Installing T-Rex crash guards 2023 Kawasaki KLR 650
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- Опубликовано: 25 фев 2023
- Here are the best crash guards I could find for the KLR 650. T-Rex has made a set that not only provide a ton of protection but allow the use of the stock crash protection as well.
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Really thank you for this installation video! Not only does it help me evaluate which crash bar to get, but also you’ve given us invaluable tips on the installation.
Glad it was useful video and thanks for the input, cheers!
Thanks for taking the time to share this in our group today, much appreciated. I have the same bike and have not installed any because I wanted a set that I don't have to remove the factory stuff on the bike. This fits the bill. I will do what I can to se if I can get a set on my bike this year.
Thanks again for sharing on the Gen 3 Tribe FB group. that is how I found you channel.
Dale
Awesome thanks dale, my buddy posted that on the fb site which was cool, he introduced me to the site. Lots of good content. I honestly couldn't be happier with the klr such a great bike
Congrats on a superb instructional video! I'm a pretty darn good mechanic but this helped me a lot on the install. The hardest part I had was getting the upper fairing bolts back in at first. I watched your video a little at a time as I was installing so the left side bolt drove me nuts. Got it started finally after using a flashlight to see the misalignment and then saw you mention the issue later on the right side. My solution was to pull up on the fairing plastic as I threaded the bolt in. As far as the 2 lower bolts I fully tightened the top bolt and then had to take a long drill bit to slightly enlargen the lower bolt hole to get it through without damaging the threads. The bolts were slightly too short to fit the second steel washer on my install. Anyway, great video. This is what I aspire to do on my channel but am too lazy to do it.
Nice dude thanks, I hear ya on the effort it takes to made a vid lol. Glad you got them installed 🍻
excellent video sir.. thank you for making it look real and honest.. much appreciated
Glad it was helpful, i appreciate the comment
Very nice video and great work buddy🤙. Have a nice Sunday and ride on✌
Thanks ck cheers
Great video! I also want to keep the stock lower and upper bars and install this T-Rex! Looks pretty solid! Glad to have this such a helpful video instruction! Many thanks!
Thank you, much appreciated and I'm glad the video was helpful!
@@ScoutsOut Do you feel legs comfortable near the middle support pipe of these bars? Do legs touch this pipe when they hold the tank?
Yes the top of my right calf rubs agains the bar and it's a little annoying
@@ScoutsOut that's what I'm worried about! Thanks!
The trex stuff looks tough on the bike! I plan on buying all their stuff for my klr650. I like the design of their skid plate as it protects the lower shock link too. Nice stuff. Good video. Now i know how easy the install is. I am just gather all my stuff so when this snow goes away I will be ready to install everything at once. I also bought the Vstream medium windshield and plan on getting a zumo XT for it to. Did some long dirt roads last year with friends it was a blast. But I was always worried about dropping the bike. This crash protection looks like just the ticket!
Yea they make good products from what i can see so far. Ill have to check out that windshield I haven’t found any that i really like yet, hopefully the snow goes away soon man. Let me know what you think when you get all the parts installed
Awesome
thanks man, they worked out great!
Great video. I just bought a 23 Adventure and will get the T. rex bars because the Tusk ones make you have to remove the fog light bar which I don’t want to do. These bars are $114 more but oh well
Thank you! And congrats on the new bike!
Thank you.
Only thing that might make it easier is to remove the 3rd skid plate bolt. Install the 2 smaller ones first and the larger bolt last.
Glad it was helpful! Nice good tip!
Note previous experience with vstrom and similar engine guard did shift the frame. However crash for mid section like this isnt necissarily provide benefit as handlebars and their ends extend further. So when the bike goes gown it damages the handlebars and potentially not the frame like this. Some mods i have seen aand accessories are worthless and people think there is benefits with no downsides. After all the dropping i did and bikes destroyed no longer buy this stuff and ride stock saves money and since doing that prevented some damage these accessories would have caused and protecting myself in the process.. good video though.
Oh dang, that’s what I was worried about. Yea I could see bars taking the brunt, thanks for the info
I am very happy with my T-Rex bars.
Yea me too, they are nice and offer some serious protection. Not to mention a ton of tie down options if needed
You ride in the cold too! Hey, do you ever condensation in your oil site glass after a ride? I do, but I believe it's bc some of my rides are short ones and moisture doesn't have time to burn off.
If you ride in the cold maybe the Thermo-Bob would be a good mod.
Good luck Man.
