Does anyone have experience with Triumph Enduro Handguards?

[haroldo_psf]

I was looking at this handguard from Triumph:

http://www.triumph-online.co.uk/triumph ... 4548-p.asp

The question I have is the fitting. My 2000 885i came with lower handle bars (about 1 or 2 inches lower). I am not sure if this will be a deal killer if I wanted to use these guards?
I was trying to look in the close up picture, if the mounting mechanism offers some adjustment in any way?

If not, which handguards do you suggest? Thje Barkbusters S1 are single side mounted (bar end), and would be my second option., as I am not sure if single side mount would last long in offroad conditions (with crashes here and there  :lol:
These are the barkbusters:

http://www.twistedthrottle.com/trade/pr ... /4880/669/


Anything else I should look at? The Acerbis ones have mounting instructions that say you hace to cut your grips and throttle tube, etc, which I cdon't want to have to do as I have heated grips.

[Mustang]

http://www.triumph-online.co.uk/triumph ... 4548-p.asp

these are what you want if you are after strength and protection

[haroldo_psf]

http://www.triumph-online.co.uk/triumph ... 4548-p.asp

these are what you want if you are after strength and protection

thanks, I knew that... Question is, how high is the risk of them absolutely not fitting at all because I have slightly shorter bars (non OEM bars)?

I can hack and saw and dremmel and drill if needed...

[Chris Canning]

[quote="Mustang"

[/quote]these are what you want if you are after strength and protection[/quote]

E'r thats not weather protection,I've a similar pair on my XT,but they won't do you one iota of good in the rain,you'll need either BM ones or TouraTech with the extra add on,and then they will,oh and cheap they ain't.

[Mustang]

thanks, I knew that... Question is, how high is the risk of them absolutely not fitting at all because I have slightly shorter bars (non OEM bars)?

I can hack and saw and dremmel and drill if needed...

they are pretty flexible to the adjustments .

[iansoady]

thanks, I knew that... Question is, how high is the risk of them absolutely not fitting at all because I have slightly shorter bars (non OEM bars)?

I can hack and saw and dremmel and drill if needed...

they are pretty flexible to the adjustments .

They are to some extent but the ones I have on my Tiger only fit nicely in one position. I had to dremel a bit off the LHS one to accommodate the clutch adjuster.

Having said that, they are much more likely to save the levers if the bike is dropped. They do seem to increase vibration through the bars though.

[KiwiTIGERnOZ]

hi Haroldo,
I put on bark busters with a pro-taper fat bar. Stronger bar.
Barkbusters are cheap and you can replace the plastics if you scratch them. They are also VERY sturdy, I have had an on road crash and an off road crash and have saved my fingers and the levers!

They're aussie made also. I'm kiwi but they're still pretty good.  

[haroldo_psf]

hi Haroldo,
I put on bark busters with a pro-taper fat bar. Stronger bar.
Barkbusters are cheap and you can replace the plastics if you scratch them. They are also VERY sturdy, I have had an on road crash and an off road crash and have saved my fingers and the levers!

They're aussie made also. I'm kiwi but they're still pretty good.  

Sounds good! Where did you get the stronger bar? Pro-taper? Is it an option from Barkbusters?

[KiwiTIGERnOZ]

Yep protaper mini high and barkbuster. They fit together with a bit of persuasion. Looks awesome, i'll put up a pic of my girly. Total cost ~A$220.

[haroldo_psf]

On the barkbuster site the only models they show their Storm S1 and S7 only as models that fit the Girly. So, not sure which model you have?

I ended up getting the OEM Triumph Enduro ones from the link in above posts. I can fabricate my own expansion spoilers for weather with sheets of ABS plastic (done that before), so that's not an issue. At least this way my levers are protected should I drop the fully loaded bike.

Thanks for the help guys

[Marc]

TouraTech with the extra add on


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Would you have a TouraTech part nr. or a link ? There seem to be a lot of different models..

[chinchliffe]

I put the Triumph Enduro handguards on my 955i  from triumphonline and then added the extra flaps. Went on no problem and are nice quality. They are stamped KTM.

[Marc]

Nice!
Are these flaps self made? I didn't find any accessorie flaps at Triumphonline.

[chinchliffe]

Yes. Made from HIPs plastic and fitted with M3 stainless allen screws and nylocs.

Chris