Thanks for the photos! I've still got the "bathroom bars" and thankfully haven't gotten to test them yet to see if they provide better protection for the entire bike vs these. Does anyone know if the earlier version MCE bars were supposed to protect the mirrors or not?
Yes, watch their drop vid here... http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=7593.msg91307#msg91307Thanks!
I don't think anyone has questioned the protection ability of the bathroom bars. It's a question of aesthetics. There's form, and there's function, and to many, the bathroom bars are too much function over form. That's CERTAINLY not true for everyone, and it's not a criticism of any who hold that opinion either way.
There are some photos of when we laid the bike over back on page 35-40 or so. We decided against the video for reasons I posted above but there are some photos you can check out a few pages back of the bike on its side and what part of the bike hits when. If you'd like a few more photos of the bike on its side, I may be able to lay it over one last time and take some additional angles.
Will the 08/09 bars need the extra loop on them? Does it need to be there? I can see a vertical bar, and a horizontal bar. Is the extra loop really needed?
Hi Ryan ,
Is there any possibility of including swing arm and front fork sliders with the group buy package and how do you think they would work in conjunction with the bars.
Looking at ZG's pics of the Top Block ones with his recent drive way tip , they did seem to offer some protection to the exhaust.
I would also like to extend my thanks to Zulu for unselfishly offering his bike as the test bike for the bars. Much appreciated .
I'm not quite sure what loop you're referring to but everything we did to the cage was done for one reason or another. We wanted these to be as low profile as possible while still offering great protection so we really tried to avoid any unnecessary material or additions. We'll be using the cage we just completed as a sort of template but it'll be a brand new design with all unnecessary things removed. As far as what will or will not be needed, we won't really know until we get the bike in and begin preliminary design but you can bet we're going to do our best to create a low profile product that looks as well as it performs.
Hi Ryan ,
The fork and swing arm sliders referred to were made by Topblock in France. I was hoping you may have had something similar on your range which would then make a nice complete package and simplified my logistics.
Projekt D also has sliders.I think ZG said the French things are longer than the Asian things.
http://projektd.com/index.php?cPath=27_39_40&osCsid=03f8229bdf179540faa44b59aebe0419
The L shaped bar that connects the horizontal bar with the vertical bar. Adding it kinda makes a rectangle loop.