Custom made crash bars?

[Guest]

Anyone have this done? Not that I am looking for anything special but even beat up ones on ebay are going for $100. How much could it cost for a couple loops of chrome (prefer black, actually) with mount points?

(No, I have never ordered anything from a machine shop in my life)

Looking for ideas after San Jose "Dennis" told me he has his made for him (but would not say where).

[ThrottleBack]

You could build some pretty easily. All you need is the tubing, a pipe bender (a cheap one bolted down would be fine), a map torch, and a welder to weld on a few mounting brackets.

Tube is pretty inexpensive. If the goal is simply to protect the bike you could likely get away with EMT conduit. I have made things like Jeep roof racks with it, takes a good beating. I'm betting it's not ideal for this but I don't know.

You can build a bender yourself, google that to see what you have the tools to make.

If you don't have a welder you can borrow one or pay a guy with a few beers to weld those.