Rad Guard. Good Lookin Replacement.

Post by **Old Nyk** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 6:35 pm

My ZN1300 came without a Rad Guard so i've been searchin for one and all the ones i have found are Black,looks like Plastic ?.Searched E-Bay,as usual

and came up with a Triumph Speed Triple Beowulf one in Stainless Steel,approx 14 X 8 inches and Boy does it look good,it has a nice solid strip in the middle as well so you could put Decals on it or even your Handle. :hpdc:

just a bit of modification to the Brackets top and bottom to make it fit,only had to bend the bottom ones back and then slightly convex the bottom of the Guard,bend it inwards a little so it just squeezes over the bottom Rad lip and then it drops in a treat !The top two brackets need to be bent back slightly and then they snugly slide up behind the top rad bracket.Much nicer to look at than the black ones.Anyway,hope someone may find this tip usefull

Post by **LonnieD** » Mon Oct 03, 2011 11:19 pm

can ya post a snapshot...would be good to see it.

Post by **Old Nyk** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:24 pm

LonnieD wrote:can ya post a snapshot...would be good to see it.

Hello "LonnieD" I havn't tried doing pic's yet but i am experimenting at the mo with that picture site that was mentioned in the forums :thk:

,how to do pic's.I will try and sort it out and would like to put one on to show you,also a picture of my modified Air Cleaner cove that broke,like yours.I have posted a reply to your Post about that,get back with pic's soon i hope.Keep watchin

all the best from Old Nyk.

Post by **LonnieD** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:34 pm

that would be cool ...if you have trouble you might try one of the two Yahoo Voyager/Kaw sites...I uploaded mine there and many folks on this site are on those as well.

Post by **Old Nyk** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:38 pm

LonnieD wrote:can ya post a snapshot...would be good to see it.

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Trying to put an image on a post,me and my 1966 Triumph T100SS,hope it work's,don't know if i've sized it correctly,if not i will try again !.

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Post by **LonnieD** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:50 pm

worked perfect dude...now just leave your self out! haha naw just kidding...looks great you have it mastered

Post by **LonnieD** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:53 pm

I used to have a rad looking 650 Bonny all chopped raked and chromed...see if I can find a pic :)

Post by **LonnieD** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:13 pm

try this mate: http://s1092.photobucket.com/albums/i416/lonnie_dotson/

Post by **Old Nyk** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:22 pm

LonnieD wrote:try this mate: http://s1092.photobucket.com/albums/i416/lonnie_dotson/

Well yes Sir!

great pic Lonnie,your better lookin than me mate! and that Machine looks good too,i have found out now how to put the pic's direct onto a post so will send you one of the Rad Guard,all the best from Old Nyk.

Post by **LonnieD** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 7:49 pm

ha ha well bud that picture is about 35 years old (I was still on active duty and retired back in 88) ...

...that was my last bike. I wish my leg was down so you could see the engine and tranny...they were split and high polished...frame was dipped chrome as well...those were the good old days. you'll have to share with me how to embed pics into our messages

Post by **Old Nyk** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:12 pm

LonnieD wrote:ha ha well bud that picture is about 35 years old (I was still on active duty and retired back in 88) ... ...that was my last bike. I wish my leg was down so you could see the engine and tranny...they were split and high polished...frame was dipped chrome as well...those were the good old days. you'll have to share with me how to embed pics into our messages

Hello again Lonnie.Done the pic's with Photo Bucket,when you sort out yer pic's and size them properly they end up with different codes as follows.
Email & IM.
Direct Link.
HTML code.
IMG Code.
When you Left Click on any of those it says Copied.So if you follow the guidelines ,How to Post a Photo in the forum it tells you where to paste that code after clicking on the IMG icon at the top in the options for your message.When you do a post or reply to a post,click the Img box then in the middle of what appears right click and select paste the Direct Link option in there.
I have found out that the IMG Code puts a link to click on,then you get the picture in another window.After experimenting i have found if you click on the Direct Link option for your picture it puts the picture in your post without having to click on a link.I do hope that you can follow this,if not please let me know and i will try to explain further.Hope it works for you.Best wishes Mate,wish we lived nearer to each other,be nice to meet :thmup:P.S. the cloud says,wish i was slim again !!

