Great job Warro🤙 I definitely wouldn’t put the sliders on. They’re more likely to catch on things & put a lot of stress on the frames when it goes over. If the crash bars get scratched, then they’re doing the job. Removing engine bolts are always tricky. Because every connection of the crash needs play to install. Got it looking really adventurous 🤙
thanks and appreciated. yeah i thought those sliders may be a bit of an issue. wouldn't want to hit a stump with them thats for sure so i will leave them off. all the best!
I don't like crash bars but they are a necessary evil. Good idea how you did the vlog just keeping it simple but informative. I am considering the SW Motech crash bars for the 500x. Looking forward to your ride out on the 250SX perhaps in the next one. 😊👍🏍
Very well presented video Warro. Definitely for that outlay decent instructions or even a YT video should be available to buyers. I like that little V-Strom but Suzuki UK aren't interested in that part of the market. I've emailed them about bixe around 250 - 500 cc and their response was they have no plans in the that direction.
These crash bars are more substantial and are a better design than what I was looking at a few years ago. I also would say no on the sliders. Looks like money well spent,
bike does look bigger than a 250cc version once a few extras are added. i also plan not to fit the sliders in case i get hooked up on a stump or rocky section...so good call there. dont know much about crash bars but they do look ok and i suppose if i was doing a full re-fit it wouldnt take that long now...well not as long as first try...lol all the best!
👍👍 Always good to initially thread all the nuts or bolts about 80 to 90 % in, so you can jiggle / maneuver all the loose-ish pieces around so they fit together. Once it all fits up go around & finally tighten everything up.
i am of next week. first off on the enfield which is rearing to go and just waiting now for new set of off -road tyres for the suzuki sp party just about to start...lol
What are the dimensions of the box the crash bars came in. I am trying to sort out international shipping( need to know volumetric weight ) Thanks for the great video👍🏻
G'day Warro, your bike is going to be called the Tank because of all the steel protection, you will need the lifting kit you have if you put the bike down, cheers mate ride safe, cheers Neil 🤠.
yeah i learnt something from that first drop experience on the tella...lol near the end of clip and giving the bike a bit of a shake i think it could be pulled up should this one hit the dirt. hopefully i wont find out but this time i am preparing a bit better
@@kennethheldreich6604 protection wise i guess it does sorta does look like that a bit. im just thinking in different direction and i see mount points for various camera angles...lol so bike gets a bit of protection and i feel i get quite a few camera mounting spots on this particular bike so great there. all the best!
Hi Warro, it's been a while since you reported on the baby strom. How is the Indian build holding up in terms of corrosion, etc.? Are you still preferring it to the GB350?
unfortunately after i did that work i caught a bit of a virus so have not been on any bikes now for 6 weeks. bike still there with only 130 klm on the clock...lol but later i hope to improve on that figure
well i dropped it on first trip to the dirt and couldn't live with that fact so i sold it and bought this one. good bikes so well worth buying i think. this one i plan to set up a bit better
That diagram is the instructions that's how they come 80% of the time these day's.I got a diagram like that & it was wrong had some bolts round wrong way & wouldn't fit Bolts were wrong way round to picture on Website so I did same as picture in Website & fitted no problem.Pissed me off actually not like old day's where all instructions were informative.
G'Day Warren - same with my Zana bars. Instructions are useless and a bit of re-engineering to get them to fit. Since fitting them - I've had an altercation with gravity on a trail a few weeks ago around the Mt Mee area. The bike and I went really well in the slop up to that point just using easy throttle in second. Easily out manoeuvring my mates GS 1200. My fall broke a RHS mirror and bent the rear brake pedal ($26 from Suzuki). The 'flat' sliders worked as they should - though the protection bar bent up and back on the RHS. It was a little bit close to the fairing and I've leveled it back using a heavy duty ratchet tie-down. The mounting under the front headlight fairing is different in your setup to mine but equally 'experimental'😏 Since the fall - I've fitted Barkbusters and Doubletake mirrors. Your ride's looking fancy mate - well done!
there was nothing included in the info side but over the past few years ive undone every engine bolt on an enfield 500 single and ran the motor then tightened it up and never once did to spec or use a torque wrench. not taking just one new bike -at least 8 or 10 of them. they are abosolute vibrators and this bike is more of a low buzz. in fact much lower than the enfield 350 too. so i will know more on my test ride but i do plan to blue loctite the crash bar side of it
