Puig Stainless Steel Engine Bars

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I'd intended to fit some engine bars to my '17 CB11RS for some a while but wanted stainless steel ones and wasnt able to locate any until i found a set listed as being for a '13 CB1100 on ebay. They were a bit spendy at over 210 quid (UK sterling) but managed to find a set at nearly 100 quid less on ebay so decided to take a chance that the frame hadn't change any in the lower frame rail area between the different model years. The use the lower engine mount bolt as the front mount and have a u-bolt clamp with a plastic shim to deter paint damage for the rear mount around the lower frame rail.

On the RHS bar I had to reverse the engine bolt so that the nut was on the outside as the bar shape prevented the long bolt from going through the mount hole, the LHS had more clearance so the bolt could go back the way it came out with the bolt head outward. Some pics of the bars and installed below.




Fitting of the u-bolt and its clamp was slightly fiddly especially trying to keep the plastic shim in place and on the LHS the u-bolt clamp had to straddle a lower frame rail weld which made it a little bit more awkward. But overall these fitted well without needing gentle persuasion with a hammer or lever to get the holes/bolts lined up which is a vast improvement on some (inc OEM) engine bars I've fitted to other bikes over the years.