Best crash bar for R1150GS?

Pastorius · 02-02-2013, 01:26 AM

Wich is the best crashbar for the BMW R1150GS? I have found the SW-Motech crashbar for my BMW R1150GS and it looks great. Any other suggestions?

Thanks a lot!

Snowbound · 02-02-2013, 01:40 AM

I have the SW bars . They suit me .

gratefulJED · 02-02-2013, 04:26 AM

factory bmw adv bars

Rockmuncher · 02-02-2013, 05:05 AM

+1 on the factory adv bars. great for putting your legs up on longer rides, easy to remove for servicing, strong.

eap · 02-02-2013, 05:20 AM

I'm on my 3rd set of Wunderlich bars (98k miles). They work and don't block any maintenance access.

kubiak · 02-02-2013, 09:07 AM

i made these in my garage.

kubiak · 02-02-2013, 09:08 AM

front pic

JoshBMW · 02-02-2013, 11:22 AM

None?

Put some good Head guards on and call it good.

BobbySands · 02-02-2013, 11:33 AM

I have the Hepco-Becker bars, do a great job of protecting the cylinder heads and the injectors, etc.

They are not the easiest to install and they have to be loosened (in front, under the tank-- NOT in the rear) so they can be spread a little in order to remove the valve covers. They are extremely robust. I use both head guards and crash bars, as they protect in different ways. My valve cover is rashed to prove it.

canrider · 02-02-2013, 03:13 PM

I have the SW Motech bars and I'm very satisfied. Great access for maintenance and quite robust. One negative point is if you ride serious offroad , the steel bracket that crosses under the engine can get snagged on roots or rocks etc.

Dan Alexander · 02-02-2013, 04:47 PM

I like the wunderlich the best. not too many bars, a nice spot to mount some aftermarket lights and they have plastic corner protectors that can be changed when scratched up.

http://www.wunderlich-bmw.com/shopar...-Adventure.htm

http://www.wunderlich-bmw.com/shopar...01150-GS-R.htm

Pastorius · 02-05-2013, 11:40 AM

Thanks all of you, folks!

I have chosen the SW-Motech. It has a distributor in my country (Spain), and it looks like great, like you say.
So, tomorrow it will arrive at home.

Nice to meet you!
I will post the pictures once installed!

Steptoe · 02-06-2013, 03:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gratefulJED

factory bmw adv bars

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockmuncher

+1 on the factory adv bars. great for putting your legs up on longer rides, easy to remove for servicing, strong.

The factory ADV crashbars are a liability. They cause far more damage than they prevent. The bikes use the top of the bars as a fulcrum point and roll over onto the tank/bars/instruments etc, especially if the tank has a lot of fuel in it.

Here's two examples i've had in the workshop. And there have been many more.

Slow speed slide, shoud've been able to pick it up and ride away with minimal scratches - bars flipped the bike over onto the petrol tank and screen.

Another example of exactly the same thing.

gratefulJED · 02-06-2013, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steptoe

The factory ADV crashbars are a liability. They cause far more damage than they prevent. The bikes use the top of the bars as a fulcrum point and roll over onto the tank/bars/instruments etc, especially if the tank has a lot of fuel in it.

I'm talking about the OTHER Bmw adv crash bars - the ones without the horizontal fulcrum point installed

Steptoe · 02-06-2013, 04:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gratefulJED

I'm talking about the OTHER Bmw adv crash bars - the ones without the horizontal fulcrum point installed

One small problem -they aren't the BMW ADV bars. They are just plain BMW GS crashbars.

02-02-2013, 01:26 AM	#1
Pastorius ^OP Adventurer Joined: Jul 2006 Oddometer: 21	Best crash bar for R1150GS? Wich is the best crashbar for the BMW R1150GS? I have found the SW-Motech crashbar for my BMW R1150GS and it looks great. Any other suggestions? Thanks a lot!

