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Any bright ideas on the best tool for refitting those springs without risking damage to knuckles and paintwork! I am dismantling to grease the pivots. Also the side stand pivot seems a bit slack (some up and down movement in lever)- is this normal and if not, is it likely to be the threaded pin (I h...

I noticed an interesting extract from a comparative test in the German Motorrad magazine quoted in our BMW club journal this month. The test included BMW R1200r, Ducati Monster 1100, Harley Davidson XR1200X, Moto-Guzzi Griso 8V ansd Yamaha XJR1300. The figures tabulated (can't seem to reproduce a ta...

I would highly recommend the R- it's a really "handy" bike for its engine capacity, but in my experience it doesn't have to be all that costly, particularly if you can live without all the expensive BMW extras. I bought mine new (pre-registered with 0 miles on the clock) in May '09 for £7,...

Robert

The handguards incorporate their own bar-end weights to replace the OEM ones that you remove- there is no discernable difference in vibrations.

Peter

Yes, you just unscrew the original bar-end weights (and keep them somewhere you can find them again), and screw on the hanguards- 5 minute job!

Cheers

Mort very kindly posted the pics of my bike with the Acerbis handguards fitted. As far as I am concerned, they certainly do the business- easy to fit, reasonable price and they keep the old hands out of the airstream giving me much more benefit from the heated grips.

Cheers

Mort

Delighted to post picture to the site but don't know how to do it!!

Nippy Normans here in the UK (http://www.nippynormans.com) list a "rear number plate extender" which looks like what you want at £39- although I don't know about carriage to where you are. They also list huggers at around £120 and front fender extenders at around £20 which I can recommend....