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Fraser Waters
Великобритания
Добавлен 19 фев 2013
Fitting BARKBUSTERS® Handguards to a BMW F 850 GS
In this video I tell you why i'm fitting BARKBUSTERS® Handguards to my bike and show you how to do it yourself.
I show how to fit the Hardware Kit - Two Point Mount (BHG-085) & the VPS Plastic Guards.
Please keep in mind that I'm not a qualified motorbike mechanic, this is just the way I do things and if you're in anyway unsure of your own abilities to do any of the work please contact your local workshop and pay them to do the work for you.
Here's a link to the BARKBUSTERS® website for details of what was fitted, in case you want to order your own set, which you definitely do!
I show how to fit the Hardware Kit - Two Point Mount (BHG-085) & the VPS Plastic Guards.
Please keep in mind that I'm not a qualified motorbike mechanic, this is just the way I do things and if you're in anyway unsure of your own abilities to do any of the work please contact your local workshop and pay them to do the work for you.
Here's a link to the BARKBUSTERS® website for details of what was fitted, in case you want to order your own set, which you definitely do!
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Fitting Touratech Works LOW Pegs to a BMW F 850 GS
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In this video I tell you why i'm fitting the Touratech Works LOW pegs to my bike and also show you how to do it yourself. Bear in mind I'm not a qualified motorbike mechanic, this is just the way I do things and if you're in anyway unsure of your own abilities to do any of the work please contact your local workshop and pay them to do the work for you.
I have an F900GSA and the Barkbuster site gave me the reference BHG 151 and I see that I need the BHG 085 kit... Thanks for your tutorial
What windscreen is that? I've been searching for that exact one!
It’s a WRS Capanord with fitting kit. WRS TRANSPARENT CAPONORD WINDSCREEN + MOUNTING KIT
If you have a GSA, the BBs won't fit without bar risers or maybe major adjustments to the controls. The gas tank is wider and taller on the sides.
Do you know where you can buy the tool to remove the bar end screw?
Amazon or any hardware store. It’s a torx 50
Amazon or any hardware store. It’s a torx 50
I was wondering if the BBs would fit the 850GS with all the furniture it has on the right side of the bike. Right now I’m running the wunderlich protectors but they are a bit a nightmare since it feels they bend with every time the bike drops and then are very difficult to bend back into the right shape. I’ll likely also switch to bark busters, but your video was needed to give me the confidence that it actually works. Oh and if you intend on dropping your bike more often offroad, switch the mirrors to the ones from double take or a similar offroad mirror, they have such a long lever that they will easily break the Aluminium clamp that attaches your break and clutch lever to the handlebar. Happened to me, was lucky that it broke in a way that it still held them in place and I could continue riding. Great vid, very helpful!
Hi, is there any changing as aerodynamical for wind? as positively or negatively against OEM handguards
Hard to tell tbh.
I don’t have the bark busters but last week I dropped my bike it was almost slow motion. No damage whatsoever on the bike but the OEM hand guard and the break lever broke. I ordered a different hand guard with an aluminum protective bar to evade it.
Hi! What is the torque settings for the handlebar bolts? Thanks!
What did you torgue these up to
The OEM weight bolts take 38 Nm, according to BMW. Barkbusters provides torque specs for the rest.
Did the right barkbuster bracket touch the TFT-screen when you did a full steer to the left? Did so for me. Had to move the right mirror/brake bracket a couple of mm.
Hi, Bjorn, thanks for your question. Neither of the handguards touched the screen, but I have rotated my bars slightly forward from the original setup. I have experimented with moving the mirrors in board a little to allow the handguards to be slightly nearer horizontal, but tbh it made very little difference.
@@thefraserwaters Aha! You moved the handlebar a bit. I did not think of that, smart. I will try that. =)
@@bjornandersson3509 I checked and I have 15mm clearance between the tft and the hand guards on both sides.
Have the same bike Fraser and contemplating putting these pegs on, as I'm 6ft 2" and need to stretch the bend out in my legs. Not quite sure what the engineers had in mind with the brake pedal as i find it sits way too low, am sure the pegs help. Have had the Barkbusters for a while but having a problem to get them at the angle I want on the clutch side. Thanks for the videos, good angles on the camera and description. Greetings from Canada.
Hi David, thanks for watching and for the comment. At 6' 2" you're about 2" taller than me, the pegs will definitely help with lengthening you out on the bike, the other thing you'll find is that the controls are now closer to you when standing so you're not quite so stooped or flat backed, it's way less tiring. Depending on your boot size and how you ride there is one thing to watch for and that is your heel sitting on the side stand 'nubbin', the bit you use to push the stand down, it's not a major problem but worth considering. I'm probably going to modify mine. As for the Barkbusters, I agree I would have liked to position them more toward the horizontal but there's some sort of 2 way switch on the clutch lever that fowls them. What I did do is rotate my bars slightly toward the front which put the lever angle slightly down and creates more room between the tank and the guards. This also helps a bit with bike control, but be careful not to go crazy with the rotation as you will upset the steering if you rotate them too far forward, or rearward for that matter. Maybe that's a new video right there...bar position hmmmm. Thanks again for your comment and i'm glad you liked the video. Greetings from Scotland back at you ;-)