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    crash bars do work

    just saw this over on ADVrider

    a bloody lucky escape but just goes to show that crash bars are a worthwhile investment

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    Re: crash bars do work

    They are good used mine several times to prop the bike up in rivers and soft moist ground
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    Re: crash bars do work

    Quote Originally Posted by J View Post
    They are good used mine several times to prop the bike up in rivers and soft moist ground
    And mine on the way back form Piel Island
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    Re: crash bars do work

    I'm sure the crash bars did their job well but the fact that the bike is a BMW seems to have saved that man's leg.

    God bless that big old cylinder on that boxer engine....phew !!!!
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    Re: crash bars do work

    South Wales Police used to have 2 GSA 1150 one decided to save a coppers legs when a Volvo drive took um-bridge and tried to drive over him.
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