Thanks for all the comments This product is not 100% in the near future, we are going to win again.
ps. prices 6300 baht or 190 USD Price does not include shipping.
ps. prices 6300 baht or 190 USD Price does not include shipping.
Joined Jun 2014
202 Posts | 0+
Johannesburg South Africa
My bike fell over after I connected a car in an intersection a few months ago. I have aftermarket bar end weights on the bike and these were the only things that were marked. There was absolutely no damage to the bike other than a bent gear lever where my toes got hooked underneath it as I fell over.
In my own experience crash bars are really only good for protecting plastics, if you go down hard they tend to bend or rotate and break the plastics anyway. On my GS1200 I had the full crash bar kit, but this more to stop the cylinder valve covers getting damaged if the bike went down as this would pretty much put pay to the ride immediately.
In my own experience crash bars are really only good for protecting plastics, if you go down hard they tend to bend or rotate and break the plastics anyway. On my GS1200 I had the full crash bar kit, but this more to stop the cylinder valve covers getting damaged if the bike went down as this would pretty much put pay to the ride immediately.
Well on my vstrum they are accessory bars lol foot pegs and lights on there. and it all depend on the crash. I have seen them do great things. I am more a adv rider so they do help, but not always. Same as sliders on sport bike on and off track. They really can help but in few cases cause worse damage. But generally they help. Bar ends help if the bars hit the rght way, but thats never always the case so you where lucky to hit the right way and we cant use this as a explanation on how all these bikes will hit the ground unfortunately.
Joined Dec 2014
35 Posts | 0+
York, PA
Those bars just take everything away from the bike that makes it appealing. This is not an adventure bike... it's a Hypermotard with bags and a taller screen. If you want to really go off road, buy a KLR650 or a DRZ400 for $6K and have a blast beating the crap out of it... not your $14K Ducati. I've been riding street and dirt for 25 years and I wouldn't risk taking by HS off road more than a short fire road to get to another real road. It's a fine street bike... nothing more.
I don't think it is so much about actual functionality, but rather looks and the ability to mount other farkles. Most adventure bikes just sit in the garage...like most other luxuries people own that they work hard to get.
Joined Nov 2014
188 Posts | 1+
Australia
Spot on.....and having done a few hundred kilometres on some Aussie dirt roads I've concluded that the HS is not well suited. Better to stay on the tar....
i sure hope you don't crash with those on. the top mount is a u clamp onto the frame. odds are if the bolt holds and such it could crimp the frame in that spot. so scary setup. I want this ofr both crash protection as well as accessory mounting. but not if it will bend the frame on a drop.
Finally got decent crash bars!!!
We met a custom bike maker living close to our house who embraced the challenge of making decent crash bars and a modified side stand for my wife's HyperStrada.
Rob from Bullit Custom Cycles in the Halton region (ontario Canada) can make a custom set for anyone else interested. Although he has a template, he prefers working on the bike itself so all bars are unique. You can also choose the powder coat color, combinations are limitless.
Our project took over a month, due to the powder coater who was backlogged. Normal time would be about 3 weeks. Cost, including the side stand modification was $480 CAD, but note that every project cost will be different.
Here are some pictures:
We met a custom bike maker living close to our house who embraced the challenge of making decent crash bars and a modified side stand for my wife's HyperStrada.
Rob from Bullit Custom Cycles in the Halton region (ontario Canada) can make a custom set for anyone else interested. Although he has a template, he prefers working on the bike itself so all bars are unique. You can also choose the powder coat color, combinations are limitless.
Our project took over a month, due to the powder coater who was backlogged. Normal time would be about 3 weeks. Cost, including the side stand modification was $480 CAD, but note that every project cost will be different.
Here are some pictures:
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If I was planning a major trip through Africa or from Virginia to Chile, for example, I would remove the plastics and get crash bars built to suit me. Otherwise, I'll keep the plastic and hope to keep it upright. I dropped the V-Strom 1000 off the rear bike stand once and the only damage was a front brake lever, so I guess I have been lucky... It's fun that different riders like to outfit their bikes so differently. Bikes are far more individual than cages are...
Those bars are totally in the way of your knees!I already hit the side panels if I slide all the way forward. You'd have to ride with your knees outboard of them. No way will I put up with that.
when we went to see the mockup that's exactly what happened, the top mounting point was right at the side of my wife's knees. We sat there for 30 min with Rob and figured out how to deal with it. The pics posted above dont show the bar thinning out. If you check out the pic here it shows it getting much thinner and the part that bolts on being very thin as well. I and my wife tryed it liek this and yes we know its there but its not interfering with our knees at the moment. But neither of us have long legs so that makes a difference as well.
Also its the only mount point we could find, anything else was ubolt to the frame with is just a bad idea. But considering everything i really lie how these turned out, they follow lines on the bike and don't block to much. the paint also is a sweet setup. these should easily work well in case of a drop or as accessory bars for lights and the foot rests.
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she wants to adjust them a little bit but the good part wit the design is unbolt the double boat and rotate the things a bit to get it right where you want them
