so what is the general concensus on these? I'd be interested to hear from anyone who's purchased these....
John, this is not as I know it the general consensus but just my experience. Take from it what you will.
The following is a letter I wrote to Ryan at MCE about MY experience.
On 9/13/2014 4:32 PM, Joseph Callahan III wrote:
Ryan,
I’m writing to you to make you aware of some issues I had / have after installing the Canyon Cages and rear guards I purchased from MCE.
The rear guard’s went on with no interference problems to the exhaust cans or bags. I was however extremely disappointed when I came to the part of the instructions that told me I needed to cut up the back side of my side panels in order to put them back on the bike.
Maybe I missed it but I don’t remember there being any mention of needing to do any alterations, to any of the body work on the bike at all, in either of the build threads on the forums.
As it sits now the side cover is sitting right against the mounting bracket for the guard, and the bottom edge of the side cover at the back still needs to move in at least 1/8” for the edge to align with the body work behind it. This alignment will only happen if I grind or file back the mounting bracket on the guard where it meets the side cover. I can’t remove anymore plastic on the side cover as the point on the bottom back where it hits the bracket has been filed down to just the thickness of the plastic from the outside edge.
I can’t do anything more to my side cover to get it to align at the back and not be sitting right on the mounting bracket.
I don’t see anything fixing it, short of grinding or filing back the point on the bracket where it hits the side cover by at least 1/8”, and then re-painting that area. Any thoughts?
The front brackets for the cages also went on with no interference problems other than the head of the supplied 10mm bolt on the right side being larger than the stock bolt. (17mm supplied vs 14mm stock) This on my bike made it impossible to get a box wrench or socket on it to tighten it and needed to be done with an open end wrench.
I was also disappointed to read in the directions for the upper mounts that there may be an excessive gap in the mount, that would need to be taken up by flat washers, with indication that none were supplied. Sure will suck for the people who don’t happen to have them lying around. As it was, mine needed a thick one and an average one on the right side, and two average ones on the left. Four total.
After putting all the plastics back on the bike and mounting the Canyon Cages, I noticed that the angle of the cage on the right side looked different than the left. The left cage looked to be very square with the body work of the bike, but the right side looked to be angled out at the bottom. There is at least ¼” difference in the space from the bodywork to the cage at the bottom of the cage from the right side to the left side.
I'm attaching some pictures so you can see what I'm talking about. You can see in the picture of the front guards where they are side by side that there is a difference of at least a 1/4" in length from the outside of the guard to the point where it attaches to the mount. In the picture, the guard on the left is the right guard and the right one is the left.
You will also see in the pictures that I had to file the bottom of the side covers, all the way back to the back side of the outside edge of the front side.
Let me know if there is anything that you think could be done to make this a more positive experience for me.
Thank You
Joe Callahan
