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Offline willywombat

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anyone fitted Heed crash bars to old style 650 ?
« on: March 11, 2015, 18:58:28 »
Just wondered whether you found it necessary to support the engine when undoing the engine mounting bracket bolts . Even though you do it one side at a time does their removal  and the weight of the engine cause the V shaped bracket to  to drop out of line ?
I didn't receive any instructions for the bars only for the skid plate installation.
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Bill
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Offline MartinW

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Re: anyone fitted Heed crash bars to old style 650 ?
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2015, 19:05:30 »
I fitted Givi Bars rather than Heed, but it shouldn't be any different in terms of whether the engine is supported or not.

If you undo one side at a time, then all will be OK.
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Re: anyone fitted Heed crash bars to old style 650 ?
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2015, 20:02:46 »
Easy job, no need to support the engine  :thumb:
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Re: anyone fitted Heed crash bars to old style 650 ?
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2015, 20:06:39 »
Yes a simple job. About 20 minutes to fit.
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Offline pieman53

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Re: anyone fitted Heed crash bars to old style 650 ?
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2015, 20:22:24 »
The instructions for fitting Heed Bars say you must only do one side at a time, I fitted them to my Vee with no problems took about 30 mins but I am slow. :fix:
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Offline willywombat

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Re: anyone fitted Heed crash bars to old style 650 ?
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2015, 20:28:09 »
many thanks to all
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Re: anyone fitted Heed crash bars to old style 650 ?
« Reply #6 on: March 13, 2015, 21:14:41 »
Fitted the HEED bars, did one side at a time, easy job took about 20 mins! fantastic set of bars.
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Offline willywombat

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Re: anyone fitted Heed crash bars to old style 650 ?
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2015, 08:39:59 »
Did mine yesterday finally and they look great. Only one minor diificulty encountered and that was because one  of the bracket bolts was so  securely thread locked that I couldn't undo it without risking it shear off . After careful use of a blow torch to soften the compound it released and now all good.
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Re: anyone fitted Heed crash bars to old style 650 ?
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2015, 21:37:57 »
Agree with the fact they look good - Best looking set of bars in my opinion!
Dropped my bike the other week ( trying to turn round fully loaded whilst halfway up a hill then a car decided to try and run me over so I had to drop it.... ### )

Bars worked perfectly...saved the plastic and infact didn't get any damage to them! Result.
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