How To Make Your Own Motorcycle Radiator Guard

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I could not justify the price of buying a radiator guard for my 2008 Suzuki V-Strom, but I thought having one would be a wise move.
So I went and made one instead. This is how I did it.
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@resid3nt 9 лет назад

After buying a new radiator from a high speed rock collision, this is the best video ever published via RU-vid!

@returnrider4952 6 лет назад

G'day Mr Aus, I know this video is now a few years old but it's still very informative and I used it to make a radiator guard for my NC750x using exactly the materials you did. Works a treat - thanks. :-)

@MrAusadventure 6 лет назад

That's great to hear. Yep, almost 4 years on, my little home made radiator guard is still performing flawlessly.

@MotorPsychJapan 8 лет назад

This is great! I think I'll make a Japanese version of this video. I'll include a link to yours in the description. Thanks for the great tutorial.

@MrAusadventure 8 лет назад

That's awesome! Let me know when you do and I will share it! I still have it on the bike. It's worked perfectly in the 2 years it has been on the bike. No issues at all. :-)

@MotorPsychJapan 8 лет назад

Thats great! 2 years and a simple budget friendly fix. I'll send you a link when I put my video up.

@smithenstein79 3 месяца назад

Guess what’s going on my WR450f radiators! Been struggling to think of a material to use eg perforated sheet metal or tight weave stainless mesh. That gutter guard is perfect!👌🏻Lol after thought. Hopefully gutter guard isn’t like Maccas. Gained enormous price inflation over the past 10 years! I can only buy after market guards for the wr. And they cost an absolute fortune. More than a new radiator!!

@MrAusadventure 3 месяца назад

That's awesome! Glad I could help find a solution for you. 9 and a half years later, I still have the same bike and my home made job is still holding up well. But yeah, unlikely to be as cheap now as it was then! 🤣

@DirtHog365MV 10 лет назад

Good looking radiator guard, great DIY!

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Thanks man. I do love a bit of good old DIY. The artist easel in the background is another recent DIY project for the wife. They were going for between $60 to $100 in the stores, that one cost me $30 and would have been closer to $20 if I had not needed to buy the right sized spade bit for drilling holes.

@troyboy986 10 лет назад

Very good little project. Road trip ready now!

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Ready, able and very willing! This time next week, we will be just north of Sydney! :-D

@Slipprymongoose 10 лет назад

You sir are an ideas man. When I bought my F800 I was going to buy an aussie made radguard one for $180 then I found the one I use now the R&G and that was around the $100 mark and it is held on with little cable ties and some foam tape to cushion it against the radiator. I reckon chuck a coat of flat black and some little cable ties and no one will know the difference. Excellent video

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Being a tight arse gets the brain flowing with ideas, that's for sure! I kind of like the silver for now, but I may go for black eventually. I think I even have some flat black heat resistant paint here already. Thanks mate. :-)

@Nerb1 10 лет назад

That looks pretty bloody good to me! Well done.

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Thanks mate. Looking forward to testing it on some gravel roads this time next week! WooHoo!

@TripniBalong1990 3 года назад

Nice work sir.. greetings from Philippines

@MrAusadventure 3 года назад

Thank you!

@docmanrides 10 лет назад

That's awesome and looks great!! Your bike won't over heat. ;)

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Too right it won't. Not at the warp seed I ride at! I tested it today and it seemed fine. :-)

@docmanrides 10 лет назад

Awesome :)

@Bernster3040 7 лет назад

Looks fine and the price is right! Thanks for posting.

@MrAusadventure 7 лет назад

A few years later and it is still working great. No worries!

@02bigkev 10 лет назад

Great bit of gear. I hope you don't have any temperature issues with it, especially in the summer. RSM8.

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Thanks mate. Yeah, I will see how it goes and monitor it. Should be right I reckon. RS2M8!

@chimpmunkboy8850 2 года назад

Very nice! Thanks!

@MrAusadventure 2 года назад

No worries. Thanks for watching!

@markbram7607 2 года назад

Yeah wish I even had that on my radiator, Alot of money later repairing a rock damaged radiator on my Kawasaki ninja definitely going to make a guard before riding out of town again.

@MrAusadventure 2 года назад

Oh no! That sucks! 😪 Yeah, for such a cheap guard, this one I made has held up well. I've done a lot of dirt riding and many long trips in the 8 years since then and it is still going strong!

@SupaNautica 10 лет назад

Sweet DIY Mr Aus, it actually does look pretty good too. If you wanted to be real picky, a dab of black or silver nail polish over the cable ties. I like it but, shes looking snazzy

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

I think I will just replace the cable ties with black ones at some stage, but I am in no rush to do that so it will probably never get done! lol Thanks mate! See you next week with no holes in my radiator!

