R&G radiator Guards quality

[chorsley]

I have just had to rub down and repaint my rad covers the powder coat had really bubbled up and looked a real mess anybody else had issues like this.

I don't ride my bike in bad weather March to October rider only.

 

[miffster]

Yep ,me as well paint coming off al over , rubbed down and repainted black ,waiting for my 2015 bike so might paint them silver to match the rad and oil , now ,
anybody else painted there r&g covers silver or any pics of them

 

[soofsayer]

Not noticed but will have a look!

like the idea of painting them silver .

 

[user 591]

That does not sound too good an advert for them, only fitted mine last month and waiting for spring to arrive.. Will see what happens to them..

 

[miffster]

Realy it is what they are there for , helps to keep the rad and oil from getting damaged,

in work tomorrow ,going to sand down and paint silver , I think they look good

 

[Alien6872]

happy with mine!

 

[cally1066]

I've had the same trouble with my r&g tail tidy, paint flaking and bubbling up

 

[Niven770]

No probs with Evotech here

 

[thompsp]

I'm a fair weather rider too and after just 2 years and less than 8k miles, mine are blistering up and paint falling off too. For what they are and the price they cost, that's very very poor IMO:

 

[user 591]

I'm a fair weather rider too and after just 2 years and less than 8k miles, mine are blistering up and paint falling off too. For what they are and the price they cost, that's very very poor IMO:

Thats pretty poor really like you say for the price of them, will be getting a tail tidy in the next month or so perhaps Evotech is the way to go then.

 

[Beavis]

I think I'll go with evotech for my rad guard. Probably use R&G for the bungs and bobbins though.

 

[Johnone]

That's what I did. Evotech tail tidy and rad guard. R&g everything else.

 

[chorsley]

I originally had a R&G tail tidy powder coat came off in less than 1 year and they are not very good looking!
For tail tidy D3 components can't be beat!!!!

 

[Alien6872]

Blimey a lot of R&G haters on this forum! I've had an R&G tail tidy on my bike for two tears now. It looks great and it hasn't coroded at all.

 

[Johnone]

My mate has an r&g fitted on his hp4 and he is removing it for a evotech one. He helped me fit the evotech one on my bike and said its much better quality.

 

[soofsayer]

I have checked the R&G guards on my HP4 and cannot find any corrosion / paint issues. So no problems with mine after 18 months.

 

[Trumpetman21]

R&G also do stainless guards for a little extra cash.

 

[Beavis]

I messaged a company that do evotech and they reckon the rad cover is the same for the new model as the old one.

 

[thompsp]

Having looked at the poor state of my guards, I emailed that same photo (see above) to the R&G Support at [email protected] and said that this wasn't exactly good quality or VFM. I also provided proof of purchase.
Thankfully, without quibble, they are sending me out a new replacement set under warranty

 

[soofsayer]

Having looked at the poor state of my guards, I emailed that same photo (see above) to the R&G Support at [email protected] and said that this wasn't exactly good quality or VFM. I also provided proof of purchase.
Thankfully, without quibble, they are sending me out a new replacement set under warranty

Thats good. I had a problem with a swing arm bobbin in 2013 and they swapped it no fuss. Good customer service imo.

Looking at your pics it might be that sometimes the bubbling can be caused by a tiny hole in the paint (maybe caused by stones?) with moisture then penetrating and lifting the paint. Anyway good result for you.