Anyone not use cylinder head protection?

[Nice 'n' Fat]

I have a GSA with engine bars and then bought X-heads thinking that I could fit them under the bars as a "belt and braces" measure.

Well, they don't fit under the bars especially on one side ...can't recall which. I emailed NN (the supplier) who contacted Machine Art. Machine Art offered up a "fix" which is to use cylinder spacers/washers behind the bar mountings.

BMW then threw a huge wobbly saying that doing such would potentially make the performance of the bars unsafe and could affect any warranty on the bike as it had been changed from its design safety specification.

At that point, "no-one" could help. I sold them to a GS LC TE owner and they look great on his bike.

If you own a GSA and you've "adjusted" your crash bars to accommodate the X-heads, it might be worth checking any factory small print. The BWM dealer I dealt with was not that happy about them. And as I don't want to invalidate any warranties on a 6 month old GSA, I'd rather bash the heads than risk BMW walking away from any warranty issues.

Gosh...it's a minefield out there....

What part of the BMW warranty could possibly be affected by the fitting of the spacers?

Take a look again at post 8

I saw a TE spec GSA that had a broken nearside lower engine mount caused by the OE bars in a low speed spill

This was a dealer's demo bike that had been dropped in their car park. The bike was a stock TE spec GSA and the OE bars broke the engine mount. They also mashed the cam cover although not to the point of leaking

 

[GS_or_bust]

My son dragged my previous LC TE over when his rear bumper got caught under the bike cover. No crash bars so there was a graze on the cylinder head cover. I never bothered to do anything about it and when I traded the bike in the dealer changed the cover.

 

[Mozz]

I have a GSA with engine bars and then bought X-heads thinking that I could fit them under the bars as a "belt and braces" measure.

Well, they don't fit under the bars especially on one side ...can't recall which. I emailed NN (the supplier) who contacted Machine Art. Machine Art offered up a "fix" which is to use cylinder spacers/washers behind the bar mountings.

BMW then threw a huge wobbly saying that doing such would potentially make the performance of the bars unsafe and could affect any warranty on the bike as it had been changed from its design safety specification.

At that point, "no-one" could help. I sold them to a GS LC TE owner and they look great on his bike.

If you own a GSA and you've "adjusted" your crash bars to accommodate the X-heads, it might be worth checking any factory small print. The BWM dealer I dealt with was not that happy about them. And as I don't want to invalidate any warranties on a 6 month old GSA, I'd rather bash the heads than risk BMW walking away from any warranty issues.

Gosh...it's a minefield out there....

I have a 2015 GSA and have fitted machine art x heads behind the crash bars. Yes they are close especially on one side but i had no problem fitting them. They look and work great

 

[Nutty]

My son dragged my previous LC TE over when his rear bumper got caught under the bike cover. No crash bars so there was a graze on the cylinder head cover. I never bothered to do anything about it and when I traded the bike in the dealer changed the cover.

Have you got rid of the GSA?

 

[Beemer Bob]

I ride without protection. But thinking of fitting
http://www.evotech-performance.com/bmw-r1200gs/bmw-r-1200-gs-2013-onwards-crash-protection

BB

 

[Mav]

I ride without protection. But thinking of fitting
http://www.evotech-performance.com/bmw-r1200gs/bmw-r-1200-gs-2013-onwards-crash-protection

BB

They look impressive but holy crap they're expensive!

 

[Troppo]

Hepco and Becker.

 

[dogmaboy]

Evo tech

I have the evo tech bars,had them sent over from U.K.Look great on the bike,don't know how they are if you drop the bike and don't won't to find out.If you have the money then I would buy them again.

 

[mikeyboy]

Your bike ,your choice!
I have a bike in my workshop waiting to be collected by the insurance co,
Heavy drop on the L/H side,the engine bar has collapsed shearing the cam cover bolts and crushing the cover.
The cam gears have done an excellent job of machining a load of metal away filling the engine with swarf.
And bending the camchain sprocket,the chain then jumped off,
The bike is a write off!!