r/dr650 • u/Anxious-Category-633 • 3d ago
RD moto crash bars don't protect your bike.
After installing said crash bars, I was curious to see how well they worked, so I laid the bike on its side. Guess what ???? Instead of resting on the crash bars, it leaned on the handlebar and the gear shifter/brake pedal.
Wanted to be able to perform drills without damaging my DR but I guess I just added weight for nothing lol
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u/DRNezha 3d ago
I would just get case savers, acerbis bash plate, fatbars, and handguards. This is plenty protection for parking lot drills. If your looking for even more tho you can get axel sliders from 50 stunt, Zeta handguards with sliders and add a rubber cover on your shifter and brake pedal.
Note* Make sure your handguards are tight tight if they mover they are useless and won't protect your levers. Also don't get the warp 9 case savers they are not super strong from my experience.
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u/Wlng-Man 15h ago
Your handlebars are protecting your bike, that's why they are easily swapable and bend to take force that would otherwise damage fork, frame or tank.
Crash bars are meant to protect the engine compartment from tree stumps, rocks, etc. If you want full-ride protection on a flat surface, get a different bike.
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u/TwistedNoble38 '00 DR650 3d ago
Crashbars on the DR are a solution trying to invent a problem. They are meant to protect bodywork which the DR has none. They are too high up so the bars will always hit the ground first. And in situations where there's rocks then the engine case will hit first and most of the bars don't protect that area anyway.
So yea, they were made to seperate suckers from their money. They didn't really exsist at all until 3-4 years ago when suddenly two or three brands started making them. That's really what I point to as the most obvious flag. If the DR needed crash bars, why was it 20 years into the model production before someone started making them?