cooler guard?

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

I was lookin at pics and seen a lot of people put a plate in front of there oil cooler for a guard, so today I think ill just make one, ill take pics of it to show what I did, im just mainly doing it for looks haha, it should look similar to this but im painting mine black, hope ya'll enjoy!!!

[finsteratv]

just make sure it doesnt get mud packed in it because it will block near all air flow.

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

Yeah I no

[Zakradu398]

I thought people wanted more air to go to it, not block it?

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

Heres a template I made, yeah i want air going to it but I want it guarded to, this past weekend there was a big stick in there and was right up against my cooler, so i want a guard there for when I race nothin will hurt it, it will be more open cause im taking my headlight out so i dont bust it during a race

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

Heres the metal im using

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

Metal

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

Drilled 6 holes for zip ties, put dots on it so i no where to drill

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

Started drilling bigger holes on the drill press

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

Done drilling

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

Thats what it should look like

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

Started painting it black

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

Finished and installed

[Speed37]

looks factory

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

Haha yeah it looks really good

[chronicsmoke]

Originally posted by B.C.#11TRX400EX
Haha yeah it looks really good

Good innovation! Your 400 is starting to come together, good work! :cool:

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

Thanks man appreciate it!!!!

[HondaRacing83]

Originally posted by B.C.#11TRX400EX
Thanks man appreciate it!!!! Wow, thats pretty sweet. I'm thinking of doing that on mine lol. You should patent that and sell them!!

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

Haha that'd be sick haha!!!

[HondaRacing83]

Originally posted by B.C.#11TRX400EX
Haha that'd be sick haha!!! Yeah it would be!

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

If I did I would cut it a lot straighter, and use thicker metal

[steve181]

not to bust ur bubble but what is the point?

i know the first picture you showed has a point to it, there is actually a oil cooler in behind it which it protects

all urs is doing is blocking more air from reaching your cooler which is tucked up underneath and behind your front plastic/headlight

good idea/thinking but useless unless you have a secondary cooler

[Drfat400ex]

Lookin really good man but make some spares cuz the first stick to kiss that looks like its gonna go through it.

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

This past weekend I was riding and a stick stuck into my cooler and bent it in, in march im racing XC so im taking my headlight off which makes that a lot more open so I wanted a guard to block stuff from hitting the cooler and chrome stem, its good enough for now to block stuff from hitting it but yeah its pretty thin so ill make a thicker one before march probably then ill post it, it really dont block much air because of all the holes in it

[Thumpin440ex]

You want me to make you one??


John

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

Nah its all good I make one in my shop sometime this week, thanks for the offer though

[Scro]

Originally posted by steve181
not to bust ur bubble but what is the point?



Alot of people do this on liquid cooled XC bikes to minimize mud build up in the radiator.

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

Exactly I dont want that either but I dont want it damaged too

[Pipeless416]

clamp a block of wood underneath the sheet of metal when you drill and you won't get that pushed through look. looks good otherwise.

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

Alright thanks man

[Thumpin440ex]

Originally posted by Pipeless416
clamp a block of wood underneath the sheet of metal when you drill and you won't get that pushed through look. looks good otherwise.


That and also use a smaller bit to drill pilot holes first..

I might make one for ****s and giggles tom if i get bored lol


John

[B.C.#11TRX400EX]

Yeah this one is kinda like a prototype cause the next one will be thicker and cut better, so ill get some metal and fab one up sometime pretty quick and ill post a pic of it