Engine Bars
 

Ordered Hepco & Becker engine bars from http://www.motobins.co.uk/index.php, turned up 12 days later.
10 out of 10 for fit and finish,
took about an hour too fit with no problems.

Some tips on fitting,

remove horn and reg/rectifier, makes it easier to get at the front engine mount. (no need too remove exhaust)

before refitting reg/rectifier check terminal connectors are pushed all the way into the connector block.

radiator pipe rests on the left side upper mounting point, (see pic) i cut a piece of rubber and placed it between them.



left side upper mounting point

http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/u...h_PICT0162.jpg

right side upper mounting point

http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/u...h_PICT0158.jpg

http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/u...h_PICT0172.jpg http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/u...h_PICT0167.jpg http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/u...h_PICT0165.jpg http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/u...h_PICT0168.jpg http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/u...h_PICT0169.jpg http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/u...h_PICT0170.jpg

Mwah, glad it fitted right on, but one might ask: is it necessary? It's an extra bulk of weight and the Tenere got lots of protection of its self(besides the waterpump). So, I won't consider this mod for mine, as it also messes up the look of the bike. But hey, everyone his/her liking, don't ya agree?
Greetz, Hans.

I am waiting for delivery of a set of H&B for mine as well and your tips on installation are very welcome BigB.

I personally like the look of this kit and for someone planning on a long distance travel these bars can have some additional clever uses ;-)

dallas
they weigh next to nothing, my veiw is they look good and looks are not important when they give this much protection. plus i've fitted my spot lamps to them.
The Tenere don't crash very well, as my mate will tell you when he dropped his green laning, he smashed the water pump and damaged the plastic protectors on the same side, and i was the muppet who towed him 40 miles home.

Do you think that these crash bars protect he water pump enough? The original Yam version is much closer to the pump. Hmm?

Which aren't being made any more :Tongue_HKIM7O:

I fitted the same bars and no doubt one day I will be glad they are on it!..... I had H&B on my GS when I dropped it standing still and it saved the engine with min scratches on the bars

yam engine bars???

Watch this space! I have ordered the Adventure spec bash plate and engine guard combination, looks good in the pics but we shall see!:sunny:

:popcorn2:

Where are the pics? I can't find them @ adventure spec site.

Do a search on here for engine bars.
scroll down and you will find a post by me "no more engine bars" and you will find your answer

Thanks a lot. I missed that thread.

I'm going to modify H&B bars - additional bar at the bottom and add an integrated bash plate.

Does anyone know if the Hepco and Becker bars will fit with a centre stand??

Looks like they use the same mounting point at the rear of the bike.

i got one for xmas. fitted straight on. no problems. looks good. fitting instructions are wrong though but it's easy to work out.

Engine Bars
 

I got some Givi Bars they protect the the tank and the lower part of the engine, helps stop the abrasive effect of the road surface on your tank, saved mine a few times, if i can ever work out how to upload some pictures you'll see how good they are, just got a poor anti corrosive finish.

just had a look a givi's website. the bars do look like they'ed protect the tank. i take it they are tough enough to not bend into the tank?

Any answers to this question ....

I have a set of bars on order and already have the OEM centre stand fitted.

Crash bars
 

Got my crash bars and light protector as part of the deal
Installed on 1 000 km service - free of charge

http://i806.photobucket.com/albums/y...s/Faarkles.jpg

I finally got around to fitting my H&B Engine Bars.

Straightforward to fit ... and they do fit with the OEM centre stand :-)

http://www.freewebs.com/my2wheels/blog/yamaha.jpg

I'm going to buy the GIVI TN348 crash bars, weld a GIVI monokey frame on both sides and fit forward panniers. This should solve overloading the rear frame and transfer weight. Looks, have you seen a picture of me!! Oh and if I hit anything hard the panniers get it before I do. The only thing I need is skinny or hand made aluninium panniers

I have received the Adventure Spec crash bar/bash plate combo. However, the checklist of what I should have received dosen't match what came in the box.
a. A bashplate present
b. A set of crashbars present
c. Three anodised aluminium spacers one only (which dosen't fit)
d. 2 X M8 20mm stainless steel flanged bolts the ones attaching the plates to the bars??
e. 1 X M10 90mmstainless steel bolt present
f. 1 X M10 150mm stainless steel bolt present
g. 2 X 10mm stainless steel nyloc nuts one only, but the front attachment bolt now appears to be welded on (new design?)
h. 4 X stainless steel washers 3 only

I phoned Adventure Spec, but the guy "wasn't familiar with the product" (?) so would call me back. Am I missing something, or have they sent me the wrong bits? This is only the second time I have ordered from them, they messed up my first order as well, but I don't want to complain if it turns out it is me being dumb (which is likely). Help!

Yep the list and pic is wrong but its all there. Mine went on ok.

Thanks for that. It is just that the spacer doesn't fit into the gap at the rear of the plate; it is too long.:hb:

OK. The nice man from Ad-Spec called back. The fitting instructions are out of date and all necessary parts were there for the current design. The spacer was 1mm too long (or the gap was 1mm too narrow) for where it was supposed to go; but a bit of friendly persuasion with a hammer slotted it home. Reasonably easy to fit once I eventually got going. Now if only I could get the centre-stand assembled properly! (How do you get the uppermost rubber bung into its hole?)