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Moose Eline Racing Pipe Guard

by Martin Hackworth

Photos: Martin Hackworth, Moose Racing

The Moose Eline Carbon Fiber Racing Pipe Guard is one of those kind of things that makes you say "hmmmm" when you find out that it costs more than a hundred bucks. At least that's what I said. When we replaced the stock header on the MoJazz CRF450X with the beautiful Pro Circuit T4 stainless header we had to bin the stock heat shield. "How often," I thought to myself, "am I actually going to need a heat shield?" It turns out the answer is quite often. When thin-walled stainless tubing gets hot it's amazing how fragile it is. When over-the-boot pants come anywhere even close to a header pipe it's amazing how low their melting point turns out to be. Hmmmm.

After removing a half-dollar sized ding in our header and repairing the right leg of several expensive pairs of over-the-boot MX pants we saw the light and ordered up an Eline. Mitigating our painful experience with the naked header was the fact that installation was a breeze and the carbon fiber looks absolutely trick. It's also amazingly tough (more so than the header when hot). So though we are a little lighter in the wallet we don't mind. Perhaps we are simply jaded by moto-flash. Hmmmm....

Moose Eline Racing Pipe Guard

Price Paid: $89.95 - Pocatello Power Sports

The Good: Accordcing to the IR thermometer it's certifiably cool
The Rad: Keeps boots and over the boot pants legs intact
The Gnarly: Costs more than some boots and pants

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