Crash bars, engine guards, sliders Rocket 3 R/ GT

Nungers said:
I always park the bike in gear so it cannot roll forward. This happened to a friend of mine. I have never done this before with any bike, unless it was on a hill or something like that
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I always put the bike in first gear when i'm using a side stand, except when it's in my workshop/garage.
 
Took the Bike and Crash Bars to the Triumph Dealer in Palmerston North which is a 400km return trip and my lovely Crash Bars don't fit so very dissappointed and am trying to get a refund now Apparently they are bent in a jig and not formed in a machine so there can be a slight variation but my bottom holes where they bolt on are 23mm out Could try bending bars to suit but would crack the powder coating so not a problem I need write now
 
That's a shame.
The best thing would be for the seller to replace the defective product with a product based on the correct dimensions, but it seems unlikely that they would do that?
 
It's so disappointing when that sort of thing happens. I ordered some rear crash bars for my Heritage soft tail from China and I had to file out the holes to get them to fit also the powder coating was not good. I am going to wait until the powder coating starts to fail and then have it redone or even paint them myself with a rattle can of smooth hammerite.

If I were you and you get no joy from the manufacturer, I would take them to an engineering shop and have them bent to fit and repaint if necessary. It will still be a relatively cheap solution to protecting the bike from a static drop.
 
I'm not the least bit surprised the quality was subpar or that they didn't fit. Don't expect any help from china. They got yo money......
 
Idaho Red Rocket 3 said:
Do you think the knob could be drilled and tapped to ad highway pegs ?
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Yes I Do But all highway pegs that I have seen clamp onto the crash bars The bars are 32mm dia and made from high tensile Aluminium The engineer I went to alter the bars said they were well made I had to get the bars put into a Hydraulic press as the bottom holes didn't line up so that was a lot of mucking around as they should have fitted the first time I will try to post photos
 

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I’ve given up up on crash bars for my TFC. I accept it the way it is. If I lay it down so be it. I’ve not laid to many down YET..
 
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