Crash tested!!!! SRC lower Crash Bars for Honda XL750 Transalp

[@DragoniteMotoJP]

Crash tested on the street 👇 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoTMeHirmqZra6s

[@marchofthecontraption8060]

Great information, for my road/gravel touring bike I also only run lower crash bars and handguards. Do full upper and lower give more protection...yup! But, honestly most of the time that protection is offered from extreme situations that I just don't expect this bike to be in. It was worth the looks, money saved, and weight saved to stay without them. However one crash in that right way will completely blow out the cost savings )=. One thing I do think that is worth mentioning for upper crash bars on some bikes, it can make a nice mounting point for lights,tool rolls, or what ever other thing you're convinced ya need.

[@DragoniteMotoJP]

@@marchofthecontraption8060 I'd rather mount lights to the forks so they swivel. Mounting tools to the crash bars,if they are it with a rock,the rock just smashes the tools through. Seems a bad idea to me.

[@marchofthecontraption8060]

@KairyuRider I understand what you're saying on the lights, however having the lights swivel especially on non-oem style wiring. Maybe with a higher aluminum content (cheap) could cause an amount of fatigue and lead to premature wear on the wires powering the lights. Also, with modern auxiliary lights being able to select between throw and flood patterns. Don't know if it's that much of a concern as it had been previously in the H4 bulb day. if you look at the larger Africa twin and other motorcycles, they'll have angled sequential lenses that are tied to leaning or yaw sensors. Normally lights mounted just on swiveling Non faired bike tend to stay as close to the hinge as possible to reduce the amount of movement that the wires will have to do. But once you start moving lights further from the hinge and placing them outward such as on triple clamp bolts and the such, there is just going to be more metal fatigue. For the tools on a rock thing, I can see what you're saying. Again, the counters to that would be individuals who put tools on their fender such as for tire changes. Very common in the adventuring longer distance off-road world. You are now adding unsprung weight if you're running a low fender and that just reduces your suspension performance. And when you have hard tools inside of cloth bags such as for camping and again more longer adventure style riding. It is not uncommon for wrenches and things to potentially wear holes through very expensive bags. + Just rub on things that they're packed with. the hat of a non dirt bike /dirt focus Rider but long distance touring Rider (ew I hate this hat!) where you don't want any of that extra weight on you (backpack) and you want it as close to the frame as possible or the center of gravity and preferably as low as possible. If you put upper crash bars on your bike, that is a place that you could be wasting by not mounting things to. But everything is a compromise. To me, motorcycle adventuring is about getting multi-use out of components and modifications made to a bike. And if you are a person who decides you need upper crash bars to protect you in a one in a million situation crash, how about in that 999,000 times you get some amount of non-aesthetic use out of your purchase such as utilizing it for mounting additional accessories. You also probably don't need to bring with you.

[@dirtbikelunatic]

Hello! Would it be okay to use it in compilations and maybe on some of ours Social Networks? You will get full credit for it. Thanks

[@DragoniteMotoJP]

Yes, but please go over to my Instagram and send me a personal message just to clarify some things. instagram.com/kairyurider?igsh=MWpyaWdid3FqZjdtNA==

[@tonyjourneyman1944]

I have an sw motech skid plate and acerbis handguards and a radiator protector. That's all the protection I have, mostly because I don't like the look of the side bars and also don't like adding weight. Will possibly regret it.

[@DragoniteMotoJP]

Look at some aceribis case covers, they may help you with looks and a bit more protection

[@jamesgregory2962]

BTW, the powder coated black bars are not stainless. Just the silver ones.

[@DragoniteMotoJP]

Src told me they are stainless, ill email them again, lots of not clean info on their sight. Had a road crash where I put massive scraped on them, still no rust. My dirt crash rusted in a few days but only lightly.

[@jamesgregory2962]

I believe the black bars are powder coated carbon steel. The bash plate i believe is powder coated aluminum 4mm. I will know for sure in a few days. Note the silver colored stuff is more expensive.

[@cliftonsr]

I was noticing your boots, where did you get those?

[@DragoniteMotoJP]

@cliftonsr gaerne dakar boots. If you're in Japan, they are barely used, so I'll be selling them (eu size 44)

[@cliftonsr]

@ I’m in the US, those boots reminded me of some old motocross boots I had many years ago and practically bulletproof and never wore out and had steel shin guards, but they were kinda heavy. Awesome videos of this adventure of your Transalp XL750.

[@DragoniteMotoJP]

@cliftonsr thanks. These are gore tex and ok armor, but for the drops and crashes I've had, they are not enough protection

[@trekemustapha6058]

which is better? the transalp or the tracer?

[@DragoniteMotoJP]

@@trekemustapha6058 on the street, tracer. Any amount of dirt. TA

[@DragoniteMotoJP]

@greyfisher3897 why is it stupid. 98% of adv bikes never leave the pavement. In Japan, ad cruise, suspension, tubeless, it's much more money for a TA than a Tracer that works better. No tracer 7 or versus 650 in Japan, so this is the closest competitor to the tracer 9 as a Japanese model. I was also concidering the tracer when I bought this un sure of how smart it really easy to take a heavy adv bike off road.

[@GeoffMcLelland]

Enjoying your journey with the Transalp and seeing you improve your skills. Have you considered flashing the ECU with 2 Wheel Dynoworks? They seem to make some really nice adjustments to the various power modes and open up the throttle response. Check out their video for more info: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5vHoHqIopiGr6c . Not sure theyve dynod the European version though.

[@DragoniteMotoJP]

I've not had any reason to look into power. Japanese bike makes 91hp and I'm happy. I'm having some warranty issues with the dash and quick shifter. That would void the warranty. The issue with ECU flashing is that Honda stress's tests all the settings for a few hundred thousand kms on multiple bikes and conditions to get this reliability. After flashers don't. For race where you won't keep the enginenmore than a few seasosn, flash away. But if you want it to last and stay road legal, lots of ecu flashes cause long term damage. But I don't know anything about this one. Before flashing, I'd have a lot of other more important mods like suspension and ax lights. Never once thought my TA was lacking power. But thansk for the note, I know usa comes with less power, for a California sound law, than the rest of the world. Thanks for watching. I'm glad you're enjoying