Post by **LonnieD** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 10:52 pm

ha looks great man! good pic...yes to meet would be nice...I couldn't be further away being in the northern tip of the US in Seattle :) who knows...I've always wanted to visit the UK...trace family back to your homeland (Hamptons, Hurleys, Dobson) guess we came over in the 1500 to VA and settled there then moved down the coast and settled in Georgia.. most of my family on dads side are there...moms family are from OK and the Cherokee tribe I guess one of our family from the Hampton's side married into the tribe.. been to Germany, France and South East Asia with the Army...but that's different as you can understand. Work now for Boeing and maybe they will send me over on business how knows :) it a pleasure my friend

Post by **Old Nyk** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:03 pm

LonnieD wrote:ha looks great man! good pic...yes to meet would be nice...I couldn't be further away being in the northern tip of the US in Seattle :) who knows...I've always wanted to visit the UK...trace family back to your homeland (Hamptons, Hurleys, Dobson) guess we came over in the 1500 to VA and settled there then moved down the coast and settled in Georgia.. most of my family on dads side are there...moms family are from OK and the Cherokee tribe I guess one of our family from the Hampton's side married into the tribe.. been to Germany, France and South East Asia with the Army...but that's different as you can understand. Work now for Boeing and maybe they will send me over on business how knows :) it a pleasure my friend

Very interesting Lonnie,might try and trace my lot one day,anyway here is a couple of pic's of the Rad Guard,one of the back of it showing the brackets.Have you mastered the picture thing,it's very easy with Photo Bucket and i think it makes it more interesting for the posts as well, be posting more pic's soon of me best Mate on her 3 wheeler in the general chat section,all the best Mate from Old Nyk

Post by **LonnieD** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 1:10 am

wow that does look great...what did it come off of again?

Post by **Old Nyk** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:47 pm

Got it off E-Bay Lonnie did a search for Rad Guards and all sorts of search variations and came across this one,the chap said it was off a Triumph Speed Triple,Beowulf,as you say it does look great,better than the Black Plastic,just hope it don't cause overheating,would'nt think so though,theres plenty of Air Holes in it.How you gettin on with Photo Bucket,done any pictures yet,i find it quite interesting on there meself.Did you find the Air Cleaner Cover yet,think the KZ1300 may be the same,not too sure though.All the best wishes Lonnie from Old Nyk.

Post by **LonnieD** » Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:10 pm

Thanks for the info mate will try ebay soon...if I don't win this round for the chrome air cleaner cover still have a few days I'll try for the radiator frame...only posted that one "English" chopper so far but hopefully this week-end it'll clear up and not rain so I can take some pictures of my trike...just finished her :) I do have some posted on the yahoo sites.

Post by **Old Nyk** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 6:50 pm

LonnieD wrote:Thanks for the info mate will try ebay soon...if I don't win this round for the chrome air cleaner cover still have a few days I'll try for the radiator frame...only posted that one "English" chopper so far but hopefully this week-end it'll clear up and not rain so I can take some pictures of my trike...just finished her :) I do have some posted on the yahoo sites.

Look forward to seein the pic's Lonnie,best of luck with the auction.Old Nyk

Post by **Old Nyk** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:36 pm

LonnieD wrote:Thanks for the info mate will try ebay soon...if I don't win this round for the chrome air cleaner cover still have a few days I'll try for the radiator frame...only posted that one "English" chopper so far but hopefully this week-end it'll clear up and not rain so I can take some pictures of my trike...just finished her :) I do have some posted on the yahoo sites.

Just a quickie Lonnie about your side cover.Found this on E-Bay,don't know if you have found it as well mate.Heres the item number
250898141416,good luck.

Post by **LonnieD** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:41 pm

Thanks but I think I'm bidding on that now, will check it out :)

Post by **Old Nyk** » Fri Oct 07, 2011 8:17 pm

LonnieD wrote:Thanks but I think I'm bidding on that now, will check it out :)

Hope yer win it Lonnie,looks a nice one,all the best from Old Nyk.

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