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Message started by FreeSpirit on 08/18/07 at 22:39:11

Title: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by FreeSpirit on 08/18/07 at 22:39:11

Can anyone tell me if highway bars will protect the bike in case of dropping bike?

Will it Help protect the rider,in case of dropping bike?

I do understand the stock S40 engine guard may do little ,but I'm thinking more on line of a normal size Highway Bar.

Thanks for any info!

Title: Re: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by thumperclone on 08/19/07 at 09:44:10

have the oem engine guard on my 06 havent seen any posts of other bars for the ls..

Title: Re: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by azjay on 08/19/07 at 09:52:25

the 2 that i'm aware of are the suzuki part, and the wingerline part. the suzuki part wont help at all (we have one), they are for looks and mounting highway pegs. i dont know if the winger will keep the bike off the ground or not. you can do a search for wingerline, give it 500 or more days, and you'll see several posts about them.

Title: Re: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by FreeSpirit on 08/19/07 at 10:03:09

Hi....Thumperclone,

Does the stock one help? or have you not dropped your bike yet and found out?

I would even get the stock one if I thought it would help.But so far I think most ppl mention the Wingerline(bigger ones)

Also I saw a Savage with a Mustache(sp) bar and the owner had put it on....think it came from a Harley!I would do that but dont know what size/type of Harley it was for.(forgot to ask)
Would probably need right one for holes to fit!?

Hope others will post and give me info as requested :-)on the protection of highway bars.

I want to do it if it will help,even temporarily while I'm still learning.(but don't have money to waste)

Title: Re: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by FreeSpirit on 08/19/07 at 10:26:36

AzJay

Thanks for your post and info!

BTW,Wanted to add,I didnt like the looks of the Mustache bar or at least the one I saw but....IF it will protect you some,I'm willing to use it temporarily.

Would like more info.....as something got my leg big time when I dropped it!! I'm thinking it was the foot peg.

Would rather not go thru that again.....It took about 4 -5 days for swelling to go down enough to feel comfortable again :-)

Title: Re: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by Savage_Rob on 08/19/07 at 13:55:00

Mine has the Wingerline Highwaybars (http://www.accessoryinternational.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=AI&Product_Code=AUSWLS02) and it extends far enough out that it would protect parts of the bike but I do it mostly to help keep the bike off my legs in the event of a slide.
http://www.accessoryinternational.com/Merchant2/wingSWLS02.jpg
http://rob.savageriders.com/images/Nadine%202007-05-13%20002.jpg

Title: Re: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by FreeSpirit on 08/19/07 at 15:47:39

Savage_Rob,

Thanks for the info......and,the main reason I want them is to protect me :-) Mirrors and stuff are much easier to replace.

If I'm hurt,I can't ride!
(It was my leg that took the longest to heal.)

Would you do me a big favor though....Would you tell me the width of those bars? or approximate.

Thanks so much!

Title: Re: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by Savage_Rob on 08/20/07 at 05:25:48

I'll measure this evening.

Title: Re: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by Mister_Breeze on 08/20/07 at 07:04:58

IMO if you're looking for protection the OEM bars are a waste of money. Wish I would'nt have bought them

Title: Re: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by FreeSpirit on 08/20/07 at 10:53:08

Yes, i would think now the oem guards arent much good unless maybe you put highway pegs on them,but still dont know if that would help.
Maybe someone who's done that will post and let us know,just for more info on this subject.

If I was mechanically minded I'd be tempted to make some Highway bars :-) Looks like it would be in much demand,here anyway.But would have to be able to make them cheaper than the Wingerline :-)

But I'm going to have to get the money for the Wingerline I guess....no other options that I see.

Thanks for all help!

BTW I didnt see anything on this in the Tech forum....maybe due to few options.Or maybe its in there somewhere and I just couldnt find it.

Title: Re: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by Savage_Rob on 08/21/07 at 05:39:07

FreeSpirit wrote:

Where's Rob??

Huh?

The Wingerline highwaybars are approximately 27" at the top/widest.

Title: Re: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by FreeSpirit on 08/21/07 at 22:39:40

One more question:

Are the Wingerline bars hard to put on?

Title: Re: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by Savage_Rob on 08/22/07 at 12:52:50

FreeSpirit wrote:

One more question:

Are the Wingerline bars hard to put on?

Nope. Very easy.

Title: Re: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by wrongwayair on 08/22/07 at 15:15:48

Mister_Breeze wrote:

IMO if you're looking for protection the OEM bars are a waste of money.

You may be right on the OEM bars. But a friend got in a hurry one day, forgot to put the kickstand down & down goes the bike. She said the standard bars did make it easier to pick up the bike by herself.

Title: Re: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by FreeSpirit on 08/24/07 at 09:25:39

I do still wonder ,"a little bit", if foot pegs were added to the (S40)oem bars/guards ,would that work pretty good....but NO ONE has said yet :-)

Plus I dont even know if they make foot pegs to fit that type of bar......only because I dont know much about the different types of foot pegs or mounting them on.

OK, I've gotten it all out now :-) Nothing else that I wonder about as far as hwy bars/pegs :-)

Title: Re: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by youzguyz on 08/24/07 at 09:33:52

I just picked up the OEM bar .. and plan to install it this weekend. I have some cheap footpegs laying around that I plan to mount on the bar.
I'm not looking for the bar to do any protection.. just something that looks ok that I can put pegs on so I can change position a bit.
Most pegs (including these) can fold up when not in use, so that would reduce how much of a "little bit" of help that it give for protection.

Title: Re: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by FreeSpirit on 08/24/07 at 11:08:41

Youzguyz.....

I forgot about the folding pegs :-(

My front/rider pegs don't fold up.....they were changed from oem ones before I bought it.....so I keep forgetting about the fold up pegs.(I really don't know why mine don't)

Yeah,youre right,wouldnt help much as far as adding protection :-)

Thanks!

Title: Re: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by T-Mack1 on 08/24/07 at 11:33:38

My '01 front OEM pegs are there, .......they sort of bend up if pushed .........but they aren't designed to stay up.

Title: Re: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by youzguyz on 08/24/07 at 11:39:07

FreeSpirit wrote:

My front/rider pegs don't fold up.....they were changed from oem ones before I bought it.....so I keep forgetting about the fold up pegs.(I really don't know why mine don't)

FreeSpirit,
The stock front driver pegs do not fold up, and are not designed to do so. They just bend-up a little (like T-Mack says). That is so they don't snap off (or pivot the bike) if you lean so far in a turn that you "scrape a peg".
Highway pegs.. that are mounted in addition to the driver pegs CAN fold up.. or not. It depends on what you put on there.
The ones I have will fold up.

Title: Re: Highway Bars ....Info Please
Post by FreeSpirit on 08/24/07 at 23:27:29

Oh,ok,so you can get highway pegs that dont fold up.

And my rider pegs are custom,not original and they will move up only/ maybe 1/8" .....Dont know if that's good or bad.

And don't understand why someone put those on like that.I would think its not good,but I dont know.