Finally got my new crash bars installed !

[Rocket Scientist]

So they'll pass 50 times more stress to the engine/frame if they're ever used in anger. They're designed to give like "Crash Zones" in cars.

Ask bones from the .com site. He low sided his bike at about 70 mph and said the only damage to the Rivco crash bar was road rash. He wanted them black anyway. He also said they strengthen the frame, that you can really feel a difference. I'll probably never ride fast enough comment on that feature !

 

[TRIIICK]

Nice job..just having a place to hang the foot pegs to strech your legs makes it worth while.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Are these crash bars no longer available?

Sadly they are not. Rivco stopped making them for some reason. They were actually not that expensive by Rivco standards. I think only about $25.00 more than OEM Triumph bars. I'm finding that a LOT of after market parts are drying up for Rocket. Odd, I thought that was one advantage to having a bike that changes very little year to year. Last year I wanted to add some bling so I started looking for an engine bolt dress up kit and the ones that cover the front axle bolts. Had a helluva time finding both. There are a couple of front axle kits still floating around but I think I got the last engine kit. I started calling dealers that came up on the internet as having them, only to find out they didn't. One guy was very helpful and looked it up on the dealer network and found one set still on the books. Tried getting a hold of them but they were out of business (or so I thought). Upon further investigation I found they had been bought out by another dealership and moved. Got a hold of that dealer and they still had them. They didn't even charge me the "last set in the world price" !

 

[Rocket Scientist]

After seeing that fella awhile back who crashed his and broke out the casting on the engine where the shifter goes in, and basically making junk out if his engine, is what got me looking. I could grab the early Triumph bars on mine and easily bend them by hand. I think that's why they called them "Engine Dresser Bars" and not crash bars.

 

[cardinal93]

I saw the "note" about lifting the engine block when removing the upper mount bolt to keep the engine from falling.
If I already have the bike on a lift, this shouldn't be a problem right? Or will the front mount want to drop since the wheel's off the ground?
Thanks

 

[Rocket Scientist]

I saw the "note" about lifting the engine block when removing the upper mount bolt to keep the engine from falling.
If I already have the bike on a lift, this shouldn't be a problem right? Or will the front mount want to drop since the wheel's off the ground?
Thanks

I think you'll be alright, as you will only have the weight of the front end trying to pull it down, as opposed to the whole bike pushing it up.