R & G Radiator Guard ..... Corrosion

Discussion in 'Detailing and cleaning' started by TonyC, Jun 25, 2016.

  1. Evening,
    I have upper & lower R&G radiator guards fitted to my Panegale.
    Taken fairings off to clean, also removed radiator guards and very surprised to find that the upper guard is suffering from paint bubbling & corrosion.

    Anyone else had corrosion on their R&G rad guards?

    Cheers.
     
  2. has it seen salt? thats why radiators arnt painted I guess, no paint to fall off!
     
  3. This is not the first horror story I have seen on R&G guards, on another bike it was chattering against the radiator core and rubbed through it.

    The best cure is to bin it and fit the Evotech guard.

    My own R&G failure experience was with a tail tidy on a SV650 (first big bike), after 8 months it snapped off on the bend, it was replaced and the replacement started to crack in the same place within 2 months, Evotech from then on.
     

  4. Hi FF
    No, not seen salt.
    Cleaned regularly & kept in dehumidifies garage.
     
  5. Evening,
    I have upper & lower R&G radiator guards fitted to my Panegale.
    Taken fairings off to clean, also removed radiator guards and very surprised to find that the upper guard is suffering from paint bubbling & corrosion.

    Anyone else had corrosion on their R&G rad guards?

    Cheers.
     
  6. hmm, I would ditch it when it looks crap, the bottom one is the important one.
     
  7. Threads merged
     
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