► Bashplates, crash bars and other protection

Thanks Folks - it looks like Adventure-spec then :-) I've posted another thread about larger tanks and these bars.

Tim - good point about the 650 - we will collect both bikes, choose bars for the 800 and then see how they look against the 650. As a 650 owner, do you have any thoughts on bars for teh 650 that protect the plastic and other bits?
 
Adventure-spec bars and larger fuel tanks?

I am thinking seriously about some Adventure-spec bars for my new 800GS (picking it up on Friday). They sit quite far out from the standard tank and some have suggested in other threads that they may accommodate larger "adventure" sized auxiliary fuel tanks from third party suppliers. Has anyone tried a larger fuel tank and these bars or is it just hopeful thinking at this stage?
Thanks in advance :-)
 
Wishful thinking I'm afraid. To my knowledge, tank conversions only exist in mock-up form (on the Touratech web site and in their 2009 brochure) so no first-hand experience available. From the picture of the mock-up, the suggestion is that they'd be accommodated with the Adventure-Spec bars (which, to add to the comments in your other thread, are superb) but too early to tell.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=428565
 
The bars in the wild

plus the bashplate :thumb2

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extra fuel tanks and bars

thought id better clear this up.

We made the bars with a bit more clearance for a couple of reasons.
A - better protection, plus a bit more springiness should damp the forces transferred to the bike in 'contact'
B - to accommodate extra fuel cells from another vendor altogether. Very early days on this one.
The TT tanks look like they are relatively narrow, as would be sensible, so theres a fair chance they'll work with the bars, but this is speculation at the moment as i believe these tanks are also still 'vapourwear'

chris
 
wonky said:
thought id better clear this up.

We made the bars with a bit more clearance for a couple of reasons.
A - better protection, plus a bit more springiness should damp the forces transferred to the bike in 'contact'
B - to accommodate extra fuel cells from another vendor altogether. Very early days on this one.
The TT tanks look like they are relatively narrow, as would be sensible, so theres a fair chance they'll work with the bars, but this is speculation at the moment as i believe these tanks are also still 'vapourwear'

chris
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Thanks Chris
I'll be placing an order for the bars in a few minutes :)
Ross
 
I tested my adv-spec crash bars today!:augie

It's official they are as tough as nails. They have a few scratches but I'll leave them on as a badge of honour. :D

Don't fancy getting crash bars for my crash bars :eek
 
Ross Dean said:
As a 650 owner, do you have any thoughts on bars for the 650 that protect the plastic and other bits?
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I gouged the panels on both sides on one mega-piste that took something like 17 hours to do 25 miles--the last six hours of which were riding by moonlight. So yes, it is possible to do it.

My experience though is that rocks are not smooth--they tend to be fairly jagged--and Sod's Law says that unless you have a solid protection plate they will slip between the bars. :augie

So I've since bought some 'sacrificial' tank panniers. :)

Fortunately both panels had developed a split due to the 'round nut in a square hole' fittings of BMW's high touring screen, so I got the panels replaced FOC.

Tim
 
I bought these and fitted them to my F800GS a few weeks back.

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http://holan.pl/en/product/1/9/481/1796/crashbars_for_F800GS

They took just a few days to arrive and took me a couple of hour to fit (you could fit them in 30 mins if you had seen them before).

I've dropped the bike 3 time since fitting them (practising offroad riding for a Morocco trip which i'm taking in a few weeks time). Once on a hard surface and other two times on soft ground. The bars have kept there shape and protected the bike completely.

No complaints from me :thumb2

... so now you have a third choice :eek:

Rgrds,
Steve.
 
I need help.

I got home this evening to find my Adventure-spec bars for my new 800GS waiting for me (for quite a few days) in pristine condition but no with instructions for fitting. I have emailed Chris at Adventure-spec about this but really do want to fit them on Sunday as this is the last time I could do this before I go off on a "get to know the bike" trip to Wales next weekend with my partner on her new 650GS ... she is also expecting a set of Adventure-spec bars with their bash plate as well and I am supposed to fit them :nenau

Are instructions usually included or is it straight forward with none needed? Either way, does anyone have the torque settings for fixing? Any help would be really, really appreciated.

Ross

Aretsukusu said:
Ross, you're in luck. I have my set of instructions, pm me your email address and I'll scan them and email them over.

Cheers,

A.
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Thanks Aretsukusu - pm sent. Its dry and sunny and it looks like I'll be able to fit the bars ... provided Halfords have the tools I need to sort the bolts ...

Aretsukusu said:
Ross,

Original sent to hotmail.com, sorry, now corrected & re-sent!

A
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No worries and no need to apologise! The fixing is all done and many, many thanks. It’s this type of response that makes ukGSer so worthwhile.

The instructions were comprehensive and simple to follow. Once I had done the trip to Halfords and got the right tools (there is a list of necessary tools with the instructions), the attachment of the bars was completed in about an hour (I took my time).

I feel a little happier now I know that the engine and the plastic have some protection although the words of Tim Cullis from another thread remain pertinent:

"... My experience though is that rocks are not smooth--they tend to be fairly jagged--and Sod's Law says that unless you have a solid protection plate they will slip between the bars. So I've since bought some 'sacrificial' tank panniers."

At least low-speed drops will now be less of an issue (what!?)
 
avmac7 said:
A comment: as others have noted although the build quality is superb the packaging (foam pipe insulation) left some areas of the bars unprotected and consequently there were a few scratches/ scuffs on delivery. This may have been addressed as my order was a while back.
Cheers.
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Having just received and fitted my AS bars I can say that the packaging worked and there were no issues with scratches/scuffs.

However, a very small piece of black paint/whatever (about 5 mm diameter) did fall off a weld as I handled the right-hand bars. I could/should have sent the whole lot back but a very small amount of paint put it right and so enthusiasm took over business sense :) I have not seen any other comments to this effect and assume it was a one-off.
 
SW Motech Bars & adventure spec bashplate

Just thought I'd chip my two pence worth in !
I have the SW Motech crash bars & adventure spec bashplate. I really like the bash plate as it covers a lot of the lower engine and has a sacrificial notch in the supporting bracket so if it gets whacked it will bust the bracket rather than do more damage to the engine.
I chose not to go with the adventure spec crash bars as I didnt like the triangular plate that you attach the cross bar onto. IMHO, it just doesnt look right whereas the SW Motech bars dont have that plate as it's tucked away out of sight.
I was able to compare my bike with Nikp's up at squires yesterday as he has adventure spec bars and plate and I do feel happy with my decision. There is a slight mod required on the bashplate which took all of 30 minutes as you have to notch both sides.
The SW Motech bars do cover the plastics but dont come up as high as the adventure spec ones. There is a picture on a thread previously so have a look and see what you think.
 
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