Handguards. My latest winter preperation

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Tried hotgrips and wasn't impressed, just gave me sweaty palms and frozen knuckles. Fitted scrambler type handguards today (10 quid off ebay) and it really stops the wind chill. Should cure the frozen hand probs on motorways on sub-zero mornings. I'll remove them in spring.

[chric]

link?
and what make are the grips

[leevtr]

link?
and what make are the grips

Protaper

[Rob]

They don't look too bad, being black with Yellow writing. Matches the bike.

I'm still thinking about heated gloves. Can't decide.....

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Is it just the photo or did you cut a piece out of the fairing to fit the crash bungs?

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The hole was already there when I got the bike and nothing to do with the crash mushrooms I've fitted.

What put me off heated gloves was the wire kepot getting tangled and was dangerous at times. The ones that connect to a heated jacket would be better but that's an expensive route. The hand guards seem to work fine. Went along the motorway without gloves to test them and they do work well.

The handlebar grips are Pro Taper made of gel to keep warm and stop vibration and with a double edged rim at the inner edge to stop vibration running to the grips. They're also tapoered (hence the name) to stop hands slipping down sloping bars. Seem great so far and look good I think. Fast delivery for a foreign ebay sale as well (one week).

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250966415791? ... 1439.l2649

[Rob]

Keeping my heated grips, not perfect I know but at least it's some heat.

Got a link to the handguards?

I've bought some new bars to help with comfort - only problem is they will make my hands more exposed

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Oh and they do the pro taper grips in red as well.

[toonarmy]

220981534696 this is the guards chaps few different colours

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Handguards 20 quid

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ACERBIS-UNIKO ... 2a1efa9db0

[toonarmy]

did they fit easy mate and have you got good clearance for levers?

[Rob]

Thanks. Looks like you just tie wrapped them on? Can't get much easier fitting than that

[toonarmy]

no looks like they have brackets with bolts to fit somewhere on bars

[VTRDark]

Can you post a link to the hole in the fairing. Why didn't you just take the fairing off to fit the crash bungs.

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The hole was already there when I got the bike Carl and I reckon is something to do with previous crash bungs. The ones I fitted went on easily with no butchering.

[tony.mon]

The hole was already there when I got the bike Carl and I reckon is something to do with previous crash bungs. The ones I fitted went on easily with no butchering.

Yes, the PO didn't have the brackets so fitted the DHM posts directly into the engine mountings.

Acerbis do a fitting kit that has a metal bracket; it runs across the bark busters and comes out of the end, mounting onto the end of the bar weight.
It'll stop the guard being blown back by the wind at high speed and applying the front brake all by itself.
http://www.acerbis.it/images/cat/pdf/lo ... guards.pdf