As a new rider, I will feel more comfortable if I get a guard for my bike. The Lindby looks like the extended rests on top could be good for extended highway cruising and stretching your legs out, though I will probably stick to the backroads until I feel like I know what I am doing with the bike, so this may not be a real selling point for me at this time.

Does anyone have any opinions on one of these as opposed to the other? Has anyone had one and switched to the other? If so, why?

My ride is a 2007 1200C.

Thanks in advance for your comments!

 

it is all on how much you want to spend... HD Bar 199.00 Lindy 300.00 or so...
i got the wife the hd bar with adjustable pegs so she can adjust it to fit her.....if you just do the lindy bar it is were it is

 

i have the hd bar. I wish i got the lindy. It's a lot nicer looking and more useful. all my personal opinion.

Rob

 

I put the Lindy on the wife's 883... nice bar, looks great, but at 5'5" she can't reach the bar comfortably. So she doesn't use it.... Although when she did a standing drop it sure saved the bike, doing a slow roll down onto the side... I was impressed with the way it protected her and the bike. For me, I didn't like how close it was to the forwards. My toes constanlty hit the lower part of the bar. Course I"m 6'1" and the forwards are too close for my liking, which is why I run with my 5" extended forwards... no need for highway bar..

 

My wife has a Lindby Multibar on her Sportster and I have onmy Dyna. Good strong bar but bigger than the HD oval bar.

Look around you can find them cheaper than $300.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lindb...QQcmdZViewItem

 

I like the Lindby bar and you can add pegs to the sides if you want. Got mine off eBay for $175.00 in mint condition.

 

I have the oval engine bar on my 07 Custom. To me it was about the money. 199.99 for the guard and another 100 for the clamp on chrome footrests with the flat black rubber pads. They are adjustable and flip up when i put the bike cover on. Im happy.

 

Put the Multibar on my wifes 04 Roadster and we are pleased with it although we did add adjustable highway pegs to it[sm=biker2.gif].

 

Thanks for all your comments. I went ahead and ordered the Lindby Mulibar...I liked the looks of it better than the HD bar and it seems a bit more functional.

 

The Lindby Multibar is probably the best looking engine guard out there. Great for mounting out-facing hwy pegs. Mine is mounted on an '06 FXDWG. The only problem I have, and I think it's probably a design problem, is that at the point when the big twin goes through the RPM range that induces harmonic vibration (at some point in each gear), the Multibar vibrates like a rattlesnake. The problem is that the bar is designed only on one plane, which is conducive to vibration. If the bar had some bends in it that were not all on the same plane, the bar could not vibrate. I wouldn't buy this bar again.

**Update to this post - the Multibar broke at the lower mounting point, where the flat plate (welded to the tubing) was bolted to the other piece of flat plate behind the stock peg mounts. Anyway, lasted two years....it's junk now.....