Re: cylinder head protection bars?.
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 11:31 am
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cylinder head protection bars?.
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Re: cylinder head protection bars?.
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 11:46 am
Yep, leave them on. They cost a lot less than end cans, final drives and top fairings.
Re: cylinder head protection bars?.
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 5:48 pm
Steve F wrote: I was charged approx £140 by Lovetts in Bristol. Yes, they are subtle and extremely practical bits of bling!
You wouldn't have the part number by any chance ?
Re: cylinder head protection bars?.
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 7:07 pm
Highlandbear wrote: You wouldn't have the part number by any chance ?
77 14 8 533 745 Complete set
Re: cylinder head protection bars?.
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 9:59 am
My tuppence worth. Protecting the heads seems sensible. Riding with panniers on is a real safety issue. A car turned into me and this was the result. I didn't even get knocked off.
His wing was totalled. He paid for a new cylinder head cover, bolts, seals etc £400. Pannier lower scratched but it polished out. (A new pannier lid would have cost him another £200). My left leg, protected by cylinder and pannier, untouched.
I've gone for crash bars and now always ride the bike with its panniers.
His wing was totalled. He paid for a new cylinder head cover, bolts, seals etc £400. Pannier lower scratched but it polished out. (A new pannier lid would have cost him another £200). My left leg, protected by cylinder and pannier, untouched.
I've gone for crash bars and now always ride the bike with its panniers.
Re: cylinder head protection bars?.
Posted: Fri Feb 26, 2016 8:11 pm
Hi, my rt has Krauser crash bars fitted to protect the heads, they were on the bike when I bought it, also a handy place to mount spot/fog lights if you wanted, I'll take a picture tomorrow and try to attach it to a post.
Re: cylinder head protection bars?.
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 1:57 pm
futterweasel wrote: Hi, my rt has Krauser crash bars fitted to protect the heads, they were on the bike when I bought it, also a handy place to mount spot/fog lights if you wanted, I'll take a picture tomorrow and try to attach it to a post.
Re: cylinder head protection bars?.
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 3:39 pm
I put the Wunderlich bars on ,expensive but pretty easy to do if you watch the video on youtube !! they look great in chrome and you can barely see them when you are on the bike !!
Re: cylinder head protection bars?.
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 4:17 pm
I'll bet you boys were into Meccano when you were little...
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Re: cylinder head protection bars?.
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 4:35 pm
Closet GS owners 
Re: cylinder head protection bars?.
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 8:30 pm
Wash your mouth out[emoji33]Casbar wrote: Closet GS owners
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Re: cylinder head protection bars?.
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 2:36 pm
Casbar wrote: Closet GS owners
Clearly - why else all the metal work?
Re: cylinder head protection bars?.
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 2:58 pm
I have a heated towel rail very much the same shape.
Re: cylinder head protection bars?.
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 3:39 pm
Can't see your problem with the engine bars. If you can put up with that ridiculous 49 litre abortion of an overdone topbox (more appropriately top crate) with it's gas struts, interior light blah blah, then your sense of style is, in my view, somewhat misplaced. If anything was ever overdone, that monstrosity has to be it. Only my opinion of course.
Re: cylinder head protection bars?.
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 3:59 pm
With you on that one. I hate top boxes. I know very practical but pig ugly.