Valve Cover Guards

Life insurance for the exposed and damage-prone cylinder head covers!
The goal was to create a strong and robust guard, offering outstanding protection but with an elegant, unobtrusive appearance. This could not be achieved to our standards by simply forming a single piece of aluminum. The result of extensive testing and design led to this intricate three piece design, where the impact point is protected by a 10 mm thick piece of machined billet aluminum, supported by an upper and lower piece of 3 mm thick hard anodized aluminum, each of which also protects the valve cover. The leading and trailing edges of the valve cover are protected by a double layer of aluminum and therefore have 6 mm of aluminum protection. Two of the three mounting points also benefit from this two layer design, making the attachment points of these covers particularly robust.

The facts:

• Protection from impacts, falls and slides
• No more grinding of holes in cover.
• Protects the cylinder head cover from moving and destroying the bolt threads in the cylinder (cover attachment to head is “floating”, without protection it could move at impact).
• Protection for the front attachment bolt.
• Load is spread over many points via flexible 3M rubber bumpers.
• No bolts etc at the front impact area.
• Thick billet, replaceable slide pad on each side.
• 3 major double strength attachment points.
• Hard anodized aircraft-spec aluminum alloy.
• Spark plugs can be reached without dismantling.
• Easy to fit.

The original plastic protectors usually shatter at minor incidents or simply fold back, we recommend fitting these protectors as a preventive measure. During the development and testing of this part (road/off-road/track using several bike models with the customary slides and falls) we never had to use the emergency rubber cap.

Sold as a complete set for the left and right side.

Replacement contact pads are available under the Related Products tab.

Important fitment information: These protectors do not fit 2010 and later R1200 RT and GS models. If your bike is a 2010 or later RT or GS, please order part number 8161537, which you will find under the "Related Products" tab.

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	Detail of underside	Fits with engine bars	Individual components

• R1200 GS and Adventure models up to 2009
• R1200 R 2010 models
• R1200 RT up to 2009
• R1200 S, ST
• HP2 Megamoto and Enduro up to 2009.

Installed on HP2 Enduro

Reviewed by Karl von Ubin from San Jose, CA (5.2.2012) First thing, the parts were shipped very quickly and they look great. I don't have crash bars on the bike yet (purchased but not installed yet) and haven't crashed yet with these on(I ride dirt alot and so I crash a lot), so I don't know how they protect yet, other than they are way better than the stock ones that came with the HP2.

Right Replacement Pad Part Number: 8161533-X1 Price: $49.00	Left Replacement Pad Part Number: 8161533-X2 Price: $49.00	Valve Cover Guards Part Number: 8161537 Price: $229.00