Davesax36
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I'll sell you my heed bars for $200 shipped...
Only been on a week. Never touched anything.
Only been on a week. Never touched anything.
I agree... All the evidence as far as 'what's better' is anecdotal, so you're going to have to make a judgment call based on what you think is going to happen in a fall over or crash...Blueskeyes said:I think this is a harder decision than actually buying the bike. I cannot decide between the Altrider, Givi, Mastech or Touratech crash bars
I'm sorry if I misunderstand, you want the bars to bend to take up the energy? You do realize there is a fan and radiator on the left hand side and electronics on the right. I've been down many times on my Altrider (more than I should admit to) with no damaged to the bikes frame.hoak said:I agree... All the evidence as far as 'what's better' is anecdotal, so you're going to have to make a judgment call based on what you think is going to happen in a fall over or crash...
Based on what I've seen in crashed bikes and tip overs, the way the various bars mount to the Super Ténéré, and the weight of the bike -- I went with the sacrificial premise; ergo it would be preferable that the bars absorbed as much of the energy and deformed rather then transmit it to the engine, mounts and frame which are far more expensive then a new set of crash bars...
It appears some of the heavier crash bars may have the potential (I'm trying to couch this as vaguely as possible on purpose, because your crash mileage will vary) to transmit more energy into the bike by virtue of being stiffer and stronger.
And if the mash bars are there to get mashed, I'd rather spend less on them and have something that isn't too much of an eye sore; so I went with the Givi bars...
You surmise correctly; but I do believe that a fan and radiator (last I looked) are far less expensive then the bent frame and/or hole I saw torn in the engine by a certain more robust mash bar. All of this is anecdotal though, there are as many stories going both ways for anything you might choose if you search these forums, ADVR, and the reviews sections of interweb companies that sell mash bars...limey said:I'm sorry if I misunderstand, you want the bars to bend to take up the energy? You do realize there is a fan and radiator on the left hand side and electronics on the right. I've been down many times on my Altrider (more than I should admit to) with no damaged to the bikes frame.
They are indeed indestructible. Laid my bike down on gravel at speed and the cases barely showed a scratch. Hepco Becker crash bars did the rest to keep the bike completely unharmed (the crash bars needed a new coat of paint though)Blueskeyes said:I'm going to go the Caribou route. Pelican cases are pretty much indestructible.
Good choice. Extra robust for sure. To protect the engine and sides of the bike, it cost a little more and I did not want to have to replace bent crash bars I went with the Altrider skid plate and crash bars. When you mount it up and see how it's engineered to all the best mounting locations one can really appreciate the quality of their designs and materials. Originally I was going to try the cheaper stuff but kept reading how others bent junk stuff to only replace with the better quality stuff later on anyhow. Quality costs less in this case.Millman said:Well I'm going to pull the trigger on the alt rider bars. They seem to protect the side radiator and other side fairing and don't get in the way of the skid plates.
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