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GT550 ENGINE BARS???

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:42 am
by johnakay
I have a chance of making these small engine crash bars.
similar to the GT750 ones.
I've been offered a set on loan but before I take a plunged in making a jig etc.
how likely will these sell.
I've 3 others over the years namely Z650,Z1000 and a yamaha but cannot remember what model for sure .
these did not sell well at all so I stopped making them ,so I dont want to do this again.
besides I'm now more or less retired and will only make 20 of each grab rail a year --T250,350-T500-GT380,550,750
some time even less ,depend what I've got left when I come to make more eg if I've got 5 x T500 I'll only make another 5 and thats it for the year.
I've no need to make anything else but I will just to help others out with their resto.
I will not be chroming these but you will have two choices if I go a head none chrome or powder coated.
price will be around the £90/100 mark all depends on how long these take to knock up.
tubing ? 20mm dia x 2 mm wall or 22mm dia x 1.5mm wall. I bend these by hand and 22mm x 2mm wall is a bit much for me to bend.
let me know what you guys think. john

Re: GT550 ENGINE BARS???

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 7:32 pm
by tennesseetwostroke
I have been looking for small engine crashbars for a GT550 for some time. This is a link to a photobucket picture of the type I was interested in.http://i1377.photobucket.com/albums/ah4 ... qjoziq.jpg. If you can't see that image you can pm me and I will send it to you. I bought a repo grab bar from someone on ebay it may have been you.

Re: GT550 ENGINE BARS???

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2018 12:39 am
by Alan H
I have some similar on the Hippo (GT750) and quite like them, but they are a bit like marmite in that some like 'em and some don't. I have a set of 'standard' crash bars for this resto, so I don't need any more. Good luck with them John, I'm sure they'll sell. Pity the frame mounts are all different unless you can do standard ones with different ends.

Re: GT550 ENGINE BARS???

Posted: Thu Apr 05, 2018 1:40 am
by johnakay
I posted this on the kettle forum and so far no one responded.
think I'll give this miss due to variations on mounts and I cant be done with all this at this stage.
like I've I dont need to make these any more now..
for you guys in the USA I've been told that emgo sell these???