Crash bars or Oggy Knobs on naked?

[Motig]

Which offers the best protection to the bike in an off/fall of sidestand etc. Just something I've always wondered about. Is your choice ruled by price, practicality or looks ? My general feeling is that crashbars would absorb the impact better as it would be spread over more than one mounting point (something like the Givi bars for a Bandit is attached in 3 places on each side) Whats the real world experience out there.

[mstriumph]

when i rode in south africa it was ilegal to ride anything over 250cc without full crashbars front and rear

they gave a good deal of protection, not only to the bike but also to the rider's legs [if they are daft enough to stay with the bike in a crash as i did - once]

here i have oggie knobs but have not tried them out under crash circumstances yet, than heaven.

------- i do think you need SOMETHING

[mattimeo]

Crash bars are the way to go - if you can deal with the look. The problem with oggly nobbs is they put a lot of pressure on a certain point of the frame, where as crash bars spread the load over a much wider area.

[Sanx]

Crash bars are the way to go - if you can deal with the look. The problem with oggly nobbs is they put a lot of pressure on a certain point of the frame, where as crash bars spread the load over a much wider area.

Except that you can get Oggy Knobs that sit on a bracket between two mounting points, so the bracket takes the initial force of the impact, not the mounting point itself.

[doc]

Except that you can get Oggy Knobs that sit on a bracket between two mounting points, so the bracket takes the initial force of the impact, not the mounting point itself.

Yeah I think that would be the most sensible method of mounting. However I think Knobs are really only useful for low speed stuff mainly just dropping gently.

[mattimeo]

Aha... Didn't know about the bracket. Just assumed they bolted directly to a mount point. The point about them being best for low-speed drops remains. A while back I lowsided at 80kph on black ice, there is no way that oggly nobs would have stayed on long enough to hold the bike off the ground. Engine bars would have definitely saved my pulse coil and some engine housing...

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

Depends on the style of the bike and the style of the chrash bars...

They didn't look too bad onmy old XJ... Also when I did drop her... well ok she dropped me but thats another story. The crash bar folded and saved the whole crank case. All I had to replace was a crash bar a mirror and clutch lever. and realign every thing... (thing sad I won't do that again) another time when she cam of the side stand and went over I was able to lay her on the crash bars and pick from there.

On the same token the knobs are not as intrusive but are really only to save the engine and fairing in a slow speed manouvering mishap or coming of the side stand nothing more.

[fergie]

are oggy knobs bike specific? or does one size/type fit all?

[mattimeo]

The acutal knobs are the same but the mountings are sold 'bike specific', as far as I know.

[HenryDorsetCase]

are oggy knobs bike specific? or does one size/type fit all?

the mounts are specific, but the slider part is pretty much standard ..