Leave it on, not only is it for protection if it takes a light fall but some place to stretch my tired dogs on a long ride, stretch them out. My knees are shot from arthritis so after an hour or so I can stretch them out on the highway pegs, it also gives me a foot prop for my foot on the inside corner of the highway peg and heel rest on the boards. Might change the crash bars out one day for something more aesthetically pleasing to my eye.

 

That engine guard has saved me more than I care to admit!![sm=outcold.gif]

 

Leave it on, like everyone else said, you'll be glad its there someday. Maybe a set of lowers will get it to look better to you.

 

LEAVE THEM ON!!!!!!!!!! They saved my legs when I got hit by a cage last year and went down. I just put the bag guards on and if they made a body guard I'd put that on, LOL. Crashing Sucks!!!!!!!!

 

That's another reason I left mine on. I knew I'd want color matched lowers eventually. On order now, waiting on delivery.

I like the moustache guard, and the one linked above with the built in flip out pegs, but neither of those would work with the factory lowers.

 

You've got a lot of expensive things to replace if the big no-no ever happens! Leave it on.

 

Looks terrible......so rip it off and throw it away *or sell it 2 one of these chumps who A) drops their bike & B) needs a replacement

Grab a set of the Kury MarkIVs and u'll be happy u did

 

We'll be rememberin' that when ya come back here cryin after you drop yours.

It's not a matter of "if", my friend.

Your luck *will* run out some day. =)

 

Something for G$ and anyone else to think about: That new 100+ hp engine I'm sporting was paid for by HIS insurance company after my wheelin' and dealin'. It also covered the new "crashbar" or "engine guard" as it's being called above. The right side of that crashbar was bent back 45-degrees when I was pinned between two trucks lastJanuaryby a guy on 5th Avenue downtown who didn't look when he changed lanes to park in an open spot to my left. I've checked Zanotti's and Chicago Harley-Davidson, but they have neither a PN nor a listing for a "complete lower right leg".

 

I say leave it on.