I wanted to post up a short review on my experience with Givi's crash bars.
I guess it is one of those things that you get what you pay for? I really like the look and how encompassing the bars were. It was only until after I purchased them that I found out how easily they bent and that they were rather disposable.
Two weekends ago I had a get off in a water crossing that was rather low speed, 10-15 mph max? The water crossing was one of those paved "ice like" crossings, so the bars landed on pavement, not rocks.
After just one crash they needed to be replaced because the welds have cracked in multiple places and it bent the frame mounting locations.
It pressed all the way into the right side panel..
Other view..
Had to bend the bars back straight and re-open the holes to get a socket extension down there and take the bars off.
You can tell on this pic the left mounting point is bent upwards when compared to the right one. Not too big a deal 1 swift wack and it was back to normal.
Another broken weld
Don't get me wrong, the givi's did their job, nothing was hurt on the ride side. I just sort of expected them to not need replaced after 1 slow get off.
I switched to Altrider bars from RideonADV. As far as I can tell and read they should be sturdier and good for more than 1 get off... Assuming of course the whole bike isn't wadded up or something...
We will see if the altriders do any better.
I guess it is one of those things that you get what you pay for? I really like the look and how encompassing the bars were. It was only until after I purchased them that I found out how easily they bent and that they were rather disposable.
Two weekends ago I had a get off in a water crossing that was rather low speed, 10-15 mph max? The water crossing was one of those paved "ice like" crossings, so the bars landed on pavement, not rocks.
After just one crash they needed to be replaced because the welds have cracked in multiple places and it bent the frame mounting locations.
It pressed all the way into the right side panel..
Other view..
Had to bend the bars back straight and re-open the holes to get a socket extension down there and take the bars off.
You can tell on this pic the left mounting point is bent upwards when compared to the right one. Not too big a deal 1 swift wack and it was back to normal.
Another broken weld
Don't get me wrong, the givi's did their job, nothing was hurt on the ride side. I just sort of expected them to not need replaced after 1 slow get off.
I switched to Altrider bars from RideonADV. As far as I can tell and read they should be sturdier and good for more than 1 get off... Assuming of course the whole bike isn't wadded up or something...
We will see if the altriders do any better.