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Badger · Post by **Badger** » Sun Feb 06, 2005 3:13 pm

Anybody fitted DHM crash bungs & if so what are they like to fit ?

Alan

dm1663 · Post by **dm1663** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 5:17 am

There easy to fit. You need to loosen the fairing panel off a bit and remove a bolt that holds the engine onto the frame. then they attach using a sturdy bracket. 30 job-thats 10 minutes doing it and 20 minutes worrying about if you have tightened it all up enough.

essexbloke · Post by **essexbloke** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 8:04 am

Whilst this subject is in the air, anyone got a pair of the RG Bungs? The ones with the metal rod that goes through the top of the engine (not literally).

I need the dimensions of the rod... length, width, thread length etc... (i have a family contact who can make me one in stainless....so i can then put my own bobbins on the ends...

Cheers....

ips · Post by **ips** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 4:15 pm

I have a set of R&G crash bungs, havenâ€™t fitted them yet.
So here you go, hope this helps.

Bar:
12mm Diameter, 380 mm Long, Threaded for 25mm at both ends.
Bar Ends:
Bar End 1. 58mm long overall
25mm Dia for 42mm, 16mm Dia for 16mm.
22mm flat for 16mm (centre of bar end)
Bar End 2. 55 mm long overall
16mm Dia for 19mm, 25mm Dia for 21mm (22 mm flat), 17mm Dia for 15mm (14mm flat)

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essexbloke · Post by **essexbloke** » Tue Feb 15, 2005 8:23 am

Thanks for that....details passed on... Suddenly occurred to me though.... i know that the bar goes through, but where does it fix to? Is it the main fairing bracket either side? Any fixing over the engine? (guessing not) Cheers...

ips · Post by **ips** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 5:46 pm

The bar goes through the engine mount, bar ends are then screwed on to the bar, the bungs then bolt on to the bar ends.

With the R&G setup you have to modify the fairing, cut a hole were the bar ends are, bolt bungs through the fairing onto the bar ends.

If you don't want to modify the fairing other company use brackets that mount on the engine mounts then the bung is fitted to the bracket above the fairing.

I prefer to have the bung mounted directly on the engine mount which is why I chose the R&G setup even thought you need to modify the fairing.

ips · Post by **ips** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 5:50 pm

The R&G bar replaces the original engine mounting bar, it is not as well as.

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:17 pm

Essex Bloke, I've got some R&G Bungs on. I couldn't say how easy to fit they are as I bottled it and got someone to do it for me.
They work pretty well, as it didn't suffer any damage when some knob at work tried to move my bike and dropped it on the floor! You'll need (if you haven't already) to ditch the OE Honda indicators which seem to come from a bus for some mini ones. Then they'll fit inside the area protected by the bungs. I used micro arrow ones, with a long stalk. They just poke through the hole in the fairing where the original ones did, and all you can see is the indicator, no stalk.
If the indicators stick out past the crash bungs, it's them that do the damage to the fairing inner panels as they're fixed straight onto them.

essexbloke · Post by **essexbloke** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 8:40 am

Cool....cheers, have already got dinky indicators all round so no worries there....