Originally Posted by wolfraim (Post 216940)

I have my tenere about a year and its very common that i fall down, so the side tank protectors are broken, in my country it cost $45.000 (about US 110) per unit so i think to put a metal plate IN/ON the plastic, this for protect the tank.

Originally Posted by Pleiades (Post 216949)

If you beef up the tank protectors too much then they won�t do their job properly, which is after all to wear away, absorb and dissipate impact forces � the reason they work is that they are sacrificial. If you make them stronger, all that will likely happen is that the forces will be transferred to their mountings which are in the plastic of the tank with the possible end result that the tank will get damaged, holed or pierced at these points?

Why not keep an old scuffed up pair and just fit them when you�re going off road? Not personally a fan of them, but have you considered fitting crash bars?

Originally Posted by wolfraim (Post 216961)

Just one crash bars solve this problem (sw motech) but i see it and are not very strong and doesnt protect all i want (water pump for example).

Another solution that i see was a leather tank cover, it will absorb impacts (as you say) and protect the sides from low impact falls.