Chain guard

Notice anything strange about the 1250 chain guard ? (yours and mine ) Shape wise .

gus wrote:Notice anything strange about the 1250 chain guard ? (yours and mine ) Shape wise .

Looks a bit high at the front .
( chain looks a bit polished & dry )

Clever Paul .

Look at the space at the front from chain to guard .Its huge , no wonder the chain sprays lube everywhere .
I measured my Aprilia ,space 15 mm --- Suzuki 50 mm .
No wonder the guard looks big .And i have already cut 25 mm from the length .
I have no idea why Suzuki thought that was a good design .(because its not )

Ive been looking at those slots for a while now a decided to lower the guard and change the slots .(not into huggers ,show me the wheel )
This is how it looks at the moment .

I was looking at it for ages trying to figure out what it was you were talking about and now you have mentioned it Gus I can see it as plain as the nose on my face. There is a very pronounced gap.

Imagine how it looked after i looked at my Aprilia ,15mm space .

The slots look a lot better. So does the unpainted hub.
Not sure I see the benefit of lowering the guard but if it floats your boat go for it.

Gus, you could sit it further down by another 20 or so mm by the look of it. Trim more and drill another hole in the middle of guard in left hand end.

The two brackets cause a problem . I may have to cut them off and replace them further in .
I plan on re- carboning it so i may do some panel work with a big hammer .

Thats better.

That follows the chain line better

And if you get a whip going in the chain if its a bit loose will it hit the guard?

No ,there is way more space than the other two bikes here .

Good job

gus wrote:Thats better.

What about the position of the tyre valve ? Would'nt it look better if you moved it to the right 100mm ?

Hammy wrote:

gus wrote:Thats better.

What about the position of the tyre valve ? Would'nt it look better if you moved it to the right 100mm ?

Or get rid of it altogether, its pretty unsightly

Gus that guard looks much better, I'd do the same but my plans include a hugger.

Madmax is right it still BIG .Ended up cutting more off then adding bits

Now put it on the bike and take photo

O.K

Much better than the original. Now make some more and list them on Ebay. The work you do will certainly end up with you needing more shed space and an accomplis.

Sooner or later Gus is going to run out of parts. Then it will be time for him to move onto a new bike. Looks good by the way.

Thats it ,poor Aprilia has cracked the shits because of neglect .Time to pay it some attention .