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Got These Today
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Having read of some forum members having the misfortune of accidents or dropping their bikes while moving them, I decided it was past time for some crash guards. These very nicely crafted SW Motech bars arrived today. Ordered a set for Pamela's V-strom as well.

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07-29-2015, 05:38 AM
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I have these same guards and like them a lot. A word of warning though, don't buy the MFW highway pegs and clamp kit for these, even though they say they fit. I did and the clamps just don't fit properly. When you tighten them down to get them correctly positioned they scratch the bars, and no matter how I tried they never would line up right but off at a weird angle. That's what happened to mine and I had to refinish my brand new crash guards at the time (wasn't at all happy about that.) Ended up returning the pegs but keeping the bars.


07-29-2015, 05:45 AM
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Thanks for that info Veech as I was considering using those peg mounts. I won't bother now.


07-29-2015, 05:50 AM
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Anytime my friend. The guards themselves are high quality and look really great on the bike.


07-29-2015, 05:53 AM
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Those labels peel off easily too.


07-29-2015, 08:06 AM
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Nicely done redbirds. Post up a photo or two once you have them mounted.


07-29-2015, 08:11 AM
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(07-29-2015, 05:38 AM)redbirds_imp Wrote: Having read of some forum members having the misfortune of accidents or dropping their bikes while moving them, I decided it was past time for some crash guards. These very nicely crafted SW Motech bars arrived today. Ordered a set for Pamela's V-strom as well.

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I'm thinking about getting those myself.
Where did you order those from? Twisted Throttle?


07-29-2015, 03:04 PM
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I installed these on my bike as well a couple days ago.
The right side crash bar sticks out quite a bit and looks like you could never scrape the engine or covers but the left side crash bar doesn't stick out but a tad past the left side engine cover, I held a level from the left side crash bar to a couple points to the back of the bike and the level hit the engine covers at a few different points.
Not sure if that is a good way to gauge where the bike may touch if its laid over or not.
I really like them and feel a little better knowing they are on there tho.


07-29-2015, 03:31 PM
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Well done mate. Let's see photos.

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07-29-2015, 06:38 PM
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(07-29-2015, 06:38 PM)Pterodactyl_imp Wrote: Well done mate. Let's see photos.

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