MOTOREX Air Filter Cleaning Kit: $122. 50
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We all know this is one of the most important maintenance tasks that a rider can do, but just because it is necessary doesn’t make cleaning air filter systems any more fun. And we should also note that this MOTOREX Air Filter Cleaning Kit doesn’t make it fun either, but it does make it way easier. When you get the system set up, it makes cleaning, oiling, and drying air filter systems pretty painless - it even comes with gloves to keep your pretty paws clean. By utilizing the solvent tub and oiling tub, you can leave the cleaner and extra oil in the tub to reuse and refill as needed. It also has grease to make sure the cleaned plus oiled filter has a good close off.
System Tech Racing Off-Road Front Drive Guard: $184. 95 (carbon fiber)
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Front disc protection is important for off-road traveling, even more so if you ride in really rocky terrain such as the Rocky Mountains, which is where this front drive guard comes from. System Tech Race created this disk protector to be burlier yet lighter than the majority of the plastic over-the-fork-leg style protectors. STR’s version replaces the left steering wheel spacer and is actually mounted towards the inside of the left fork leg. The particular edges are wrapped in replaceable plastic so if you do bash into a lot of rocks over a long period of time you can just swap out your invisalign aligner parts rather than getting a new guard.
Arai VX-Pro4 Barcia Green Frost Headgear: $739. 95
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The VX-Pro4 was released a few years back and was an evolution of the VX-Pro3 which had been Arai’s range topping moto helmet for quite some time. All major helmet companies work hard at producing the best possible head protection, but they just about all have their own theories and their own reasons for making helmets the way that they do. One of Arai’s main values is that rounder is better and the VX-Pro4 retains a very round shell form. Yet when you look at it, you can see all of the vents and plastic pieces protruding all over, yet they are designed to sheer off in a crash, not capture dirt and twist the helmet. One other thing that sets Arai apart is there custom rider’s versions. Here is the latest design that was made for JGR/Yamaha rider Justin Barcia.
DeCal Functions Backgrounds: Starting at $39. 95
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Have you ever already been half way through applying images to your bike wishing that you could pay some kid to do it for you. Nicely, if you did that, you would be out there some extra money and would probably have a really crappy looking bike. However if you gave that money to a professional, say, someone who worked from DeCal Works, you could have a fresh group of backgrounds pre-installed on numberplate plastic materials delivered right to your door! Sure it cost more than just plain experience but what is your time and comfort really worth?
Bolt Motorcycle Hardware YZF Airbox Dzus Eliminator: $9. 99
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Tool-less air package access is cool, but not in case your bike’s air box becomes all of a sudden accessible during a race. We haven’t had this happen, but we have heard of the Dzus fasteners getting unfastened on the 2014, 2015, and 2016 YZ-Fs because of rider’s legs catching them. Interestingly enough, it had been a big enough problem that Yamaha changed the shape of the plastic within the 2017 air box cover so the D rings on the Dzus fasteners are more protected. But for older models, you can just swap the Dzus’s for standard 8mm bolts. They will aren’t tool-less, but they are leg proof.