@YourPalsChrisAndAl 10 лет назад

Looks mint! Also costs 1/10000000000 of retail price ;)

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

The minty freshness is exploding from my bike now. Everywhere I ride smells like toothpaste.

@thomaskosto769 4 года назад

Good job clever

@MrAusadventure 4 года назад

Thanks!

@wyvernbiker 10 лет назад

Looks pretty good to me. Great job.

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Thanks mate, I took it for a test run today and it went well!

@clickbaitcharlie2329 6 лет назад

Gotta love the bunnings, how about one of those fairing guards from security mesh. They sell rolls of helmet rubber too (for the edging), no cutting tube is all. They have that spray rubber coating, want to try it out. Mate, the bugs dont care how stylish.

@MrAusadventure 6 лет назад

It's amazing what you can craft yourself with a little time from random materials found at Bunnings.

@CalmBiker 10 лет назад

Nice one. Thinking about this or buying one for the XJ6 at the moment. Painted matt black you would probably not even notice it.

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Yeah a lot of people suggested painting this black, but I kind of like the silver look. Especially with the fancy stainless steel cable ties that ***** gave me! I think the matt black may end up getting chips and need repainting if I went that way. I don't know.

@AngrySkipperGC 8 лет назад

Took me ages to find this vid! Haha. Didn't realise it were almost 2 years old! I was watching it on my phone (Which isn't signed into my RU-vid) as I do with most videos, but I had a reminder to watch it again at work to leave a comment! Awesome stuff Aussie, such innovation! :) I just have to know, have you since changed this guard? Or still using it?

@MrAusadventure 8 лет назад

HaHa! Yeah, I generally open my playlists in order to find my own vids. This one's in my How To playlist. I still have it on the bike. It's worked perfectly in the almost 2 years. No issues at all.

@AngrySkipperGC 8 лет назад

That's awesome! For only $20 odd dollars you got an awesome radiator guard!! Will check out more of your How Tos!

@werewolfcraig 10 лет назад

Excellent job and video.

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Thanks Craig. :-)

@azdesertdog 10 лет назад

Yes a $20 option to a $200 part. Nirvana. Them KLR doohickey guys got nothing on us. Great tip!

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

HaHa! The Suzuki sticking it to the Kawasaki yet again! Thanks man. :-)

@regulardan 10 лет назад

sweet that worked a treat! great mod

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Thanks mate. Yep, took it for a test ride today and it worked well. Bring on Thursday! Then I will give it a proper workout!

@jackthemuss2493 10 лет назад

Great vid mate. Might take ya advice an did that my self. Can't wait to see it after the long trip down :) see ya next Sunday Morning for a coffee before we head to the Tunnel OP

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Thanks mate. Do it! Umm, we are doing the Old Pac meetup on Saturday! :-)

@jackthemuss2493 10 лет назад

Shite that's right thanks I was thinking it was Sunday and I had plans later that day. Saturday I am free all day Woot. So Saturday Morning Coffee than even better :)

@cruisin650 9 лет назад

Awesome job on that mate. You can test it when you ride down to Melbourne next :) Speaking of which I probably won't be here when you do it (again) but up near Newcastle lol.

@MrAusadventure 9 лет назад

cruisin650 Thanks mate. I only just noticed this comment. I was not ignoring you. Hopefully you have moved on and were not still waiting for a response! lol I'd love to do the Melbourne ride again. The family want to go down this Xmas again, but I can't fit everyone on the bike.

@Labgorilla Год назад

This so great. I’ll buy one as in the U.K. it’s £30

@MrAusadventure Год назад

Awesome stuff! Thanks for watching.

@SkeggyCruiser 10 лет назад

A good job well done bro, RSMF.

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Cheers mate. I was quite happy with how it turned out. RS2M8!

@castrejo67 10 лет назад

DYI are always extremely satisfying ..well done, also it looks great :) cheers mate :)

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Too right! I love making stuff that A) works and B) is cheap to make. How's summer been for you over there this year? Been riding much?

@castrejo67 10 лет назад

we haven´t had that great a summer , but I have been riding, the bikes´past its 10k km´s :)

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

***** Awesome effort! I just clocked up 20k on mine this morning!

@castrejo67 10 лет назад

cool :)

@AdventuresinRealLife 9 лет назад

Interesting. The single central radiator seems prone to rock damage, but it would be less likely to break when wheelying (wheelieing? wheeling?) into a tree

@MrAusadventure 9 лет назад

+Adventures in Real Life I don't recommend wheelieing (yeah, how do you spell that?) into trees.

@RiderObvious 7 лет назад

well done, I want to do something similar with my ZG1400, but the radiator is hugenormous, and curved, may just have to buy one. I subscribed!

