at 21:16:22

Boofer wrote on 03/01/12 at 14:35:37:

Can't say this is the best use of your off day, but the craftsmanshift is flawless. Grin

How about one for your helmet?

You can sit around and drink beer all day,... or.. you can mod yer' bike and drink beer all day...
Gerry H. has been buggin' me to do it, then Versy reinforced the idea... it just got me off my arse...
Ebay prices were $20 and up, and the wrong size... and I still have to figure a way to mount them... I'm a DIY guy...
Helmet?... Hmmmm?... .. Huh

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spacepirates Serious Thumper Offline Igni Ferroque Posts: 515 Pittsburgh, PA Gender:	Re: DIY stoneguard... Reply #5 - 03/02/12 at 05:29:16 I am continually pleasantly surprised at how nice mods like this look, especially compared to products on the market. Well done, sir.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: DIY stoneguard... Reply #6 - 03/02/12 at 05:41:06 The really big bugs will never get to your headlight,good Idea.
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Re: DIY stoneguard...
Reply #7 - 03/02/12 at 05:56:38

Why not run some door edge molding around the perimeter? It would stop the cut edges from scratching the light and make it look finished.
I had a Land Cruiser and put fog, driving, and rain lights on it, and made guards like yours for all of them.
BTW, you are losing 10-20% of the brightness with that. Check it out with a light meter some night.

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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: DIY stoneguard... Reply #8 - 03/02/12 at 06:49:35 Quote: BTW, you are losing 10-20% of the brightness with that. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- That makes a difference only if you ride at nite Nice job tho. But I d rather dream up a rock guard for the drive belt. Still just scares the hell outta me when a rock goes thru that belt !
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Re: DIY stoneguard...
Reply #9 - 03/02/12 at 09:33:04

arteacher wrote on 03/02/12 at 05:56:38:

Why not run some door edge molding around the perimeter? It would stop the cut edges from scratching the light and make it look finished.
I had a Land Cruiser and put fog, driving, and rain lights on it, and made guards like yours for all of them.
BTW, you are losing 10-20% of the brightness with that. Check it out with a light meter some night.

I originally attached it with safety wire, but decided to go to the wire loom clips so that I can remove it easily... 5 seconds with no tools... so I can get it off easy for night if necessary...
As a side benefit, the rubber coating on the wire clips cushions the guard against the lens...
Brilliant engineering?... nope, dumb luck... Grin

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Reply #10 - 03/02/12 at 13:48:19

Routy wrote on 03/02/12 at 06:49:35:

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BTW, you are losing 10-20% of the brightness with that.
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That makes a difference only if you ride at nite Wink

Nice job tho.
But I d rather dream up a rock guard for the drive belt.
Still just scares the hell outta me when a rock goes thru that belt !

You loose 10-20% in the day too. Wink

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Built2Last Serious Thumper Offline Tempt Fate Posts: 1447 FTF Gender:	Re: DIY stoneguard... Reply #11 - 03/02/12 at 18:36:08 Shoulda made a smiley face light guard to match your helmet... apparently you didn't drink enough
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28649 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: DIY stoneguard... Reply #12 - 03/02/12 at 21:13:47 Built2Last wrote on 03/02/12 at 18:36:08: Shoulda made a smiley face light guard to match your helmet... apparently you didn't drink enough Oh,.. you know me too well... ...('cept for the "didn't drink enough" part)......
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splash07 Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 911 Charleston, SC Gender:	Re: DIY stoneguard... Reply #13 - 03/04/12 at 07:13:40 Nice bottle cage on the right side there, is that fuel or water in that blue steel bottle?
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28649 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: DIY stoneguard... Reply #14 - 03/04/12 at 09:01:38 Just water,... gotta' have water here in Arizona... It would be a good place for a spare fuel bottle though... There's already a tapped hole there, that once held a reflector.. and the bottle holder is from a bicycle... fits and works great... ...
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