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I have the proper ones fitted as supplied by Honda back in the day on my 400/4. Look great, very useful if you just have a stationary or very low speed drop as they would protect the engine and some other sticky out bits but I am fully aware that if I came off the bike at any decent speed and the bike hit the deck quite hard, the bars would bend, if not snap the engine mounting lugs and possibly the frame.
Quote from: Nurse Julie on November 06, 2019, 06:25:19 PMI have the proper ones fitted as supplied by Honda back in the day on my 400/4. Look great, very useful if you just have a stationary or very low speed drop as they would protect the engine and some other sticky out bits but I am fully aware that if I came off the bike at any decent speed and the bike hit the deck quite hard, the bars would bend, if not snap the engine mounting lugs and possibly the frame.Got a pic handy, Julie?
You can see the fixing points on these Rickman bars. They come in 2 halves and are a complete tube pipe design, unlike what DS sells now which are only half a tube, if you get my drift
Thanks!Quote from: Nurse Julie on November 07, 2019, 11:15:54 AMYou can see the fixing points on these Rickman bars. They come in 2 halves and are a complete tube pipe design, unlike what DS sells now which are only half a tube, if you get my drift I don't, but that's ok! The ones currently offered by DS are rather... busier than yours:
If you look at the top pic, you can see the vertical bars are only ½ a tube, so in effect they are ornamental.
Quote from: Nurse Julie on November 07, 2019, 12:01:12 PMIf you look at the top pic, you can see the vertical bars are only ½ a tube, so in effect they are ornamental.Ah-so! The entire "web" structure within the outside tubing is indeed half-round - horizontal and vertical, I think. I initially thought you meant all of the tubing.I wonder if those extra half-round bits would do anything at all if called upon to help provide protection in any kind of fall. I think yours look better; less is more to my eye...