H&B Bars - 100 miles, 1st trip - Chipped & Peeling

[Dan Glibitz]

Fitted my new H&B silver colour carsh bars the other week, then went on my 1st 100 miles of running in. Got back home, to find several stone chips and one as large as your little finger nail (on the upper front horizontal bar.)

I have a fender extender fitted and have had crash bars on all my bikes for the last 8 years so I'm fully aware of just how they should look and stand up to normal use. I expect some stone chips but for what can only be road gravel, to bring off chunks of paint . . . well that's just not fit for the puropse, surely!

2 weeks later, some of the small "Gravel impact pionts" are raising up and looking to bubble possibly.

the bars were "Easy" to fit together, with no filing of paint needed, so I wonder if the paint thickness / preparation is right. My dealer says that the paint seems "thin" but seems reluctant to action any remedy without H&B underwriting their decision.

anyone else been seriously disappointed with their H&B quality?

Are SW Motech any better?

Fanx in advance

ps. I've only been running in and never been off road or on gravely roads.

 

[Deadskin]

Very happy with my black H+B bars very thick powder coating

 

[(RIP) Kaister]

ne as large as your little finger nail

are you stalking me ??

 

[Yellow Peril]

I have scratched thumped and various other things to my SW Motechs and the paint has been scraped off but so far after 12 months or so no rust on the damaged bits. The only rust so far is on the under belly cross bar but with my riding thats absolutely no surprise

 

[Geordie Steve]

No problem here...

I've had the silver H&Bs on mine for the last 3000 all-weather winter miles. They're still as good as new. Maybe a faulty batch of paint?

 

[Snapper]

I dropped my bike in the snow a few weeks ago and the HB bar on the right under the head was scratched. After a little bit of filler Hamerite Smooth silver from Halfords was sprayed on and it is a perfect match. The bars did a great job and paid for them self there and then. Strange to see the bike standing on the head at a great angle. I know I have no chance of getting them down while cornering, only crashing!

 

[BBB61]

The paint has flaked off my SW Motech bars on the cross member that bolts on to the sump guard, but other than that, they have fared better than the H & B's I had on my 1150.

 

[HOGDAWG]

I fitted my H&B bars about the same time and have done about 1500 miles since with no problems. You could try a marine laquer that should protect them.