Trex Crash Bars

[Ulvetanna_imp]

I'm not fond of them, but please take no offense -- I prefer bikes in stock condition. To me, they seem over-engineered and clumsy, like the bike thinks it's a CB1100-ADV.

I know stuff happens, but there's really no reason to drop a bike. With the exception of the OE winglets on the ST1100 and ST1300, I'm not fond of preemptively cloaking a bike in extraneous hardware to protect it in the off chance that it goes over.

They are cheap insurance, that's all. OEM guards will not reduce SAE lean angle, cannot say about any other guards.

I personally have not dropped a bike while riding it, but they do fall over with help. A lady helped my ZX-10R fall over by backing into it and pushing it off the sidestand. Needed a new frame. Both my supersports have the full case protection, R&G on one, GB on the other. Have extended frame sliders on the Ninja also, mid upper frame, that saves about $1500 worth of plastic in a tipover.

There may not be any good reason to drop a bike, but they do obey the laws of physics and tend to fall over from time to time. The CB1100 is a great candidate for this type of prophylaxis because if that heavy sucker falls, especially on the timing cover, you are going to have some smashed stuff and maybe a ruined crankshaft.

If you crush a side cover while out on a ride somewhere, you are stranded. That's why my F800GS has all the BMW and Touratech protection the law will allow.

If the bike is on a slight slope and has not been rolled against compression in gear before putting down the sidestand, it might fall over. Sometimes we don't get the sidestand down quite all the way and it collapses. The bike falls over. Sometimes the pavement is off camber and the bike falls away from the sidestand and smashes into the ground. Sometimes, newer riders or even old hands put a foot on a bit of sand or just plain don't get their footing, and the bike falls over.

I see a lot of guys pouring enough money to buy three new CB1100s at today's discount prices into a single CB1100 and then selling them for no more than what a new one would cost. A couple of hundred for something that can keep a new rider from doing serious damage to the bike cannot possibly be ill-advised.