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

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)

Mine has the Wingerline Highwaybars 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.

I'll measure this evening.

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.

One more question:

Are the Wingerline bars hard to put on?

Mister_Breeze wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08:


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.