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geez second near death of the year
I guess im not having a good start to the year. Today while riding along i went over a railroad track and my front fender somehow found its way on the wrong side of my highway bar, preventing me from being able to turn the bike. im running out of shorts to ruin! i assume this bar was not designed for used with the gk's larger fender so with extreme prejudice me and the sawzall removed the highway bar. why did i cut it off? 2 reasons 1 without it i would have had to remove the exhaust to remove the bar and 2 because well the thing almost killed me so i wanted to kill it. updated pictures sans highway bar to come but here it is with it if you look it was a little to close anyways
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Damn, those bars are supposed to go around the engine, not the front wheel.
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Yikes, good that you didnt have a worse outcome.
GK fenders are larger (than G), but are only wider, so I suspect not really a factor in problem with the highway bars.
THose bars usally mount to a point on the frame just under the engine, and so not mounted that far forward.
Good that you took care of it so not a problem.
.Last edited by Redman; 03-16-2011, 06:28 PM.Bikes
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I hate that style of bars. I prefer the smaller case saver type.

Not the best picture for showning what I'm talking about. These are the type I prefer.
cgsigpic
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2006 Triumph Sprint ST 1050
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Problem is that bar was never made to fit your bike. Someone did a poor mod to make it fit !!!I have one on my 850. Bottom bar should be 1-1.5 inches from the exhaust pipeComment
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Dennis Kirk catalog
http://media.denniskirk.com/catalogs...c/metric11.pdf
page 21 of this.
Page 551 in fuill catalog.
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Maybe can find a used set on ebay.
Can see in picutre the how mounts to 3 points on the frame.
One below enigne, one in front of engine, one above engine.
Dave
.Last edited by Redman; 03-16-2011, 07:17 PM.Bikes
Had 650G & 850G. GK since 2005. BOTM 850G 6/2024 , GK 9/2015Comment
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