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Bought a 850 with some doohickeys already installed. One said doohickey was a helium hood.
Not a fan. The fit was kinda garbage, and the loss of headlights is a huge dealbreaker. The 3 lbs weight savings is easily negated by a lack of a 6-pack and 2 chili cheese dogs.
Finally put the stock hood back on today. The whole front end clips and fits together SO MUCH cleaner and tighter. The gaps in the hood are now 1mm vs maybe (optimistically) 8+ mm.
The heated zones in the skins is cool, but you have a tiny heated area in the stock hood. With a small rear bag and under seat bag i think its plenty. Its a mountain sled, not a touring sled!
Anyways, TL;DR, skins hood isnt worth it even not including I didnt pay for it. It's ugly and doesnt fit well.
Not a fan. The fit was kinda garbage, and the loss of headlights is a huge dealbreaker. The 3 lbs weight savings is easily negated by a lack of a 6-pack and 2 chili cheese dogs.
Finally put the stock hood back on today. The whole front end clips and fits together SO MUCH cleaner and tighter. The gaps in the hood are now 1mm vs maybe (optimistically) 8+ mm.
The heated zones in the skins is cool, but you have a tiny heated area in the stock hood. With a small rear bag and under seat bag i think its plenty. Its a mountain sled, not a touring sled!
Anyways, TL;DR, skins hood isnt worth it even not including I didnt pay for it. It's ugly and doesnt fit well.
