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Hanguard Install

Anyone have instructions to mount these on a bike with no barbacks, i dont really wanna cut all my cable ties and dremel the banjos(whatever those even are haha)

beemerboy - I don't have any instructions but they are pretty straight forward. Start at the bar end and do the inside last. But any dremel work (and plenty of people have done it without doing any cutting) should be done on the plastic handguards to increase clearance, not the bango bolts!

And I don't think any cable tie cutting should be required either. Wasn't for me.

You shouldn't need to cut any ties and the only trimming I did was on the top of the gaurd where it rubbed up against the covers of the brake and clutch resovoirs. I also trimmed out the inside where they connect at the inside because I wanted all the cables to be run through there. It recommends that certain cables be left on the outside of the gaurds but it was just my preference to have them all kept together.





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Buckster wrote:You shouldn't need to cut any ties and the only trimming I did was on the top of the gaurd where it rubbed up against the covers of the brake and clutch resovoirs. I also trimmed out the inside where they connect at the inside because I wanted all the cables to be run through there. It recommends that certain cables be left on the outside of the gaurds but it was just my preference to have them all kept together.





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Much thanks. I ended up bending the guards a bit to sorta force them to fit, and did a bit of trimming to open the gap a litter farther to make more room for cables. Everything goes on swell, and I have no plans to take them off until they break/wear, so it's all good.

thanks guys for the help

BTW, they actually do come with instructions, in several languages, with pictures.

rdsmith3 wrote:BTW, they actually do come with instructions, in several languages, with pictures.

I have said instruction book. It is in far too many languages. The english section is only one page. Pictures are just of all the parts...separately.

BMW instructions have thus been proven worthless.

I am assuming that the GS handguards and Throttlemiester don't mix , due to the need for a bar end bolt to hold the handguard???

I believe you would need the GS version of the Throttlemiester to go with the handguards, although I use the 25 cent O-ring for throttle control, so it works, handguards or not!