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Woodcraft has a killer deal on their lever guards this week, thinking about picking up a pair as I lost one of my vortex guards in a crash last season.
Any experience with either that anyone cares to share?
Does the Woodcraft plastic hold up as well as the Vortex metal? That's my main concern, they seem pretty identical besides that
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Woodcraft all day. Local, good company, plastic, replacement parts available, killer deal now... need I say more.
Ducati/MV Agusta/Kawasaki/Beta
#277
Boston Tier 1 Racing/ Fishtail Instructor
DP Brakes Northeast Road Racing Representative
There's Woodcraft, Vortex, Rizoma, Dion Device, Driven, GPTech, Graves, Sato and Performance Cycleworx out there, plus a metric boatload of no name brand ones on eBay. Most follow the same basic design except for the Dion Device that attaches inboard of the brake master instead of on the bar end.
I've crash tested the woodcraft ones. It's really nice to just be able to replace the plastic part.
-Christian LRRS/CCS HasBeen ECK Racing
2011 Pit Bike Race CHAMPION!
I have the woodcraft guards on two bikes, have crashed one of them and I rate their guard/bar end slider very highly.
I have the same feelings and experiences with Woodcraft guards that everyone has already stated. I rashed/crashed the clutch side. Just changed out the plastic guard and all was new again. I really didn’t have to change the plastic guard but i couldn’t have one rashed and one new guard. I’d be unbalanced!
With the brake guard being mandatory for next year you’d be crazy not to get 2 for the price of one.
2004 SV650
1979 GS 850GN
2005 Tt-r125
NEMRR #246 - Woodcraft / Armour Bodies / Hindle Exhaust / Central Mass Powersports
Thanks guys!
I think I'll get the pair and keep my vortex brake guard as a spare.
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Isaac LRRS/CCS #871 ECK Racing | Spears Enterprises | GMD Computrack Boston | Pine Motorparts/PBE Specialists | Woodcraft | Street & Competition | MTag-Pirelli | OnTrack Media
Bike: SV650, Bride of Frankenstein
I used the woodcraft guards as well. I was happy with how they worked except I lost the clutch side lever on track.. not in a crash.. it just fell off somewhere and I was not able to retrieve it. I tightened it pretty damn tight and used mid-strength thread lock.. but off she went.So I would wire it on somehow if you can.
My only other compliant is the price. Feel like they've raised the prices too.
When this twofer deal I strongly considered a set for my street/track SV. But that bike has bars-not clipons-and I do not think the guards would work well for that application.
-Christian LRRS/CCS HasBeen ECK Racing
2011 Pit Bike Race CHAMPION!
-Christian LRRS/CCS HasBeen ECK Racing
2011 Pit Bike Race CHAMPION!
There have been incidents in LRRS that could have been prevented, and many other orgs are going this route as well. (MotoGP was the first, now you've got local orgs like CMRA doing so as well IIRC.)
Decent deal. Just ordered a spare set.
Fitz
It's a government conspiracy.
-Christian LRRS/CCS HasBeen ECK Racing
2011 Pit Bike Race CHAMPION!
-Christian LRRS/CCS HasBeen ECK Racing
2011 Pit Bike Race CHAMPION!
Since this is nesr/lrrs and everyone runs woodcraft i will be the only one that can say anything about the vortex guards. I have crash tested them ALOT and they have heald up great. They are metal not plastic so im sure it will be more expensive to replace then woodcraft plastic BUT they dont break. 5 crashes in one season and they heald up every time. Maybe a slight bend but they never broke or wore through. They also protected my bike and my hand in all crashes. Vortex all the way for me