Any advice on a decent water pump protector??

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I would go for smothing like this:

http://www.adventure-spec.com/default/bashplate-protection-crashbars-guard-it-technology-crashplate-yamaha-xt660z-tenere.html

I would but the price....

offtheroad.de do a simple bolt-on water pump guard, got one on mine and seems okay.

Thanks, but too much metalwork - I've taken off the H&B crash bars and want something neat and light that protects the pump only. Easy enough to make one myself if it comes to it.

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Got it thx - I'll have a go at making one and when that fails I'll buy one!!

Cheers.

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make a template out of card then as you said , make your own

yes, but I may not be!!!

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Just a decent bash-plate will do. Mine was 'tested' in many crashes (also on hard rocks) but it's unlikely that the pump will be torn off: there's only one registered example I know of (picture is somewhere on this forum).

Look at these pics where I'd hit wooden pole at 50km/u:


notice there's a piece of wood penetrated the coolant tube. The bash plate has a dent where it hit the pole.

Pole didn't stand as well:




HJ

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Riding the Mad Mule !! ... no more... went orange...

you can buy lengths of that hose on fleabay ,it"s 19mm i think same as heater matrix pipe ,Yamaha charge you �14 for around 2 inches of it