Fitting BARKBUSTERS® Handguards to a BMW F 850 GS

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In this video I tell you why i'm fitting BARKBUSTERS® Handguards to my bike and show you how to do it yourself.
I show how to fit the Hardware Kit - Two Point Mount (BHG-085) & the VPS Plastic Guards.
Please keep in mind that I'm not a qualified motorbike mechanic, this is just the way I do things and if you're in anyway unsure of your own abilities to do any of the work please contact your local workshop and pay them to do the work for you.
Here's a link to the BARKBUSTERS® website for details of what was fitted, in case you want to order your own set, which you definitely do!

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5 окт 2024

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@TakeTheHighground 21 день назад

I was wondering if the BBs would fit the 850GS with all the furniture it has on the right side of the bike. Right now I’m running the wunderlich protectors but they are a bit a nightmare since it feels they bend with every time the bike drops and then are very difficult to bend back into the right shape. I’ll likely also switch to bark busters, but your video was needed to give me the confidence that it actually works. Oh and if you intend on dropping your bike more often offroad, switch the mirrors to the ones from double take or a similar offroad mirror, they have such a long lever that they will easily break the Aluminium clamp that attaches your break and clutch lever to the handlebar. Happened to me, was lucky that it broke in a way that it still held them in place and I could continue riding. Great vid, very helpful!

@adrianm.1910 3 дня назад

If you have a GSA, the BBs won't fit without bar risers or maybe major adjustments to the controls. The gas tank is wider and taller on the sides.

@LevinsThe Год назад

Hi! What is the torque settings for the handlebar bolts? Thanks!

@onurgurel6041 4 месяца назад

Hi, is there any changing as aerodynamical for wind? as positively or negatively against OEM handguards

@thefraserwaters 4 дня назад

Hard to tell tbh.

@ixsmaelable 3 дня назад

I don’t have the bark busters but last week I dropped my bike it was almost slow motion. No damage whatsoever on the bike but the OEM hand guard and the break lever broke. I ordered a different hand guard with an aluminum protective bar to evade it.

@iancoupland7170 4 дня назад

Do you know where you can buy the tool to remove the bar end screw?

@thefraserwaters 4 дня назад

Amazon or any hardware store. It’s a torx 50

@thefraserwaters 4 дня назад

Amazon or any hardware store. It’s a torx 50

@bjornandersson3509 Год назад

Did the right barkbuster bracket touch the TFT-screen when you did a full steer to the left? Did so for me. Had to move the right mirror/brake bracket a couple of mm.

@thefraserwaters Год назад

Hi, Bjorn, thanks for your question. Neither of the handguards touched the screen, but I have rotated my bars slightly forward from the original setup. I have experimented with moving the mirrors in board a little to allow the handguards to be slightly nearer horizontal, but tbh it made very little difference.

@bjornandersson3509 Год назад

@@thefraserwaters Aha! You moved the handlebar a bit. I did not think of that, smart. I will try that. =)

@thefraserwaters Год назад

@@bjornandersson3509 I checked and I have 15mm clearance between the tft and the hand guards on both sides.