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How many ride without the crash bar?
- Thread starter helpme15
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RIP Billy Mays
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If your engine guard hits before your floor boards....you are already in trouble.
I'm not getting the whole "crash bar scrapes the ground" thing...
I've leaned plenty of Harleys over hard in turns. The rear corner of the floor board hits first. The board then folds up, and the floor board mount starts to scrape. If you lean to aggressively, the floor board MOUNT is what cantilevers the tire of the ground. You can feel it unload the suspension, and it's not a comfortable feeling at all. The engine guard doesn't even get close to scraping.
Maybe, just maybe in a SEVERE tight uphill negative camber turn. But if you're trying to haul arse on those kind of roads, then pull out your Supermoto and have at it.
I've leaned plenty of Harleys over hard in turns. The rear corner of the floor board hits first. The board then folds up, and the floor board mount starts to scrape. If you lean to aggressively, the floor board MOUNT is what cantilevers the tire of the ground. You can feel it unload the suspension, and it's not a comfortable feeling at all. The engine guard doesn't even get close to scraping.
Maybe, just maybe in a SEVERE tight uphill negative camber turn. But if you're trying to haul arse on those kind of roads, then pull out your Supermoto and have at it.
randomtoad
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Black 'em out..they will almost disappear...see my pic....
Ellie Marieee :)
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Left mine on to attach my Hogg Chopps lowers and Kuryakan Cruise Boards for comfort. They don't look so bad when they are serving more functions than just an engine guard!
brother_razia
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If I wanted my bike to look like a Honda, I would have bought one. Engine guard FTW!!
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aaron11292
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My engine guard saved me from a tremendous cost to repair my bike after my accident last summer. I only had to replace the guard (went black of course), rather than the whole right side of my bike and then repainting. What could have been thousands of dollars was merely a couple hundred. I'm unlikely to ride without one again.
I agree and wouldn't go out on the road without an engine guard. In fact, I installed saddlebag guards on my SG, which didn't have them originally, for further personal protection and to protect the saddlebags in case I dropped the bike. I had a major accident last October when I hit a dog and other than a partially-torn ACL from bouncing down the highway had no major leg injuries, and the guards protected the engine completely from damage. All damage was cosmetic even though the bike slid 100' or so down the road on its left side.
As for cornering, the kickstand drags first on left corners only, then the floorboards. If you are really leaning into the corner they will pivot upwards and the floorboard brackets are next in line. They are fixed to the frame and if anything raises the wheel in cornering it will be these brackets. I've never heard of anyone scraping the engine guard in cornering, although I guess anything is possible.
As for cornering, the kickstand drags first on left corners only, then the floorboards. If you are really leaning into the corner they will pivot upwards and the floorboard brackets are next in line. They are fixed to the frame and if anything raises the wheel in cornering it will be these brackets. I've never heard of anyone scraping the engine guard in cornering, although I guess anything is possible.