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Hand guards
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(13-01-19, 05:47 PM)fazersharp link Wrote: They look like suzuki v strom hand guards which I have researched myself in the past for my boxeye.
If you had bar ends fitted then the open "U" shape is supposed to clip onto the bar end weights. From the pictures it looks like you do not have bar ends so that the u shape without bar ends fitted now floats further towards the back of the bike meaning that the guard also sits closer to the leaver and so bringing it clear of the fairing on full lock. And the reason you can get away with doing it like that is because you have shorty leavers. Otherwise the guards would touch the fairing even with the non OEM bars.
Have I got that right, and going by the mirrors looks like yours a Foxeye.

I am interested to hear that they do not press in at speed despite the lack of the end fitting. Personally I am not brave enough use them like that just incase any "off" resulted in an examination of the bike and it was used as an excuse not to pay out.


Yes, it's an '03 Fox-eye. When I first got the bike back in 2012 it was fitted with standard levers, standard bars with standard bar-ends and there was still no problem with the guards on full lock, not that I noticed with it being my first bike, plus I wasn't "full locking" with any confidence anyway.  I fitted Renthal 758s with the shorty levers about 4 years ago but never got round to fitting bar-ends as the originals didn't fit, it seems to make no difference with the buzzing having ends or not to be honest.  Also as I do a lot of riding in London the wider Renthals with 2 inch bar-ends isn't a desirable combination...
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Hand guards - by spider - 21-12-18, 09:34 AM
Re: Hand guards - by bandit - 21-12-18, 11:17 AM
Re: Hand guards - by fazersharp - 21-12-18, 12:03 PM
Re: Hand guards - by darrsi - 21-12-18, 02:58 PM
Re: Hand guards - by Buzz - 11-01-19, 02:18 PM
Re: Hand guards - by darrsi - 11-01-19, 02:28 PM
Re: Hand guards - by fazersharp - 11-01-19, 06:56 PM
Re: Hand guards - by Buzz - 13-01-19, 04:38 PM
Re: Hand guards - by darrsi - 13-01-19, 05:41 PM
Re: Hand guards - by fazersharp - 13-01-19, 05:47 PM
Re: Hand guards - by Pal - 17-01-19, 02:20 PM
Re: Hand guards - by Buzz - 23-01-19, 10:18 PM

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