Fitting Acerbis hand guards on my SMR510

[husky4eva]

Looking for some advice. Fitted my new Acerbis Multiconcept hand guards onto my stock 22mm bars today but found the part of the hand guard bar that fits against the bar ends doesn't fit flush to the bar end. I'm using the standard 22mm bar mount kit, and no matter how I try to position things, it looks as if I need to bend the end part a bit to get it flush. When I say not flush, I mean by only a few degrees, but enough that even when tightened really tight, it's not a perfect fit.

Any ideas?

 

[Coffee]

I usually use a big hammer to make things fit


Anyone have a better suggestion? I'm not acquainted with the Acerbis multiconcept hand guards.

 

[petem]

I usually use a big hammer to make things fit

And so say all of us. Just make sure you use the appropriate size and it's been calibrated recently (by law it should have a label showing the date when the next calibration is due). :smashpc:

I've never fitted the Acerbis guards but I had Cycra ones with triple clamp mounts on my previous bike and the end of the metal bar was at a slight angle to the end of the handlebar. It might have been possible to reshape the guards but the expanding bolts in the end of the bars seemed to be really secure even at that slight angle so I left it like that and they stayed perfectly solid (being bolted to the triple clamp no doubt helped). It looked slightly untidy, but worked ok and my fingers felt the benefit many times!

BTW, the proper name here for a hammer is a "Birmingham screwdriver". You know what they say: "if the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail".

 

[BadMotoWeazal]

BTW, the proper name here for a hammer is a "Birmingham screwdriver". You know what they say: "if the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail".

And for those of us in Birmingham we call it.....You guessed it, the Andover Screwdriver.


To the original poster.....I've used a vise to slightly bend the hand guard the way it needs to go to fit correctly. Wrap it in a rag to prevent marring. GL

 

[petem]

And for those of us in Birmingham we call it.....You guessed it, the Andover Screwdriver.

Ahhh, but the "here" meant UK and we're referring to a different Birmingham, the one in West Midlands (UK) rather than Alabama! I have no idea how you use your hammers over there.

The Andover screwdriver is actually an adjustable spanner (monkey wrench).

 

[husky4eva]

Well, after taking another look at the instructions I was quick to realise I had tried fitting them the wrong way round, curved part of the bar end mount running upwards and not down as they should have been. After removing and refitting I'm glad to say they fitted perfectly. :-) See pics attached.