hand guard recommendation, please

bultaco4ever · Post by **bultaco4ever** » 11:33 am Apr 29 2016

I'm going to be doing some tight Northern Illinois woods riding and want to get some bark busters, hand guards...and wonder what brand would be a good choice, good value, etc. (for a '93 200 E series)

Also, my current bars are 32.75 inches wide....I think I'll cut an inch off each end.

6 Riders · Post by **6 Riders** » 11:41 am Apr 29 2016

Cycra Pro bends are my favorite. I do not like the CRM package though, the other mount is better.

Post by **Tyl3r** » 12:16 pm Apr 29 2016

The Acerbis pro rally are my favorite... i've used them on a couple of bikes and was very pleased.

I may go with the Acerbis Rally III on my next bike though, my buddy has them on his quad and I think I like the looks better.

I would just go with something that is a true wrap around, meaning they mount in the bar end AND with an additional mount in the center of the bars. MSR and some other companies sell just the metal bar that wraps all the way around, and you can add shields to it if you'd like. Those aren't bad either, I just don't like the look of them compared to the Acerbis ones that I have been using. Pretty much everything is universal fit.

The ones that only mount on one side can still bend back and smash your hand, I would absolutely not use those for single track and woods riding. If my bar clips a tree, I would rather it just kick my bars sideways a little and I can deal with recovering from it or hitting the ground. I think that's better than smashing my hand on top of it wrecking or trying to recover! But hey, that's just my opinion!

doakley · Post by **doakley** » 12:30 pm Apr 29 2016

Another vote for Acerbis.

bultaco4ever · Post by **bultaco4ever** » 03:43 pm Apr 29 2016

How narrow do you guys run your bars?

ohgood · Post by **ohgood** » 07:17 pm Apr 29 2016

I don't understand hand guards on quads?

Any bark busters will be fine, just put blue loctite on all the fasteners and ride.

Width is up to you. Look at some old photos, those guys are rub
Nning huge bars and doing fine. Personally I can't stand cut down bars, just learn to wiggle through the tight stuff. No biggie.

Fwiw.... I don't race ;-)

canamfan · Post by **canamfan** » 10:20 am Apr 30 2016

cycra hand guards, full wrap around, 29 inches width for tight trees.

doakley · Post by **doakley** » 04:29 pm Apr 30 2016

29-30 in (including the mark busters) will give you more confidence to wiggle through the trees.

sarrant · Post by **sarrant** » 05:40 pm Apr 30 2016

ohgood wrote: Width is up to you. Look at some old photos, those guys are rub
Nning huge bars and doing fine. Personally I can't stand cut down bars, just learn to wiggle through the tight stuff. No biggie.

Most of those guys learned the lesson for us, and are now running narrow bars with handguards

Here's 8x National Enduro Champion **** Burleson back in the day with insanely wide street-bike-looking bars

And here's what he runs nowadays, still fast as hell with cut down bars with handguards:

eprovenzano · Post by **eprovenzano** » 01:26 pm May 01 2016

On my KTM 380 and 300 I run 30" bars

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Friedom · Post by **Friedom** » 11:08 pm May 03 2016

I've been enjoying my Tusk D'flex guards. Lever consumption has gone down drastically since I got them, and it's not because I'm a more careful rider.

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