Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Had a small crash
#1
Had a small crash on Friday. I've been testing the lean angles lately trying to get a feel for how far over I can lean this thing and expected the peg feelers to give me enough warning to pull out of it, well apparently the crash bars are right there and when the peg feeler started rubbing it was a split second to when the crash bar hit and bam slide.

Vid: https://youtu.be/msiEw638lvY

Bike is fine and I'm fine. The crash bars took all of the slide essentially.

Crash bars: [url=https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.com/T-Rex-Racing-2013-2015-CB1100-Deluxe/dp/B01A1912D8&ved=0ahUKEwjc0f6RzInWAhUJh1QKHa-jCX4QFgglMAA&usg=AFQjCNE3SmExa1RDnnmpzkD4cE4YanjRTQ]https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=w...cE4YanjRTQ

I know how far I can lean now lol. Seriously though... Good crash bars for crashing.
Reply
#2
Thanks for testing the crash bars and lean angle for us Thumbs Up

seriously glad you and the CB are OK
Reply
#3
Thanks for the heads up jermo, i fitted crash bars to mine , others have mentioned this issue and i feel i'm missing out on a bit of fun cos i'm wary on the curve's. I guess its a trade off for the piece of mind they give, pleased your ok.
Reply
#4
(09-03-2017, 04:01 AM)jermo47_imp Wrote: Had a small crash on Friday. I've been testing the lean angles lately trying to get a feel for how far over I can lean this thing and expected the peg feelers to give me enough warning to pull out of it, well apparently the crash bars are right there and when the peg feeler started rubbing it was a split second to when the crash bar hit and bam slide.

Vid: https://youtu.be/msiEw638lvY

Bike is fine and I'm fine. The crash bars took all of the slide essentially.

Crash bars: [url=https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.amazon.com/T-Rex-Racing-2013-2015-CB1100-Deluxe/dp/B01A1912D8&ved=0ahUKEwjc0f6RzInWAhUJh1QKHa-jCX4QFgglMAA&usg=AFQjCNE3SmExa1RDnnmpzkD4cE4YanjRTQ]https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=w...cE4YanjRTQ

I know how far I can lean now lol. Seriously though... Good crash bars for crashing.


Wow I am glad you are ok! I have Motech bars and my peg feelers touch first. I have been on the fence about removing the feelers for looks only. It looks like the only thing that touched was the bars.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Reply
#5
What use2be said. Glad you're OK.
Reply
#6
Thats 2 crash bars that caused a crash. T-Rex and Kajima: http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread....e+me+crash

Glad you're OK Jermo!
Reply
#7
Glad you are ok. That didn't seem like too sharp of a corner.
you should have bought a DELUXE
2014 Honda CB1100 DLX
2002 Honda CB750 Nighthawk
Reply
#8
Great video, thanks for sharing. Glad you and bike are OK. Looked like pretty low speed. Any other contributing factors? Tires? Slick pavement? Did the engine guards exacerbate the problem?
Reply
#9
(09-03-2017, 06:34 AM)clearviewx_imp Wrote: Glad you are ok. That didn't seem like too sharp of a corner.

Yeah the angle doesn't look as steep as I was leaning because of the helmet mount and the way I keep my head angled through corners. I'll just have to lean a bit more and keep the bike a bit more upright.
(09-03-2017, 08:04 AM)The A-man_imp Wrote: Great video, thanks for sharing. Glad you and bike are OK. Looked like pretty low speed. Any other contributing factors? Tires? Slick pavement? Did the engine guards exacerbate the problem?

Yeah the guards hit right after the peg feelers. In the vid you can hear the peg feeler start to scrape and then bam the crash bars. Road was dry not oily tires are still good only a couple thousand miles on them. The crash bars did save the engine and the rest of the bike but at the trade-off of them hitting very soon after the peg feelers.

I have some pictures closer of the damage I'll drop on imgur and Link in a reply here in a minute.
Link to pics of the damage. https://imgur.com/a/NHq14
Reply
#10
I prefer to leave a little mystery into how far I can lean. Glad to hear you and the bike are both ok.

Btw I couldn't get the vid to open.
Reply


Possibly Related Threads…
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Crash Bobbins or bars Maturecheese_imp 14 751 07-04-2022, 02:29 PM
Last Post: run-tmc_imp
  Rust on tank from crash calipo223_imp 6 452 09-17-2020, 05:06 PM
Last Post: jtopiso_imp
  Crash bars make me crash cosmos_imp 47 2,914 04-18-2020, 11:14 AM
Last Post: michael1954
  Crash Bars for an other bike activedirt_imp 0 158 08-18-2017, 02:26 AM
Last Post: activedirt_imp
  Engine Guards / Crash Bars RonLyke_imp 93 5,214 06-02-2017, 09:55 AM
Last Post: Lord Popgun
  Bad Crash LouA_imp 11 599 10-29-2016, 02:58 PM
Last Post: emptysea
  Kury arms and pegs on OEM crash bars White Dog_imp 0 127 11-13-2015, 02:43 AM
Last Post: White Dog_imp
  A small step for man... Hiram E. Varona_imp 9 496 09-18-2015, 12:00 PM
Last Post: Cormanus
  Got in first crash recently. walrusz06_imp 26 1,147 08-03-2015, 09:44 AM
Last Post: NightRider_imp
  Small help from Germany Volchkoff_imp 6 308 01-29-2015, 11:32 PM
Last Post: Ack-CB11_imp

Forum Jump:


Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)