Here are the bars in question (up some Romanian main road!!):
Greg
Greg
What a fecking daft arrangement ....!
- Thread starter Greg Masters
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chad
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AH HA !!! Those bars all is
now clear
thems is right baskets Greg 
now clear
thems is right baskets Greg 
AH HA !!! Those bars all is
now clear
Only if you have the very early versions. The ones that get given away.
Only if you have the very early versions. The ones that get given away.
And now we know why. Wonder if it was a dealers "special" fit on the early bikes?
I've got those awkward bars too. Had to do an oil change on Sunday. What really bugs me is that when refitting them I always trap my fingers between the bars ans sump guard.
I keep refitting them because I occasionally drop the bike offroad and want the protection.
Regards
Rob C
I keep refitting them because I occasionally drop the bike offroad and want the protection.
Regards
Rob C
motobiker
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I didn't wait... missed out on the first production run. So I typed 'steptoe guards' into ebay daily search.. after a couple of weeks the email came. a set were for sale. MINT... not a mark.
So.. in the last few seconds I bid £1 less than Steptoe had sold them for (less postage) and won them... result.
I'd got the Idea that Steptoe wasn't going to do any more headguards due to all the faffng about involved... the hole drilling and testing each set was wearing his patience.. for little profit. be good if he did some though. Mine are always being asked about. I was quizzed left right and centre at the Timmelsjoch last week. Not just about them... but where was my sump guard, decals.. and why did I only have half a vario screen?
nein sprachen deutch and a blank look was my answer,
Had those bars on my first GS.. sold em when the bike came off warranty. £150 as I recall.. and rued the day and cash paid to dealers for the extra time involved in what now takes... 10 minutes all-in.
1) Find a friendly welders.
2) Ensure bars are correctly fitted and aligned.
3) Source a small piece of 6mm thick by ~25mm wide stainless flat bar. 250mm length should be enough
4) Fabricate 4 plates long enough to weld to crash bar with enough space alongside to take a 10mm thread nut and bolt. Drill 10.5mm diameter hole through centre of available space on plate beyond where bar will be welded.
5) Buy 4 10mm x ~22mm stainless bolts & nylock nuts.
6) Cut 12mm section out of bars each side at vertical section. Cuts must be straight and square to tube or at least parallel to each other
7) Get welding operative from 1) above to weld 1 plate from 4) above to each of the cut ends.
8) Insert bolts from 5) above through holes in plates and tighten.
Next oil change will be simples
If my assumption that crash bars are stainless is wrong just buy mild steel plate and some paint. Still use stainless fixings though.
2) Ensure bars are correctly fitted and aligned.
3) Source a small piece of 6mm thick by ~25mm wide stainless flat bar. 250mm length should be enough
4) Fabricate 4 plates long enough to weld to crash bar with enough space alongside to take a 10mm thread nut and bolt. Drill 10.5mm diameter hole through centre of available space on plate beyond where bar will be welded.
5) Buy 4 10mm x ~22mm stainless bolts & nylock nuts.
6) Cut 12mm section out of bars each side at vertical section. Cuts must be straight and square to tube or at least parallel to each other
7) Get welding operative from 1) above to weld 1 plate from 4) above to each of the cut ends.
8) Insert bolts from 5) above through holes in plates and tighten.
Next oil change will be simples
If my assumption that crash bars are stainless is wrong just buy mild steel plate and some paint. Still use stainless fixings though.
1) Find a friendly welders.
2) Ensure bars are correctly fitted and aligned.
3) Source a small piece of 6mm thick by ~25mm wide stainless flat bar. 250mm length should be enough
4) Fabricate 4 plates long enough to weld to crash bar with enough space alongside to take a 10mm thread nut and bolt. Drill 10.5mm diameter hole through centre of available space on plate beyond where bar will be welded.
5) Buy 4 10mm x ~22mm stainless bolts & nylock nuts.
6) Cut 12mm section out of bars each side at vertical section. Cuts must be straight and square to tube or at least parallel to each other
7) Get welding operative from 1) above to weld 1 plate from 4) above to each of the cut ends.
8) Insert bolts from 5) above through holes in plates and tighten.
Next oil change will be simples
If my assumption that crash bars are stainless is wrong just buy mild steel plate and some paint. Still use stainless fixings though.
It's easier to take the tank off!
Greg
It's easier to take the tank off!
Greg
Yehhbut, you only have to mod the bars once
motobiker
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Yehhbut, you only have to mod the bars once
silly man.. do that and then there's no excuse to have a strop. tsk.
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