soft ties around the fork tubes+10
Canyon dancers. Don't over tighten and you'll never have an issue. I see people over tighten to the point they pull the grips on bikes LoL
Guy at Kawasaki shop has delivered several brand news ones, according to him sometimes hundreds of miles. And he said he can't believe people frown upon canyon dancers on the handlebars. I asked him to get some pics but i haven't ran into the fella'.
Canyon dancers. Don't over tighten and you'll never have an issue. I see people over tighten to the point they pull the grips on bikes LoL
Guy at Kawasaki shop has delivered several brand news ones, according to him sometimes hundreds of miles. And he said he can't believe people frown upon canyon dancers on the handlebars. I asked him to get some pics but i haven't ran into the fella'.
All I'm gonna say is them stanchions are cast aluminum. And there is plenty of leverage. Too easy to plan ahead and use the soft ties.
Yeah, the stealership hauler guy told me he uses canyon dancers on ALL bikes he hauls, never had an issue.
I'm seen a fat man into ABS brake mode hard and stop on a dime, thats more pressure on the handle bars than any tie down should employ to hold the bike upright on a trailer
I believe you misspoke and meant a 'gravitationally challenged person'. His significant other might be referred to as 'A gravitationally challenged gyno- American' just to be politically correct.All I can say to the above is BINGO!!! This alone led me to the LSL bars. Irrational fear? Not to me. It only takes the smallest flaw in cast anything to lead to total failure. I'll take a bend over a fracture anyday. Hairfractures can be next to impossible to spot, right up to the point of a dangling bar.
Of course you are correct- the bike can generate about 1 G or close so a 300 lb. person would easily put 150 lbs. of force on the bars just in braking and hitting a bump would greatly increase that. Plus the fact that the C-14 is a heavy bike and the general man- handling done to the bike is almost always done through the handlebars, especially the left one when putting it up on a side stand, trying to prevent a drop, etc. Handlebars simply have to be robust on all motorcycles or they would be failing pretty commonly.
There is a gentleman who had the left handlebar fail on a nearly brand new C-14 without any apparent shock or damage being done. That said, there is no way to know what happened in the bike's history including during manufacturing in Japan. It could also have been defective handlebars- who knows?
As I said, I would not start out or plan to bind a C-14 down by the handlebars but I would do so if I had to and have in the past, although only the one time.
Brian
All I can say to the above is BINGO!!! This alone led me to the LSL bars. Irrational fear? Not to me. It only takes the smallest flaw in cast anything to lead to total failure. I'll take a bend over a fracture anyday. Hairfractures can be next to impossible to spot, right up to the point of a dangling bar.
Call me Cap'n Bar if ya want, someones gotta pickup the slack/void left behind