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Show us your Handguards
16 Jan 21, 00:12 AM
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DetourPhil
Crossrunner Pro
Posts: 167
Country: United Kingdom
Show us your Handguards
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December 04, 2013, 07:05:02 PM
Hi, I know there's a recent post with info about screens and handguards but thought it could be beneficial to have a thread dedicated to the various handguards available.
So what do you have fitted, how do they attach to the bar & how do you rate them?
Phil
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leathers999
Crossrunner Master
Posts: 256
Bike: Crossrunner
City / Town: Andover
Country: UK
Re: Show us your Handguards
Reply #1 on:
December 06, 2013, 03:23:51 PM
Phil
Seems people are a bit shy!!
don't worry though I have just ordered some barkbuster storms and will gladly show you next week when fitted.
John
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DetourPhil
Crossrunner Pro
Posts: 167
Country: United Kingdom
Re: Show us your Handguards
Reply #2 on:
December 06, 2013, 03:57:28 PM
Originally Posted by
leathers999
Phil
Seems people are a bit shy!!
don't worry though I have just ordered some barkbuster storms and will gladly show you next week when fitted.
John
Cheers John,
Yeah responses have been a bit thin on the ground!
The Storms look good, I'm not sure how the inner end attaches to the bar, I don't fancy chopping the plastic shroud.
I also like the look of the Acerbis Dual Roads.
Let us know how you get on.
Phil
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Black Jack
Crossrunner Member
Posts: 42
Bike: VFR800X
City / Town: North Yorkshire
Country: UK
Re: Show us your Handguards
Reply #3 on:
December 06, 2013, 05:30:09 PM
I've fitted the Barkbuster 'Storms' - which was easier to do than post photographs on here. They are plastic guards mounted on a single aluminium 'backbone' - which has to be tweaked (bent) slightly in order to clear the instrument 'pod' on full-lock. There is no need to cut the plastic and they come with an assortment of fittings. They replace the bar-end weights and screw directly into the existing handlebar. There is no other handlebar attachment with the 'Storms' - which wouldn't work in any case with the standard XRunner bars - but they seem secure enough to me. They
may
rotate in the event of a fall, but are designed for weather protection rather than full impact protection.
PS: Here's a link to xrunjoe's thread with photos:
https://www.honda-crossrunner.com/index.php?topic=57.0
Last Edit: December 07, 2013, 10:17:17 AM by Black Jack
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leathers999
Crossrunner Master
Posts: 256
Bike: Crossrunner
City / Town: Andover
Country: UK
Re: Show us your Handguards
Reply #4 on:
December 10, 2013, 08:03:36 PM
Just fitted Barkbuster Stroms to theCR and they look gooooood!
Blackjack - confused re your comments regarding bar ends, I took off bar end, used the replacement longer screw that comes with the kit and put back on original bar end with the aluminium spine outside, works well and fits a treat
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Black Jack
Crossrunner Member
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Bike: VFR800X
City / Town: North Yorkshire
Country: UK
Re: Show us your Handguards
Reply #5 on:
December 11, 2013, 09:08:46 AM
I took the original bar-end weights off and fitted the Barkbuster spacer and fittings directly into the threaded section that remained in the bar. There may be other, equally effective, ways of fitting the Storms; but either way, you're right - they do look good
and
they work.
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leathers999
Crossrunner Master
Posts: 256
Bike: Crossrunner
City / Town: Andover
Country: UK
Re: Show us your Handguards
Reply #6 on:
December 11, 2013, 11:33:00 AM
UPDATE decided to look at the drawings again this morning and fitted them properly (ala Black Jack) D'oh!! Much better
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Black Jack
Crossrunner Member
Posts: 42
Bike: VFR800X
City / Town: North Yorkshire
Country: UK
Re: Show us your Handguards
Reply #7 on:
December 11, 2013, 12:05:29 PM
Originally Posted by
leathers999
UPDATE decided to look at the drawings again this morning and fitted them properly (ala Black Jack) D'oh!! Much better
Hi John - I've reached the age that, when I wander off out to the garage to tinker with something, unless I take the plans with me I'll have forgotten what it was I had intended to tinker with by the time I get there.
Bob
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leathers999
Crossrunner Master
Posts: 256
Bike: Crossrunner
City / Town: Andover
Country: UK
Re: Show us your Handguards
Reply #8 on:
December 11, 2013, 01:12:38 PM
Know the feeling!!
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leathers999
Crossrunner Master
Posts: 256
Bike: Crossrunner
City / Town: Andover
Country: UK
Re: Show us your Handguards
Reply #9 on:
December 12, 2013, 06:04:47 PM
OK just been for a ride for the first time since I've fitted the handguards. They definitely keep an awful lot of wind off your hands but is it just me as I seem to have a lot more wind on my shoulders and chin!! Anyone else get this ?
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