fitting hand guards to a storm?

Hanuman · Post by **Hanuman** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 5:54 pm

I'm thinking of putting some of these barkbuster VPS handguards on the bike in color coded style;

anybody ever fitted motocross hand guards on a sports bike?

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 11:01 pm

I assume that goes from the bar weight end to a point, err

Are they for keeping the cold wind off your 'paws' more than normal protection?

Might be a neat idea. Need to see a set of these particular ones on a bike (any bike!)

Hanuman · Post by **Hanuman** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 11:23 pm

yup - my figuring is that hot grips only warm your palms, your hands still get soaked if it pishes down and your finger tips still get frozzen.

With bar muffs you can get away with wearing summer gloves to increase feel and you keep the wind and rain off as well as staying warm enough. However they don't look very good & can be a bit of a faff.

Whereas the hand guards above look as though they were designed to go on a storm imho, they also protect your bar end and levers in an off, they stop the wind chill and rain from getting onto your hands and I reckon you can get away with leather race gloves.

I need to take some measurements to see if they would fit + work out if they would foul the fairing/tank.

Fireman on a Storm · Post by **Fireman on a Storm** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 11:27 pm

I think the tank would be fine but worry about the fairing!

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:24 am

Yeah, I second that FOAS. I reckon fouling on the upper part of the fairing might be a big problem. CIC will need to do some close up work with them in his hand to check it out about the travel. I follow his sentiments though re. frontal windfactor. I don't suppose they have to be too high to protect the section from knuckle to joint though.
By the way, I have found the fingertips are OK with the heated grips.

Will be interesting to see if this mod works.

Hanuman · Post by **Hanuman** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:58 am

re: grips and finger tips - aye but you are in Kent matey, I'm deep in the border county for my hooning with caber tossing sporan clad haggis's galloping over porridge covered glens and it's fecking freezin up here. Multiply the drop in temps up here by the wind chill off the North Sea and you'll know what I mean.

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 1:02 am

Point taken!

Stormin Ben · Post by **Stormin Ben** » Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:33 pm

I know from experience the cheapy M&P ones don't fit.
The top fouled the fairing
However, some lower profile ones like these may well do the job

The other alternative is to modify the lockstops on your bike so they don't foul the fairing (NB reducing steering lock takes a bit of getting used to!)

delmeekc · Post by **delmeekc** » Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:09 am

I use a pair of MSR XC Cold Pro gloves in the winter, not much protection (compaired to leather/carbon etc) but more feel than normal gloves (even summer ones) and so far waterproof. Got them from Jim Aim Motorcycles. They recommended them and I was abit hesitant as they felt loose but after a while they feel great, as used by the winter enduro guys. Worth a try as less then Â£40 too if I remember. Very warm, toasting in fact.