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VStrom hand guard question
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<blockquote data-quote="Geezer" data-source="post: 154990" data-attributes="member: 436"><p>1 - The only screws I can think of are the chrome ones which go into the top of the shouldered bolt to hold the hand guard in place.</p><p></p><p>2 - I tightened mine down until it was tight, then put the top of the hand guard over the top and put the screw in to hold it. The clutch side was no problem for me, but on the throttle side I did have to sctretch the hand guard a bt to get it on top of the shoulder of the bolt. I found it worked OK like that but was better after I added about a quarter inch more threads to the shouldered bolt by carefully grinding the shoulder and cutting threads with a 6mm die. The nut on the bottom still cuts into the plastic of the hand guard a bit.</p><p></p><p>3 - I used my dremel to enlarge the hole in the hand guard where it hooks over the bar end weight so that it fit onto the shoulder of the bar end. I then thinned this part of the hand guard until there was very little friction between the hand guard and the throttle. Later I installed BMW sport grips which are shorter and would clear the hand guard without having to thin the guard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geezer, post: 154990, member: 436"] 1 - The only screws I can think of are the chrome ones which go into the top of the shouldered bolt to hold the hand guard in place. 2 - I tightened mine down until it was tight, then put the top of the hand guard over the top and put the screw in to hold it. The clutch side was no problem for me, but on the throttle side I did have to sctretch the hand guard a bt to get it on top of the shoulder of the bolt. I found it worked OK like that but was better after I added about a quarter inch more threads to the shouldered bolt by carefully grinding the shoulder and cutting threads with a 6mm die. The nut on the bottom still cuts into the plastic of the hand guard a bit. 3 - I used my dremel to enlarge the hole in the hand guard where it hooks over the bar end weight so that it fit onto the shoulder of the bar end. I then thinned this part of the hand guard until there was very little friction between the hand guard and the throttle. Later I installed BMW sport grips which are shorter and would clear the hand guard without having to thin the guard. [/QUOTE]
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