Yamaha side crash bar vs other crash bar

[Pierre Laliberté]

Hi. Just ordered my brand new Super Tenere 2014 and i want to put crash bar on it. I would like to know if The one sold by Yamaha is ofering good protection compare to others on the market. The Yamaha crash bar are not going very high on the sides and i'm wandering if I can scratch the fering if I drop the bike on the side.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

[Doug C]

The Yamaha ones offer pretty good protection, they are way too expensive compared to what else is out there. Altrider is probably the most popular choice for good design, good protection and compatibility with several different makes of skid plates. There are several Canadian Altrider dealers.

 

[Pierre Laliberté]

The Altrider was my other choice. It seems to protect the upper par of the bike and the Yamaha, the lower side of the bike. Is there any chance to hit a vital lower part of the engine with the altrider crash bar in cas of droping the bike at slow speed.

 

[Doug C]

Always a chance, but Altrider seems to have done there homework and planning pretty well. I had the Yamaha ones on for three seasons and tested them with low speed drops several times. Scratched paint on the crash bars but nothing else. Haven't had a chance to try out the Altrider yet. The yamaha bars wouldn't work with the ACD skid plate that led to the change for me.

 

[Travex]

I went with the OEM bars and like both their utility and appearance. True, they're expensive, but considerably less so if purchased with the bike. My only metric for their protection would be a near 0mph left side fall-over on a flat surface which left negligible marring to the bar, handguard, and pannier leading edge. The triangle between the bars, rear end, and handlebars seems to be engineered properly.

 

[Pierre Laliberté]

Thank you very much everyone for your help. I will go with the Yamaha crash bar since I'm supposed to have a 15% discount that will lower the price. Can't wait to receive my Super Ténéré.

 

[Don in Lodi]

The only sensitive contact point I've come up with is the water pump hose on the right side. Not sure, maybe Rumbux covers that as far as crash bars go. Otherwise it's skid plates or specialty covers for the hose.

 

[garnotte]

Yamaha's crashbar does not offer any kind of protection for the radiator unless you drop your bike on a perfect flat surface. For a much lower price you can get GIVI one, and they get the job done, trust me!! Tryed several time