Handguards

CDA · Jan 9, 2012

Travace:
i need em too

I had the same hand guards you have trav on my bike and everything was on there no problem without risers. I took them off becuase I am not a fan of bark busters.

josmoloco · Jan 9, 2012

Well, Im getting new bars (2011 stock ktm) and some 30mm bar risers.... going to run the bark busters if i race the desert 100 on april 1st, then maybe save up for some asv, sunline or arc levers

josmoloco · Jan 10, 2012

Found these for $50

Rack · Jan 10, 2012

CDA:
I guess I'm a bro-ish...

Sup Bro

Rack · Jan 10, 2012

PALMER84ONE:
Cycra Probend, run them low enough to not break you wrists, and high enough to slap branches and brush away. They do a great job protecting your levers as well. I always hear the broken wrist story but have had many flying "W" wipe out over the bars and still no broken wrists. Rez, I forgot to tell you, you need to run yours lower than you have them.

I run my Cycra Probends low. I just did a flying W. caught my right wrist pretty good. Lucky I did not break it. Since then I have been rethinking cda's logic. However, with as much woods riding as we do up here the cycras are needed.

What to do :noidea:

530ktm · Jan 10, 2012

KTMRack:
I run my Cycra Probends low. I just did a flying W. caught my right wrist pretty good. Lucky I did not break it. Since then I have been rethinking cda's logic. However, with as much woods riding as we do up here the cycras are needed.

What to do

Ride without doing the over the bars flying W. :prof:

CDA · Jan 10, 2012

KTMRack:
I run my Cycra Probends low. I just did a flying W. caught my right wrist pretty good. Lucky I did not break it. Since then I have been rethinking cda's logic. However, with as much woods riding as we do up here the cycras are needed.

What to do

Ride hard or stay home...

Rack · Jan 10, 2012

530ktm:
Ride without doing the over the bars flying W.

What fun would that be :noidea:

Rack · Jan 10, 2012

CDA:
Ride hard or stay home...

I'm staying home for another week or two. :cripple:

What are you doing the last Saturday or Sunday of the month? :devil:

josmoloco · Jan 10, 2012

CDA:
Ride hard or stay home...

Just got a set of ASV C5's shipped for $50

snowflake · Jan 10, 2012

josmoloco:
Just got a set of ASV C5's shipped for $50

You have successfully transitioned to the dark side.
enjoy :cheers:

Socaltrailrider · Jan 10, 2012

I just picked up a new to me bike on Sunday and wanted to test it out so I hit the trails on the way home. The bike did not have hand guards. Didn't like it at all. I kept worrying about falling over and breaking a lever and I nailed my hand a few times on tree branches. Just installed some Cycras on last night. The Cycra's dip down on the side and I run mine on the lower end so there is less chance of getting my arm stuck in them. With the slow technical stuff I like to ride, hand guards are mandatory unless I wanted to carry along a few xtra levers in my pack.

josmoloco · Jan 10, 2012

Socaltrailrider:
I just picked up a new to me bike on Sunday and wanted to test it out so I hit the trails on the way home. The bike did not have hand guards. Didn't like it at all. I kept worrying about falling over and breaking a lever and I nailed my hand a few times on tree branches. Just installed some Cycras on last night. The Cycra's dip down on the side and I run mine on the lower end so there is less chance of getting my arm stuck in them. With the slow technical stuff I like to ride, hand guards are mandatory unless I wanted to carry along a few xtra levers in my pack.

I ride tighter woods than most, here is my last ride, no bark buster, no flex levers

No I have these though

James · Jan 11, 2012

brian:
No barkbusters just looks so MX bro-ish

I ride MX. :smirk:

I could see myself using some of the roost protector ones though, however not true "bark busters" as there's no need for them on the track.

snowflake:
same experience, although I didn't know him, I watched a guy go over the bars and break his wrists like twigs, mine got taken off and have been off ever since

Was it because he held on and then ended up getting his stuck between the guards and bars? :shocked:

140rider:
Who cares about levers when your fingers are smashed?

A smashed finger hurts and you'll probably loose your nail, but it's at least free.

snowflake · Jan 11, 2012

James:
I ride MX.

I could see myself using some of the roost protector ones though, however not true "bark busters" as there's no need for them on the track.

Was it because he held on and then ended up getting his stuck between the guards and bars?

A smashed finger hurts and you'll probably loose your nail, but it's at least free.

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yup, he caught a whoop wrong and started to go over, it happened so fast he didn't really have time to think about staying with the bike or not :noidea: