| Do you want to protect your expensive dirt bike | | | | -Cheap radiator insurance |
| radiators? Then you need to get some radiator | | | | -Easy to install |
| braces now! Okay but seriously, if you don't want | | | | -Made of lightweight aircraft aluminum |
| to spend money on a new radiator or two then | | | | -Unseen because they hide behind the rad shrouds |
| radiator braces/guards are the way to go. | | | | The Bad: |
| I have a pair a Works Connection radiator braces | | | | -Won't fit with most aftermarket/over-sized |
| for a YZ250F that I use. They are as simple to | | | | tanks |
| install as putting on your plastics, and they are | | | | -Aren't indestructible |
| hidden behind the radiator shrouds so it won't look | | | | I will use my Works Connection Radiator braces |
| ugly. If you expect to crash often then these are | | | | on my next YZ250F again and again until |
| great insurance. Instead of replacing just one | | | | something happens to them. For the cost, it's |
| radiator for $200+, and double if you replace both | | | | really not worth to not have some guards (a.k.a. |
| (go figure), you could have bought a pair of | | | | it's worth it to have them). If you're worried |
| braces that are a fraction of the cost to protect | | | | about adding weight to your bike, don't worry. |
| them. | | | | These aluminum braces won't be noticeable while |
| I'm not going to promise that these will withstand | | | | riding. The added weight is like drinking a bottle of |
| every wipe-out your radiators encounter, but | | | | Gatorade before a race. |
| either way you look at it, it's still cheaper to | | | | There's not much else to say about getting |
| replace a pair of rad guards than a pair of | | | | radiator braces, so if you want to spend less in |
| radiators themselves. | | | | the long run this is your ticket. |
| The Good: | | | | |