09-27-2016, 02:25 PM
(05-18-2013, 11:12 PM)RonLyke_imp Wrote: Has anyone installed engine guards? I see what apparently are mounting holes on the frame.
I just bought a new black 2014 CB1100S/SA.
I did a lot of looking around before I bought my case guards from Twisted Throttle.
I went whith these for a number of reasons. They are low profile. Their black finish is excellent that compliments the look of my bike. They are also about $100 less than most of the other case guards out there.
These reasons account for 50% of why I went with them. The other 50% of the reason I went with them is because of the engineering and build of them.
All the other case guards I looked into mounted their steel structure directly to the engine mount/frame, as do the TT case guards. This is OK if you lay the bike down in a parking lot or your garage.
However if you lay your bike down at any kind of speed these case guards will deliver the full force of the shock to the engine mount/frame.
The Twisted Throttle case guards have an offset built into them that will absorb some of that shock and deform/bend a bit, sparing the full force of the shock to the engine/frame mounts while still protecting the cases.
I'd rather spend another $170 for new case guards rather than have to deal with a possible engine mount/frame warp.