Crash bobbins

[Juan]

I don't plan on doing any hard offroading and wouldn't therefore like to put on crash bars. However, I would like some protection in case I drop the bike. Anybody fixed crash bobbins (or sliders) to their ST? Which make?

 

[klunsford]

The stock pieces that are on there work very well for a stop and drop. Believe me, I have tested that one and they worked just fine... ::025:: especially with bags on it.

 

[EricV]

The stock pieces that are on there work very well for a stop and drop. Believe me, I have tested that one and they worked just fine... ::025:: especially with bags on it.

::026:: I dropped the bike several times at low/no speed before installing crash bars and agree with Robo, the stock side protectors along with the handguards and bags do a good job of protecting the bike on level surfaces and even gravel roads. I tried to make a sharp u-turn on a steep gravel road and didn't keep my momentum up enough, promptly dropping it. ;D No damage to the bike, just a couple of scuffs on the oem guard and a handguard.

R&G makes bar end sliders for use with the OEM handguards - HERE

Of less real use, (imho), are the R&G front axle sliders HERE

Metisse makes a swingarm slider kit - HERE

Seems like I saw a spendy aluminum version of the oem side protectors too, but I can't find that now. The oem parts can break, but are also cheap to replace if need be and tend to sacrafice themselves nicely while saving the bike.

 

[greg the pole]

why not givi crash bars?
cheap, and they will protect up to a certain point, without issues,
can be had for $160-180 plush shipping in N. america
Greg

 

[Juan]

Please excuse my ignorance on this bike as it has not yet been delivered to me (expected March delivery) and am therefore not all that familiar with its components. I was not aware that it has stock bobbins (ot sliders). The ST I bought is not the World Crosser but the standard one. Will this have sliders on it?

The Givi crash bars are a little bit outrageous for my liking. In fact I do not wish to install any crash bars at all.

 

[EricV]

The bike has some stock side protectors that work well for pavement or flat gravel/dirt, but they are not bobbins, but rather a piece that bolts up in two places on each side at a strong mounting point.

This is a picture I just took. Not the best picture. The oem guard is behind the Rumbux crash bar in the picture.

This is a picture of the mounting points.