Cylinder Guards?

[Fanum]

Anyone know of any different cylinder guards from the Touratech ones??

I've read bad things about them and they're bloody expensive for what they are...but I parked up on a slight slope tonight and got off the bike.......all looked fine so i took off my lid and gloves and poped them in the Givi......but when i pushed the catch to close the box, the bike gently rolled forwards off the side stand and toppled over, right onto a curb stone ARSE!!!!!!!!

Result...one badly scratched protection bar, one broken spark plug plastic cover and small scratch on the head........could have been a lot worse i spose without the bars in place but this is the second zero speed drop in a fortnight and i'm pissed off with it......gotta get some protection on there!

If Vern takes his prototypes further I'll prolly have a pair of those, but has anyone got any experience of any others?

Cheers

Bill

 

[Spanish Bob]

STANTON

check out threads on advrider re problems fitting them. But I am goin got order some. they seem to be the ONLY ones that do the job. They are expensive, but if you plan to drop the bike as I do then its money well spent

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36363&highlight=jimjib

Look at his web page, quality plus service level. for me Its an easy decision because the OEM parts arent worth shit

 

[Fanum]

Saw that Bob.......it was the price that deterred me.....200 dollars for a couple of bits of ally casting....

Mind you, with the exchange rate i suppose it's not too bad.

cheers.

 

[Spanish Bob]

Saw that Bob.......it was the price that deterred me.....200 dollars for a couple of bits of ally casting....

Mind you, with the exchange rate i suppose it's not too bad.

cheers.

they are expensive, but they seem to 1 protect the bike for minor spills and 2 spread the load over the head for slightly more flamboyant incidents. Id think Id rather pay a lot for something that worked then much less for something that doesn´t.

having said that I have the bwm crappy plastic things, so sont listen to me

 

[Zebedee]

Saw that Bob.......it was the price that deterred me.....200 dollars for a couple of bits of ally casting....

Mind you, with the exchange rate i suppose it's not too bad.

cheers.

How is the dollar doing at the moment, and when’s mikebelch’s next shopping trip?

… no forget I even mentioned it, I can’t afford them, I don’t want them, I must not spend more money on toys. I mustn’t, I mustn’t, I mustn’t …

 

[BawdyMonk]

Anyone know of any different cylinder guards from the Touratech ones??

I've read bad things about them and they're bloody expensive for what they are...but I parked up on a slight slope tonight and got off the bike.......all looked fine so i took off my lid and gloves and poped them in the Givi......but when i pushed the catch to close the box, the bike gently rolled forwards off the side stand and toppled over, right onto a curb stone ARSE!!!!!!!!

Result...one badly scratched protection bar, one broken spark plug plastic cover and small scratch on the head........could have been a lot worse i spose without the bars in place but this is the second zero speed drop in a fortnight and i'm pissed off with it......gotta get some protection on there!

If Vern takes his prototypes further I'll prolly have a pair of those, but has anyone got any experience of any others?

Cheers

Bill

Why not just get H&B bars?

 

[Fanum]

Re: Re: Cylinder Guards?

Why not just get H&B bars?

I've already got the BWM OE bars...they did prevent any damage when I dropped her the first time on ice when i was trying to pull her up onto the centre stand, but this time, sod's law intervened and she went down right on a kerb stone.......

No bars short of a full cage would have prevented the damage, and that's what it seems cylinder head protectors are, albeit on a small localised scale.....

 

[Spanish Bob]

How is the dollar doing at the moment, and when’s mikebelch’s next shopping trip?

… no forget I even mentioned it, I can’t afford them, I don’t want them, I must not spend more money on toys. I mustn’t, I mustn’t, I mustn’t …

sold! to the human spring

 

[Vendome 41]

Cylinder Guards

For similar price you can get some engine bars from Hepco & Becker

 

[BawdyMonk]

Re: Re: Re: Cylinder Guards?

....but this time, sod's law intervened and she went down right on a kerb stone.......

Ouch! Well if you have to get a new pair you may as well get the best
The Stanton's seem pretty good for protection but there has been a question or two raised on the fitting of them recently.

'Course, you could always try keeping the 'kin thing rubber side down