@bimota has a lot of Touratech goodies but has Altrider bars. He might have some useful insight.. . . . but they seem to have bad reviews. Any thoughts on Touratech?
@bimota has a lot of Touratech goodies but has Altrider bars. He might have some useful insight.. . . . but they seem to have bad reviews. Any thoughts on Touratech?
I can vouch for the T Rex bars. (1) twenty mph gravel road dump and at least 5 slow speed get offs on gravel and dirt equaled nothing broken and a little touch up on the bars themselves.I couldn’t find any availability on the Touratech ones. I see these as either full scaffolding like the Givi, Heed and Altrider ones, or kinda half scaffold like the Mastrech, HepcoBecker, Ibex and Touratech ones. They serve different purposes. Full scaffold for off road riding where you’ll regularly be dropping it, but for road riders that will generally only drop on the odd low speed carpark drop, the half scaffold is plenty. Bearing in mind anything much faster than car park speed isn’t likely to matter which scaffold you’ve got, in most cases anyway.
yes,@bimota has a lot of Touratech goodies but has Altrider bars. He might have some useful insight.
Well, there is that fact. My 270 lbs probably doesn't help, either.An other thing to know is bigger or more is not better, all it really does is add weight to an already heavy motorcycle, adding weight will increase the chances of dropping.
I agree with this. OEM front/upper bar doesn't protect anything. I think it is primarily an auxiliary light bar... I can honestly say this because I have them.A fine example is the Yamaha OE front bars, garbage and more of a decorative bar.
I have that same roll bar on my 2020 S10. I say "roll bar" because that's essentially what it allowed the bike to do (from a stand-still) when I laid it down in the Dollar General parking lot in Santa Rosa, NM last October...about 3 hours after buying it in Albuquerque. Like you, I was converting to ADV from cruiser and learned quickly how much higher the S10's center of gravity is.New ADV rider coming from a cruiser. I bought a used Super Tenere that came with a smaller crash guard (see pics). Is this sufficient for general riding say 80% pavement, 20% gravel/off-road or should I get a bigger one?
I have never dropped a cruiser so far, but this S10 is a much taller seat (I am 5'8") and I plan to do more adventure (off pavement).
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I have the Altrider bars. You can remove the panel, but you can't remove the battery with the bars on. I have these bars. Last summer I was in Virginia and had a battery failure. I found out the hard way that I was missing the right size socket to get the bars off and remove the battery so I could install a new one. Fortunately I was in the parking lot of an Autozone, and could buy a socket.Can you remove the battery panel without removing crashbar?
Interesting...I have no problem removing battery with AltRider bars (upper and lower). Maybe because I run a smaller LiPo battery? (although others here have stated they have no problem R&R'ing the standard Pb battery with the Alt bars installed)I have the Altrider bars. You can remove the panel, but you can't remove the battery with the bars on. I have these bars. Last summer I was in Virginia and had a battery failure. I found out the hard way that I was missing the right size socket to get the bars off and remove the battery so I could install a new one. Fortunately I was in the parking lot of an Autozone, and could buy a socket.
They're really good bars. The bike's been on its side a couple times with no damage to the bike and no deforming of the bars.
Yes....easily. Just straight out a bit, then back. You can also barely remove/install the battery through the little "rectangle section". You might have to loosen the two lower bolts on the right-side crash bar a bit, but you don't have to take the bolts right out.Can you remove the battery panel without removing crashbar?
Yes, and you likely wouldn't have been able to locate the Altrider crash bars anyway. You can post the Altrider skidplate on here with a price and a couple of pictures. Their plate and bars are quite popular, and getting harder to find.. . . . It was cheaper to buy the T-Rex combo than just buy an altrider crashbar set.
I have the Altrider bars. You can remove the panel, but you can't remove the battery with the bars on. I have these bars. Last summer I was in Virginia and had a battery failure. I found out the hard way that I was missing the right size socket to get the bars off and remove the battery so I could install a new one. Fortunately I was in the parking lot of an Autozone, and could buy a socket.
They're really good bars. The bike's been on its side a couple times with no damage to the bike and no deforming of the bars.