Very interesting. Might be worth just for winter mornings. Can you attach any links?
Hand guards in lieu of the heated grips
I had intended to put the heated grips on mine (may yet install it upon release) but the wait was outpacing the cold here in Connecticut, so I bought these Acerbis for about $120 and installed them today. An easy install and i don't think they look too terrible, which surprised me. I rode down my road without gloves or a jacket at about 50 mph and the wind is definently deflected around the hands though you still get some good breeze up around the upper wrist and lower forearm. It's gotten warm again here but I think these guys will actually help a good bit on cold days where the wind is the biggest culprit for discomfort.
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Did you have to remove the threaded bar insert to fit this? Any additional hardware?
Revzilla were no help at all. I tried to buy from them. Just before I checked out, it said you may need additional hardware to fit this. So I emailed them asking what else I need. I get an email back saying "this may/may not fit your bike. Good luck"
I didn't need anything additional, but did take the original barends out. Once removed, there are 2 different expanding bits (sort of like concrete anchors) for different sized bar diameter (ours takes the smaller one) and 3 different spacers to set the distance that works best. On the clutch side any would work but on the right side I used the most narrow and it still touches the brake lever, but barely (I'll take a picture tomorrow). Obviously the bike looks better without them installed, but it's honestly a 10 to 15 minute job to swap the guards back out and reinstall the bar ends, so economically I think it's a good solution. Once the heated grips are out I'll probably add those, too, but these are serving me well so far.Did you have to remove the threaded bar insert to fit this? Any additional hardware?
Revzilla were no help at all. I tried to buy from them. Just before I checked out, it said you may need additional hardware to fit this. So I emailed them asking what else I need. I get an email back saying "this may/may not fit your bike. Good luck"![]()
Happy to do it! Also, here are the photographs I promised. The image showing the guard touching the brake lever I hope shows how minimal the contact is. It really doesn't seem to have an impact. The picture showing an array of hardware is - from left to right:
- Original bar end: comes out with an allen wrench
- "anchor": at least, that's what I'm calling it. This expands when you turn the allen headed bolt that mounts the guards to the bars.
- 3 small, round metal spacers: the size obviously creates the offset, but the keyway attaches on one side to the hardware turned by turning the aforementioned allen head that attaches to hard while the other locks it to the keyway in the device that spreads open the anchor. I actually didn't use a spacer on either side.
Third picture shows the end of the bar / guard
Last pictures shows the assembled hardware. Stick that in the bar end and just tighten the allen head bolt.
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