Cylinder head guards or crashbars

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Re: Cylinder head guards or crashbars

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Jack_the_Lad wrote: The good news with those crash bars (if they are the same material matt finish stainless steel as Touratech's version on the GS) is that five minutes with a wire brush on an electric drill and the scrapes are all gone.  Fell off my GSA an embarrassing number of times on all kinds of surfaces (including six very low speed get-offs while training in a car park) and to my huge surprise the old laugh "that'll buff right out" is actually true!  Almost as good as new, although they bend a bit eventualy and then have to be bent back into place.

I'll give that a try, thanks. 👍
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Re: Cylinder head guards or crashbars

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I’ve a 2020 1250 RT and am looking at head guards. I’ve decided against crash bars bc I don’t like the look. Also, although it’d be nice to have highway bars, on these bikes the foot rests are too wide for my tastes. My goal is to save the head covers in low speed drops and I think guards will do that.


Anyone have experience with the touratech head guard?  https://touratech-usa.com/store/Touratech-Cylinder-Head-Guards-BMW-R1250GS#&gid=null&pid=14  Can anyone report out about any other head guard products? Thx
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Re: Cylinder head guards or crashbars

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I managed to flub the clutch and killed it taking off from a stop and had the misfortune to also have a patch of sand under my right foot and down she went. 4 days after I picked it up. Scuffed the mirror, valve cover and pannier on the right side. Also did a number on my pride. My illium bars were already on order. I'll probably put a set of  cylinder covers to hide the scuff.
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Re: Cylinder head guards or crashbars

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Go for a strong crash bar. I came off at a mega speed of 5 mph. The genuine BMW cylinder just snapped off. The other damage was the mirror cover, pannier scuff, and front indicator. They just didn't protect at all.  So i bought a new pair of cylinder protectors to cover the rash on the cylinder head and a pair of front and rear crash bars. Belt and braces style
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