WookinPaNub
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Some background:
- Brand new 2013 Tenere, installed all farkles right after purchase
- This included Altrider Crash Bars and a ACD Skid Plate
- Rode just under 1k miles, on some rough Colorado trails, and on a ride home oil started leaking out significantly until most of the oil drained
What happened:
The top of the oil filter (what is facing the front tire) showed contact abrasions and a pinhole puncture. Looking inside the skid plate contact abrasions were also evident in the corresponding locations
The Bar and Skid install:
I had read these two work together, as is I thought. Given they share the same attachment point at the front of the bike, and that the AltRider bars seem to require being mounted first because of all the other bolt hole alignments, the install looks like this:
Engine block / AltRider attachment / ACD aluminum spacers / ACD attachment
Here are some pics of how it looks, as well as the apparent spacing on the filter from the top of its portion of the plate and the same for the bottom. The top is relatively tight, much more room on the bottom. Logically the skid plate is standing off the width of the Altrider mount (approx 1/4"?) but wouldn't think this would account for the tight spacing and contact?
Anyone install these two together? How did you get them to work?I hate to cut the ACD skid in that area but I'm not seeing any other way to get the spacing around the filter better...
Thanks!
Darin
- Brand new 2013 Tenere, installed all farkles right after purchase
- This included Altrider Crash Bars and a ACD Skid Plate
- Rode just under 1k miles, on some rough Colorado trails, and on a ride home oil started leaking out significantly until most of the oil drained
What happened:
The top of the oil filter (what is facing the front tire) showed contact abrasions and a pinhole puncture. Looking inside the skid plate contact abrasions were also evident in the corresponding locations
The Bar and Skid install:
I had read these two work together, as is I thought. Given they share the same attachment point at the front of the bike, and that the AltRider bars seem to require being mounted first because of all the other bolt hole alignments, the install looks like this:
Engine block / AltRider attachment / ACD aluminum spacers / ACD attachment
Here are some pics of how it looks, as well as the apparent spacing on the filter from the top of its portion of the plate and the same for the bottom. The top is relatively tight, much more room on the bottom. Logically the skid plate is standing off the width of the Altrider mount (approx 1/4"?) but wouldn't think this would account for the tight spacing and contact?
Anyone install these two together? How did you get them to work?I hate to cut the ACD skid in that area but I'm not seeing any other way to get the spacing around the filter better...
Thanks!
Darin
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