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Welcome To Motobrick.Com / Re: New to Brick-world in Round Hill, Alberta, Canada
« Last post by The Mighty Gryphon on March 27, 2024, 08:54:01 AM »Welcome!
To answer your questions, I do my repairs with fiberglass and polyester resin.
The parts fiche at MaxBMW will show you all the parts for your bike, as well as their approximate location.
https://shop.maxbmw.com/fiche/DiagramsMain.aspx?vid=51743&rnd=07242017
Crash bars are pretty much a waste of time and money on the brick. The factory bars are designed to break away, doing extra damage to the lower fairing. The problem is that they are bolted to the bottom of the oil pan which is an aluminum casting and doesn't have much strength. If they were attached firmly to it, you would dump all the oil every time the bike is dropped.
The RT is essentially a long distance pavement cruiser. If you want to run with the adventure guys, I would suggest removing the lower fairing panels and the mirror pods. You can mount mirrors on the handlebars easily as there are mounting holes in the switch housings.
You might be able to fabricate crash bars, but it will be difficult to attach them as there are no engine mounts below the cylinder head. There is a thread here somewhere of a bike that was built to go around the world. The builder had created some crash bars that looked like they would work, but as I recall they were somewhat bulky.
To answer your questions, I do my repairs with fiberglass and polyester resin.
The parts fiche at MaxBMW will show you all the parts for your bike, as well as their approximate location.
https://shop.maxbmw.com/fiche/DiagramsMain.aspx?vid=51743&rnd=07242017
Crash bars are pretty much a waste of time and money on the brick. The factory bars are designed to break away, doing extra damage to the lower fairing. The problem is that they are bolted to the bottom of the oil pan which is an aluminum casting and doesn't have much strength. If they were attached firmly to it, you would dump all the oil every time the bike is dropped.
The RT is essentially a long distance pavement cruiser. If you want to run with the adventure guys, I would suggest removing the lower fairing panels and the mirror pods. You can mount mirrors on the handlebars easily as there are mounting holes in the switch housings.
You might be able to fabricate crash bars, but it will be difficult to attach them as there are no engine mounts below the cylinder head. There is a thread here somewhere of a bike that was built to go around the world. The builder had created some crash bars that looked like they would work, but as I recall they were somewhat bulky.