Bash plate and engine bars combo

[jolyon_russ]

Hey guys, sorry I can't be bothered to trawl through the bash plate thread as I'm currently in hospital browsing on my phone, sadly I don't have an aweful bus pulling out in front of me story, just a collapsed lung from too much exercise, you have been warned
Another long story short my insurance are paying for replacing my Givi engine bars after the bike was knocked over by a bus whilst parked. However they will fit only BMW parts, now I'd also like to fit a bash plate - obviously the BMW ally bash plate will fit with the BMW bars.
The questions I have are; are there any other bash plates that won't fit with the BMW bars? I has quite happy with the protection from the givi bars, so is there a bash plate that'll match it well? However the givi bars did knock on my shins a bit, so am open to other suggestions.

The bikes been off the road waiting for the insurance companies to sort their shit out for nearly 4 weeks now, I've been slowly going stur crazy not being able to ride and now I've found myself in hospital, life really can suck sometimes :-|

 

[Malcolm Leick]

For excellent protection, I and many others have gone with the tried and frequently tested Adventure Spec bars and bash plate. I originally had the BMW bash plate with the Adventure Spec bars so they are compatible.

I managed to split a weld seam on the BMW plate. I had it re-welded but then found it a sod to refit. The Adventure Spec plate is thicker and a lot easier to fit and remove for straightening, cleaning out stones and crud, oil changes etc. It also provides more protection at the front end. It's a bit shorter than the BM plate, which worried me a bit at first, but I have had no problems.

Hope you are feeling better soon!

 

[Shadwell]

For excellent protection, I and many others have gone with the tried and frequently tested Adventure Spec bars and bash plate. QUOTE]

+1 :Thumb2

 

[Richie3264]

For excellent protection, I and many others have gone with the tried and frequently tested Adventure Spec bars and bash plate. QUOTE]

+1 :Thumb2

+1

 

[jolyon_russ]

Cheers for the replies, with my limited engineering background ie. none I've always thought that bars with a high loop of metal around the radiator like the Adventure spec and TT ones would not protect it a well.

The couple of times my bike went down with the low but wide Givi bars the front fairing/rad haven't been damaged. Of course that's always been on road on a flat surface I can see how it could help doing down off road.

Defineately an option to think about, cheers!