2014 FJR-ES with police bars

[timk]

With some "optional accessaries", I see a very warm winter ride.

 

[TomInPA]

Mike, looking at the structure of the bars, I think that top loop is tough enough. It is not intended to take a primary hit, but to keep the bike from rolling up onto the upper fairing after a low side has already happened. With many sliders, and even Canyon Cages, the risk is the bike continues to fulcrum on the guard, and ends up taking out a mirror or upper fairing anyway. This just keeps that from happening. The upper loop itself during an accident would be under both tension on the outside, and compression on the inside. It would not be very easy to bend. It certainly does not relay on "resting on the fairing".

Also, it's a great place to mount a siren (air horn) and flippy spinny lights!

 

[Fly Bye]

If that front hardware lifts you skirt, you may as well buy a Hardley David's-son!! .

An HD you say?

Oh yeah, you mean the one parked next to my FJR?

No need to be knocking my Roadking.

 

[FJR Bill]

I bought the police bars. Very robust. Don't know what they will do in a crash but 100 percent protection in a drop as long as you have side bag protectors too. Ugly yes, functional, yes. I've decided to remove mine for local rides and I have extended frame sliders. I might sell mine or keep them for long trips where I want better protection when a long way from home. Installation/de- instalation is only a few minutes once you do it the first time. I agree RFH would have an undamaged bike if these or canyon cages were installed Bill

 

[Bill Lumberg]

They look fine on a police model. But stuck on a civilian bike, not so much. Unequaled protection though, for rider and bike.

 

[sme]

Don't judge another man's taste. Now you know what people said behind your back when you go out with your wife or take her as a pillion. Same thing.

 

[Bill Lumberg]

Yes. They do. And quite well.

My question about them is do they do the job they're supposed to do? If they're solidly reinforced at both the top (the top of the loop) as well as the bottom, I'd say yes, but I can't tell from the pic if they are. Does the OP know?
What looks sort of like a reinforcing bar for the top seems to just be resting/sitting/mounted right along the top edge of the plastic fairing. I don't see how that could work. Without the top backed up somehow, they look like they could fold in in a crash.

 

[Twigg]

I'd take 'em.

With an Auxiliary tank behind the rider, and lights all over the place, my bike is no oil-painting.

But it does a job and it's paid for!

 

[Bill Lumberg]

The main functional drawback is, on most models, that they interfere with a passenger's legs.

 

[Eric L]

you could mount a pair of these and be very warm in the winter.

 

[TXFJR]

My question about them is do they do the job they're supposed to do? If they're solidly reinforced at both the top (the top of the loop) as well as the bottom, I'd say yes, but I can't tell from the pic if they are. Does the OP know?
What looks sort of like a reinforcing bar for the top seems to just be resting/sitting/mounted right along the top edge of the plastic fairing. I don't see how that could work. Without the top backed up somehow, they look like they could fold in in a crash.

Here is my .02, I have these "ugly" bars (front and rear) on my 2011, and having it dropped it on it's left side once, I can ASSURE you they absolutely work! Not as much as a scuff or scratch on the fairing, mirrors, or bags. I am sure many people out there (HD riders) think OUR bikes are absolutely POS ugly poor-excuse-for a motorcycle because we are not "real" riders. As far as the derogatory comments about heaters and sub-woofers....look at most of sport-touring bikes...they are FULL of gadgets and farkles that "real" riders consider an insult to the "sport/life/etc" such as wearing helmets, rain coats, XM radios, BT intercom helmets, jackets, long sleeves, shoes other than flip flops, spot lights, LED lights, auxiliary lighting, over-size windshields, cameras, cushy aftermarket seats, tank bags....etc etc etc

My point is that despite what some may think about how they look (I own them...and I didnt' care for the look at first!) they are a functional piece of hardware that DOES what it's supposed to do. For me, it serves other purposes, such a mounting spot for some of the other "ugly" accessories such as LED driving lights, go-pro camera, LED auxiliary lights (I'm such a safety wooosie!). And ultimately, no matter what any of us install on a bike, we share the common bond of riding, and the freedom it brings, regardless of the color of our bike or choice of accessories. I for one, have never, and will never give a rat's **s what anyone thinks of my bike or what I choose to do to it.

My reason for rambling is that I can't stand when the critical comments come from people as soon as someone shares something on a forum, not asking for criticism but simply trying to share something they saw, found, purchased, etc....because someone out there MAY be considering getting that accessory and it's nice to see them on a actual bike.

So, in closing. From someone that has these guards. Decide if their looks (according to some) outweigh the benefits FOR YOU, and know that they will do what they are supposed to do.

I didn't intend to direct my comments at the person that I quoted, because I do agree that they (as well as ANYTHING man made) will not stand to a severe enough crash. My frustration comes from the collective critical comments, not just in this thread, or forum, but all over.

 

[Fred W]

Hey... My other bike is an '04 Vstrom. And I love the way that bike looks.

To me these bars, like my 'Strom, look functional. And that is a very good look, in my books.

Here's a gratuitous shot of a good lookin' bike!

 

[Uncle Hud]

To idfc's colleague: Ride your own ride and tell folks to kiss your ass.

Condensed version of TXFJR's post above.

 

[TXFJR]

Amen!

 

[metalman]

My reason for rambling is that I can't stand when the critical comments come from people as soon as someone shares something on a forum, not asking for criticism but simply trying to share something they saw, found, purchased, etc....because someone out there MAY be considering getting that accessory and it's nice to see them on a actual bike.

 

[Rider]

More pictures, please. Or can someone point to good mounting locations? I want to make my own 'bars'

Thanks

 

[Fred W]

Same guys that make the Canyon Cages make the bigger bars.

I think the CC's are under performers since the bike rolls over the cage and wrecks the mirrors and upper faring. Either go whole hog, or stay home, IMO

 

[mikerider]

Don't judge another man's taste. Now you know what people said behind your back when you go out with your wife or take her as a pillion. Same thing.

+100

 

[Twigg]

So ... I want "functional", and I could care less what the Police Bars look like. Can I buy a set, and where from?

 

[TXFJR]

This is the company that makes them and the CCs, when I got mine I got them directly from them. It looks like now you have to buy from a dealer

https://www.mcenterprisesusa.com/products/search/dsp_searchForm.cfm