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!
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.
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.
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
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!
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.
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
Hi! What is the torque settings for the handlebar bolts? Thanks!
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
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.
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.
What did you torgue these up to
The OEM weight bolts take 38 Nm, according to BMW. Barkbusters provides torque specs for the rest.