@MrAusadventure 7 лет назад

Thanks for subscribing! I hope that you'll enjoy my other vids. I guess it depends on the time spent making one vs the cost of buying one. If it is a complicated setup, then buying one already made might be better. Luckily mine was pretty straight forward.

@MrFalloffalot 10 лет назад

Nice!! Allways great whenu can do something yourself, use the 'Grey-Matter' that we were born with. Instead of just 'Ordering one On-Line'...like most do? One day ill put use, to the 3mx2m sheet i picked up free somewhere...haha Glad you thought of changing the white zip ties, i was thinkn 'Eeeoowww Yukky' for a bit their...Great HowToVid btw. >:)

@MrAusadventure 9 лет назад

MrFalloffalot Thanks mate. I only just noticed this comment. Better late than never hey! :-p 10 months later it is still going strong. Works perfectly!

@RevUnstableBoy 10 лет назад

I do think this mod is going to be in my todo list. esp when I start riding more off the pavement.

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Yeah, it doesn't take much to get a hole in your radiator, when you do it's definitely something that can ruin a trip away.

@harryedwards9391 5 лет назад

Ha I thought up the same thing myself , I’m gonna use stronger metal sheeting B&Q and wicked sell lovey mess it’s more money but looks great I’m going to use some other material for the perimeter Good vid thanks

@MrAusadventure 5 лет назад

That's awesome! No worries.

@piyushraikwar4405 3 года назад

Great idea for bike look nd Protect 🔥🔥👌

@TurboGreen 10 лет назад

derps was too late sending me here.. i wouldve loved to make this had i seen you do it before i bought mine..damn you daily derps :P p.s. he sent me here :D

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Thanks ***** for sending TurboGreen here. Even if you were too late! Better late than never though mate. At least it is locked in the memory bank now for future bikes or friends. :-)

@DigitalminiDV 8 лет назад

yeah i cannot justify paying $100 for a piece of sheet metal with holes. I'm making my own. thanks for making the video.

@MrAusadventure 8 лет назад

Yeah exactly! No worries! I'm glad it helped. Almost 2 years on, this still works perfectly for me. :-)

@sjbaliyt 10 лет назад

yeah definitely black cable ties other than that not too mad locking, well done!

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Black cable ties are a must. A few others are talking about also painting the whole thing black. Which I may end up doing, but not yet. Thanks. :-)

@Adventure2wheels 10 лет назад

Well done!

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Thanks mate. Now to get out and test it! :-)

@Akkiben 9 лет назад

Excellent, thanks a ton!!! I'm making one for my Honda BlackBird, make that two, i need one for the oil cooler as well :-)

@MrAusadventure 9 лет назад

+Akilesh Bennett No worries. Glad to be able to inspire others to do a bit of DIY and some some $$! :-)

@Dracati 10 лет назад

Well Done Mr.MacGuyver !!! ...I'm meant, MrAusAdventure ;) LOL

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

HaHa! For my next project I will be making a jet powered bike out of a piece of string, 2 knitting needles and a rock.

@Dracati 10 лет назад

I BELIEVE iT !!! ;)

@TheRealMrCods 10 лет назад

Excellent work, That looks great. I would get you to make one for my Strom but I already have one :P

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Thanks mate, I am glad that you already have one because I don't feel like making another one right now! lol But I do still have plenty of that gutter guard left though!

@sagy89 3 года назад

Hi, What is that fuel pipe name?

@wildwilly87 10 лет назад

looks good

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Thanks WildWilly!

@SeeItWithSimon 10 лет назад

Spray the mesh black mate and it'll look even better. PS. You work fast LOL

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

So many people have suggested doing that! Now I may be convinced to do so! I don't muck around mate, gotta get in and get it done!

@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger 10 лет назад

Great job mate and very good "how to" vid. Wifey can't get past the fact your garage floor looks like you could eat off it! Ours doesn't even have a floor. So you managed to build it, fit it and make a video of it. I bought one for $85, have had it for a week and haven't fitted it. Could you pop down and do it? :-)

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Um, no. Not unless you want me to get there super early like 3am on Thursday and wake you and wifey up so you can film me doing it? I have had a garage with no real floor in it before and it sucked for working on bikes. Luckily I was a panel beater then so I could do it at work.

@CaptainCrankyMotovlogger 10 лет назад

***** That first paragraph could be very disturbing taken out of context!!

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

***** HaHa! Yes, you are completely correct. See, I am so innocent I didn't even realise that at the time.

@Dbassman999 8 лет назад

Hi great video. Would the guard be strong enough to support a 7 inch fan in front of it? Fan weigths about 900 grams. I am riding a MZ Skorpion 660 and the original fans are wornout. Thanks

@MrAusadventure 8 лет назад

Yeah, maybe. The only issue I see with that is that I've only cable tied the guard onto the radiator, so the cable tie mounting might not hold it over time with vibrations etc.