Haha yea man, now that I got some good cold weather gear and heated jacket it's nice. No I've never noticed the condensation on the glass but I'll check next time I ride, once my warranty is up I will probly look more into the doohickey and thermal bob
Great job as always Scout... The could have provided a slightly more aesthetic set of bolts for the section just unter the light though... But besides that... One set close to spring time adevture rides mate! :D
Yea Phil I was thinking about covering or paint them lol. Can't wait!
@@ScoutsOut Can you not just "match them up" with something from the hardware store? Or maybe find little black plastic caps for the bolts...
I didn't think about just buys black hard ware. That's for the ideal Phil
Those are heavy duty a lot of protection. If you ever have a situation you can weight it that would be interesting. Prob high 300's? Interesting to see compared to the other adventure style bikes even compared to the bigger cc ones. 🤙
Yea bro should be good when o drop it, but sadly the klr is heavy as hell, it's almost 600lbs she is chuncky but the weight is pretty low and hard to tell luckily
@@ScoutsOut holy shootz that is a beast! I guess a BMW or KTM adventure’s are pretty heavy too.
Ohh yea the bmw is a real monster
With those adventure lower bars which skid plate are you thinking will fit?
im going to get the TRex one its supposed to fit
If you watch the T-Rex install video carefully, I believe it says "if you have the stock or T-Rex lowers NOT to use the PIA spacers" at the front frame bolts. (In text on the screen)
I just watched it and it did have that typed on the screen as he was installing. I t still seemed like the gap needed to have the spacers in my opinion as I installed it 🤷🏻♂️
Missed typed that lol, I did see that in the T. rex vid
As I remove the 12mm bolt to release the stock light bar, I believe the bolt fractured. The new 13 mm bolt nor the original 12mm will tighten. There was no obvious lock tight on the stock bolt so I don’t know where to go from here.also I officer two loose rubber lines-this is fuel and coolant overflow? Where do these go once I’m ready to reinstall my skid plate?
I had problems with the right fairing bolt also. But I absolutely cannot get the right rear bracket to mount due to the existing factory hardware mounted to the frame. I have looked and looked but there doesn't seem to be any way to mount the right rear section. How in the heck did you get around the equipment that is mounted and screwed to the frame near the right rear side? Any tips? Mine seems to look just a bit different. It's about the 7 minute mark of video that I am referring. MIne has ABS brakes and it is possible the object that is bolted to the frame may have something to do with that. Does yours have ABS brakes?
That's weird, mine doesn't have abs. I'd be interested to see what you are talking about. Do you have instagram? If you send me a pic I could try and help you. @scouts_out_yt
Hi Ben,
My 2023 KLR Adventure has ABS, and I know exactly what you're talking about. This device has some tubes going through it (I wish I could paste the pictures here).
I was able to place the internal part of the tube clamp right above where this device is screwed to the frame, but before I needed to partially remove the plastic fairing in your left (the back of the bike). Now, I am facing another issue, because there is a weld hindering to place the external part of the tube clamp. I believe the solution they gave to the same problem in the left bar should work here.
I just sent an e-mail to them asking about it.
BTW,
Did you get your bars installed? If so, how you solved these issues?
Thanks.
@@ygordarochaparreira2810 how did you end up resolving this? I just got my trex bars and am stuck at the abs bracket.
@@273zink Did you have success? I'm stuck there as well
@@garysinclair6490 I found a suggestion to flip the abs bracket around and then reinstall it and that worked for me.
Hi What are the torque specs for the bolts that go through the center engine mount bracket?- thanks!
I can’t find one, I thought it was on the paperwork but I guess not
It’s 18 ft/lbs for those bolts
Thank you
Will this fit a 2024 adventure KLR
Yea, still the same bike, the only change is with or without ABS
@@ScoutsOutI installed it ..for some reason the right side is just barely touching the body frame.
Hi,
Thank you for the great tutorial, very much appreciated (I am using it to install my bars). I liked that you specified the socket sizes for each bolt (12mm, 8mm, etc).
Regarding those spacers you put on those hardest bolts to install, it seems T-Rex recommend them only if you DON'T have the T-Rex or OEM bottom engine guards, which you have, so you were supposed to not install them, as you can see here: ruclips.net/video/-0Icuveyh2o/видео.html&ab_channel=T-RexRacingInc
Besides that, great job! Definitely a better install tutorial than the one T-Rex put in place.
Thanks,
Thank you I appreciate that!
If you're worried about scratching your bike, you bought the wrong bike.
Lol less worried about scratches more worried about frame damage