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250-500cc Exhaust guard wr 250 2012

Discussion in '2 Stroke' started by Andymc, May 7, 2014.

  1. Andymc Husqvarna
    C Class

    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2012 wr 250
    Other Motorcycles:
    Suzuki drz 400
    Anybody know where I can obtain a carbon guard for the front pipe on a 2012 wr250 ( stock pipe)

    Thanks in advance.
  2. ERIC EDER Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2014 WR 250
    Other Motorcycles:
    SUPERDUKE, GS 750 CAFE, DRZ 400
    try Moose or Enduro Engineering or P3 carbon. I have the P3 looks so good on mine!!!

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  3. msmith345 Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Shawnee, KS
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    '12 WR250, '92 360, '80 390
    Other Motorcycles:
    '72 Yamaha R5, '17 SV650
    It looks good (at first), really doesn't do anything other than that. You'd be better off picking up a back up pipe. To swap back and forth with when you blow the dents out of your primary pipe.
  4. ERIC EDER Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2014 WR 250
    Other Motorcycles:
    SUPERDUKE, GS 750 CAFE, DRZ 400
    Eh How you figure that? More details Please...
  5. msmith345 Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Shawnee, KS
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    '12 WR250, '92 360, '80 390
    Other Motorcycles:
    '72 Yamaha R5, '17 SV650
    The only dents it's going to help prevent on the small gravel dings. Those ones are pretty much cosmetic only. A solid hit that would put a large dent in the pipe, would break the carbon fiber. Don't get me wrong, it'd be better than an aluminum one that might add sufficient strength to shove the flange into the cylinder on a gnarly hit. The expansion chamber makes a great crumble zone to protect the cylinder. But yeah, for the price of a carbon guard, how long it will stand up to abuse, and the price for an additional pipe to swap out between fixes, I don't see the value.
  6. firecrotch Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    north bend, wa
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2009 wr300
    Other Motorcycles:
    2007 ktm 950SM
    that confirmed my theory. They are on ebay for around $140. Always thought they where a rip
  7. ERIC EDER Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2014 WR 250
    Other Motorcycles:
    SUPERDUKE, GS 750 CAFE, DRZ 400
    Its been a good investment for me on this bike and past bikes. I have planted plenty of bikes in rock gardens during enduros or harescrambles and the pipe guard did its job. It has even protected it from many Railroad track crossings which are notorious for denting expansion chambers. Nothing worse then spending all the money and time going to a race, breaking your balls to lead the pack and then pancaking your exhaust and being forced to drop out.

    Shark fin, front rotor guard, pipe guard, Smashplate, hand guards are all solid investments in my book if your in the rocks or racing.
  8. giantjoe Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Canadia
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2010 WR300
    Have you seen a P3? Mine appears to be robust. I've had it on for 3 years now, no dings, no dents.
  9. Crocus Paper Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    UK
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    WR250
    Other Motorcycles:
    Scorpa 300 Aprilia Dorsoduro 750


    I have a P3 on mine and without doubt it has stopped some large performance robing dents. They are very thick (and heavy). I sometimes feel the 'jolt' through the whole bike when I've hit the exhaust or been hit by a flying rock from a 450 (MX bike) in front of me, and think, that'll be a dent, but no, theres impact marks in the carbon layers but no dent.
  10. msmith345 Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Shawnee, KS
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    '12 WR250, '92 360, '80 390
    Other Motorcycles:
    '72 Yamaha R5, '17 SV650
    Yep, I've seen them. Mostly smashed and splintered, still strapped to dented pipes.

    A flying rock isn't going to have the force to really dent a pipe, not in a way that would matter. It's when the rock, log, etc is stationary and you hit it that do the big damage.

    You can spend your money on whatever you like, but no bike I own (except for the '92 360 with it's factory pipe guard) will ever have one. You can smash a pipe real far and still be able to finish a race/ride on it. Pull the pipe off, blow the dents out, put it back on. I ran a KDX for 3 years with only one dent in the pipe (dropping the bike on a hill 10 minutes after putting on the FMF), no pipe guard. Doesn't make any difference to me.
  11. shrubitup Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Seattle WA
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    '00 TE610 (pretty much a WXE610)
    Other Motorcycles:
    Husaberg FE450, KTM 200EXC, Triumph
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  12. Crocus Paper Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    UK
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    WR250
    Other Motorcycles:
    Scorpa 300 Aprilia Dorsoduro 750
  13. firecrotch Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    north bend, wa
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2009 wr300
    Other Motorcycles:
    2007 ktm 950SM
  14. dannydowell Husqvarna
    A Class

    Location:
    Missouri
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2012 Husky TXC 511.
    Other Motorcycles:
    92 WXC 610 and a 2001 TE 400