@husseinali-lm9gq 4 года назад

To do this should i change battery to big one?

@MrAusadventure 4 года назад

Why would you change your battery? I don't understand?

@marvinmah9551 7 лет назад

Nice!

@MrAusadventure 7 лет назад

Thanks! It's still going strong now!

@Steves_ADV 10 лет назад

Very nice! :)

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Thanks mate. :-)

@motopilot7 2 года назад

I'm about to do this. So head will not melt off cable ties right?

@MrAusadventure 2 года назад

7 years later and my original cable ties are still on there. 👍

@motopilot7 2 года назад

@@MrAusadventure awesome. Will be making guard for mine this week

@granthannah3894 6 лет назад

How do you get on with the heat melting the cable ties

@MrAusadventure 6 лет назад

No issues at all. Cable ties are fine.

@iSlanderEST 10 лет назад

Nice one ***** . I think I'm going to do the same to my bike. I was looking one from ebay, but all of them are either too expensive or have stupid writings on them...

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Yeah, go for it. As you can see, it was not difficult. I saw a few with writing on them as well. I must admit though that the V-Strom logo on one of them looked quite nice. But yes, very expensive!

@HugoGSamuraiHg 10 лет назад

Nicely done Why spend all that money when we can do it ourselves :) Thumbs up

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Exactly mate. I love doing DIY projects! Sometimes though I have spent ridiculous amounts of time doing them though! lol

@HugoGSamuraiHg 10 лет назад

***** yeah we look at them and say "thats a 5min job and end up spending a few hours on it lol " Speed safe

@Casey_Ezaziel 5 лет назад

Where in Aus do i get break tubing to do this?

@MrAusadventure 5 лет назад

You could get some regular tubing and cut it.

@deepeshdeshmukh1003 5 лет назад

Bought one for 21.69$ in India i.e. 1500 RS... For TVS BMW Apache RR 310.... was it a good deal can anyone tell me ?

@thnderdownunder9514 8 лет назад

I got dual rads on the sides of my enduro bike, would this still work? I have flimsy plastic guard on it now and I'm worried about branches just piercing my rads...

@MrAusadventure 8 лет назад

+Jerry._.Bruh I guess so. You'd just have to make two of them instead of one. Yeah, I'd be concerned about that happening also.

@thnderdownunder9514 8 лет назад

Yeh, my bike has those plastic air directing fin things I'm just worried about the trees lol The radiator plastic things that usually come stock on race bikes like KTM's or Honda's

@brandonnixon7105 8 лет назад

Did you have any temperature problems?

@MrAusadventure 8 лет назад

+Two Wheels and Tech None at all. I was conscious of that and checked the gauge often on my first trip away with it, but it never got too hot. It's still on the bike now, over 18 months later.

@TheTriumfAnt 10 лет назад

Put a Touratech sticker on it and you can flog them for $500 each. I want 10% for giving you the idea, but if the cops come a knocking, "I don't know nothin' " :)

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Great idea mate. I will do that and share 10% of the income and jail time with you. No one will ever know though unless we put it on the internet that they are fakes. Ah shit!

@DailyDerpsicorn 10 лет назад

Nice work....but it's missing something...hmmm I know! It needs more blaaaaaaaaaack! xD

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

HaHa! I kind of like the silver look. The bike is already black enough. :-)

@shengszen 9 лет назад

***** Thanks For Sharing. Greeting from Malaysia.

@MrAusadventure 9 лет назад

Max Chua No worries. Thanks for watching. :-)

@ajaymillind1746 6 лет назад

Mostly on naked bike

@andypandy. 10 лет назад

Why the hell didn't you post this 4 days ago?????? I just bloody ordered one :-( ahhh shit, just.........just............ ahh shit

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Nooooo! Really? Bugger! The funny thing is I had planned on filming and releasing this video last weekend, but then the whole ice bucket challenge thing came up so I did that first instead! So, you can blame those guys that nominated me! lol

@andypandy. 10 лет назад

its all good, I got sent the wrong one........but get this, ......the "set" that was delivered is worth more and is better than the "one" I ordered and payed for :-) and I only found that out after I opened it, which was after I watched your vid LOL.... it just doesn't get better than that :-P

@MrAusadventure 10 лет назад

Sweet AndSourAndy HaHa! That is a nice surprise! Reminds me of the time I booked a cheap rental car to travel halfway across the USA. When we got there to pick it up the only car they had left was a luxury vehicle. So we had to put up with that for two weeks for the price of a budget car! Win!