Mesh grill

[Jonathan A]

I have noticed that the mesh grill thing behind my front wheel, at the bottom of the fairing is letting loads of crap from the road in, making the engine and exhaust dirty. I am thinking of for the winter, covering it up/replacing with flexible plastic or something.

Here is a picture of a bike (Hyosung GT650R) the same as mine, so you can see what i'm on about:
https://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/00336/05MPBIKE1_336361f.jpg

Is this a good idea? or does this mesh thing serve an actual purpose?

[bladerunner]

Exhaust is hot..needs air flow to cool. However maybe try a bit of gaffer tape over the front of the gauze and see if that helps. At least you can pull it off at the side of the road with no tools if you need to. I've used it on rads to stop bikes running to cool during the winter months and it stays put for as long as needed. Maybe aluminium tape if needed to be more heat proof
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[stinkwheel]

What you actually need is not to fill in the fairing but to fit a mudflap on your front mudguard.

You probably won't because it doesn't look good but that is the solution.
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[Jonathan A]

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Yeah, a fenda-extender is the way forward. I barely even notice the carbon fibre one I fitted to my bike. It looks like it is there by design.
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[dydey90]

I thought this was going to be a trolling thread asking if the radiator needed to be covered or removed...
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