02-02-2013, 01:40 AM	#2
Snowbound Studly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2007 Location: Crystola ,Colorado Oddometer: 595	I have the SW bars . They suit me . __________________ BMWMOA ABC Pikes Peak BMW Riders 2001 R 1150 GS 1978 R 100RS 1976 XT-500 1964 CL-72 1955 CJ-5 1975 F-250 Highboy

02-02-2013, 04:26 AM	#3
gratefulJED long strange tripper Joined: Jan 2004 Location: The Land of Enchantment Oddometer: 1,755	factory bmw adv bars __________________ "The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them." - Patrick Henry

02-02-2013, 05:20 AM	#5
eap El Adventurero Solitario Joined: Nov 2001 Location: Maryland, Least Coast USA Oddometer: 3,047	I'm on my 3rd set of Wunderlich bars (98k miles). They work and don't block any maintenance access. __________________ eap '01 R1150GS, Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Surf Your Watershed Save the Bewbies "Over the Mountains Of the Moon, Down the Valley of the Shadow, Ride, boldly ride," -From 'Eldorado', Edgar Allen Poe (1849) http://www.eapoe.org/works/poems/eldrdoa.htm

02-02-2013, 11:22 AM	#8
JoshBMW Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2010 Location: Seattle Wa Oddometer: 256	None? Put some good Head guards on and call it good. __________________ Josh "Integrity, justice, courage, and action - without these, a person is of no consequence." Don Nelson my friend gone from us, 06/06/04.

02-02-2013, 05:05 AM	#4
Rockmuncher I Like Tractor Joined: Apr 2010 Location: Alberta, Canada Oddometer: 522	+1 on the factory adv bars. great for putting your legs up on longer rides, easy to remove for servicing, strong.

02-02-2013, 09:07 AM	#6
kubiak Beastly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2007 Location: madera california Oddometer: 4,136	i made these in my garage.

02-02-2013, 09:08 AM	#7
kubiak Beastly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2007 Location: madera california Oddometer: 4,136	front pic

02-02-2013, 11:33 AM	#9
BobbySands JockeyfullofBourbon Joined: Jan 2006 Location: Your man of The Da Vinci Code. Oddometer: 5,636	I have the Hepco-Becker bars, do a great job of protecting the cylinder heads and the injectors, etc. They are not the easiest to install and they have to be loosened (in front, under the tank-- NOT in the rear) so they can be spread a little in order to remove the valve covers. They are extremely robust. I use both head guards and crash bars, as they protect in different ways. My valve cover is rashed to prove it. __________________ "So what makes this protest different is that you're set to die, Bobby?" --May well come to that. "You start a hunger strike to protest for what you believe in. You don't start already determined to die or am I missing somethin' here?" -- It's in their hands. Our message is clear. They're seeing our determination.

02-02-2013, 03:13 PM	#10
canrider Adventurer Joined: Apr 2010 Location: Quebec, Canada Oddometer: 52	I have the SW Motech bars and I'm very satisfied. Great access for maintenance and quite robust. One negative point is if you ride serious offroad , the steel bracket that crosses under the engine can get snagged on roots or rocks etc.

02-02-2013, 04:47 PM	#11
Dan Alexander Ride Far - Ride Fast Joined: Nov 2003 Location: Ottawa and Montreal Oddometer: 4,777	I like the wunderlich the best. not too many bars, a nice spot to mount some aftermarket lights and they have plastic corner protectors that can be changed when scratched up. http://www.wunderlich-bmw.com/shopar...-Adventure.htm http://www.wunderlich-bmw.com/shopar...01150-GS-R.htm __________________ Beemers Past and Present: 74 R90S, 77 R100RS, 85 K100RS, 2x 87 K100RS, 96 R1100GS, 99 R1100S, 2002 R1150GS, 2005 F650 Dakar Plus the occasional Triumph, BSA, Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki and KTM but who's counting Dan Alexander screwed with this post 02-02-2013 at 04:56 PM

02-05-2013, 11:40 AM	#12
Pastorius ^OP Adventurer Joined: Jul 2006 Oddometer: 21	Thanks all of you, folks! I have chosen the SW-Motech. It has a distributor in my country (Spain), and it looks like great, like you say. So, tomorrow it will arrive at home. Nice to meet you! I will post the pictures once installed!

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