Arsey:
Ha! But you have yet to keep up with me in your Green Gobbler. Anytime you want to have a wager between Oviñana and Luarca on the N632, you know where to find me.
I'll let you buy me my second coffee.....because by the time you get there I will have finished the first.
Dazcall:
Mine have 3 points of anchor; one is, indeed, solely anchored to the engine, the other two are anchored to both and in such a way that an extreme force would pull the chassis bars clean off and bend them, not to mention damaging the engine casing as it rips the screws out of their sockets or breaks the sockets themselves.
Whilst there may be an argument for the bars reducing the impact on the cylinders and damaging a fin or two, I find it hard to believe that they would do very much if the impact had been strong enough to rip a cylinder off. It's arguable whether the damage to an engine solely or an engine and a chassis makes any difference, I guess, and probably, therefore, academic. However, as you know, sometimes it isn't always the level of force but rather where that force is applied that can make all the difference. A relatively minor spill, impacting at the wrong angle can potentially do much more damage. Anchoring the bars to the chassis is potentially life shortening for the bike.
In any case, there is an argument to keep both, I suppose, because the covers will reduce any movement on the bars and therefore bending action on the anchor points. I shall see if they both fit.
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