Acerbis handguard install gone bad - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum

SwampTJ · 01-26-2002, 06:34 PM

One of the dam aluminum C clamps that go around the bars broke in half when I went to install my handguards, the nylon ones not the Rally Pros.

The instructions said to spread the clamps apart then pinch back together. Well I spread them apart a little, didn't fit so I grabbed it with my hands to spread them apart a little more and the clamp broke in half with a ping sound. Sweet god this kind of crap makes me mad. Now I have to track down another clamp. Hopefully the closest shop(one hour away, hell they're all one hour away)will have one layin around Monday. I was all pumped to finally get my new bars/handguards/lever on & go ridin because I wrecked pretty bad 2 weeks ago & now this crap happens, by by weekend.

Still got the jeep though.

smurfsdad · 01-26-2002, 07:09 PM

could they have meant to spread them and slide them on the end of the bar which would have not meant spreading them very much

SwampTJ · 01-26-2002, 09:10 PM

Nope, there were little pictures of spreading them and slipping them around the bars then clamping them back together with pliers. People shouldn't expect to strip everything off their bars to put on a pair of handguards. If I would have been thinking I would have slipped them on before I put the new bars on but oh well.

markmo · 01-27-2002, 09:13 AM

I am a certified Honda Tech and I had that happen to one that I installed. I was able to get it warrentied. See what happens. Good luckg

Brad · 01-28-2002, 01:00 AM

best bet would be call acerbis and complain that it broke and askfor a new peice.when you asked for advise about handgaurds, i said stay away from the ralley pro cuz of what happened to mine(bent to fawk) im not real impressed with any of thier hand gaurds

SwampTJ · 01-28-2002, 04:51 PM

Yea I know you said stay away from them but I'm selling the bike & just needed to dress it up a bit. These aren't the rally pros either, they look like them but don't have the barkbuster bar in them.

SwampTJ · 01-30-2002, 12:42 PM

Well after trips to the local bike shops & getting nowhere I called Acerbis. They're sending me a new clamp, be here in 4 or 5 days. Guy was real cool on the phone. The shops told me I would have to order another pair of handguards.

Thanks Acerbis.

01-26-2002, 06:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
SwampTJ Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Member # 5513 Location: In a house Posts: 435	Acerbis handguard install gone bad One of the dam aluminum C clamps that go around the bars broke in half when I went to install my handguards, the nylon ones not the Rally Pros. The instructions said to spread the clamps apart then pinch back together. Well I spread them apart a little, didn't fit so I grabbed it with my hands to spread them apart a little more and the clamp broke in half with a ping sound. Sweet god this kind of crap makes me mad. Now I have to track down another clamp. Hopefully the closest shop(one hour away, hell they're all one hour away)will have one layin around Monday. I was all pumped to finally get my new bars/handguards/lever on & go ridin because I wrecked pretty bad 2 weeks ago & now this crap happens, by by weekend. Still got the jeep though.

01-26-2002, 07:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
smurfsdad Registered User Join Date: Mar 2000 Member # 324 Location: Nevada Posts: 4,005	could they have meant to spread them and slide them on the end of the bar which would have not meant spreading them very much __________________ Family, Friends, riders and racers, its who we are.

01-27-2002, 09:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
markmo Registered User Join Date: Dec 2001 Member # 8770 Location: Greeley, Co Posts: 51	I am a certified Honda Tech and I had that happen to one that I installed. I was able to get it warrentied. See what happens. Good luckg __________________ Dont ask ..... Just do it...

01-28-2002, 01:00 AM	#5 (permalink)
Brad Registered User Join Date: Feb 2001 Member # 3239 Location: Benicia,CA Posts: 7,440	best bet would be call acerbis and complain that it broke and askfor a new peice.when you asked for advise about handgaurds, i said stay away from the ralley pro cuz of what happened to mine(bent to fawk) im not real impressed with any of thier hand gaurds __________________ B-RAD Fabrication TDO DYSFUNCTIONAL ROCKCRAWLERS

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01-26-2002, 09:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
SwampTJ Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Member # 5513 Location: In a house Posts: 435	Nope, there were little pictures of spreading them and slipping them around the bars then clamping them back together with pliers. People shouldn't expect to strip everything off their bars to put on a pair of handguards. If I would have been thinking I would have slipped them on before I put the new bars on but oh well.

01-28-2002, 04:51 PM	#6 (permalink)
SwampTJ Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Member # 5513 Location: In a house Posts: 435	Yea I know you said stay away from them but I'm selling the bike & just needed to dress it up a bit. These aren't the rally pros either, they look like them but don't have the barkbuster bar in them.

01-30-2002, 12:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
SwampTJ Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Member # 5513 Location: In a house Posts: 435	Well after trips to the local bike shops & getting nowhere I called Acerbis. They're sending me a new clamp, be here in 4 or 5 days. Guy was real cool on the phone. The shops told me I would have to order another pair of handguards. Thanks Acerbis.