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Went to KTM Dealership yesterday and had a look at some they looked as if they would go straight on once I had moved my MRA screen brackets over but I was sceptical aout their strength and if they would twist on impact (there is only a knurled end on the expansion bolt). The expansion bolt is short and narrow enough to fit inside the threaded section of the existing bars, the bit the bar end weights screw into, most others are too long. It also looks as if they would give the same amount of weather protection as the originals so I will probably go for them. The KTM guy I spoke to had owned an XT and said the bar end weights were fitted to control epicyclic wandering caused by the front brake disc and that junk of rubber but it did'nt really make any difference so I should'nt notice any changes.
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Went to KTM Dealership yesterday and had a look at some they looked as if they would go straight on once I had moved my MRA screen brackets over but I was sceptical aout their strength and if they would twist on impact (there is only a knurled end on the expansion bolt). The expansion bolt is short and narrow enough to fit inside the threaded section of the existing bars, the bit the bar end weights screw into, most others are too long. It also looks as if they would give the same amount of weather protection as the originals so I will probably go for them. The KTM guy I spoke to had owned an XT and said the bar end weights were fitted to control epicyclic wandering caused by the front brake disc and that junk of rubber but it did'nt really make any difference so I should'nt notice any changes.
most ktm's now come with fat bars so double check that they set you up with the correct ones for the 7/8 bars on the xt as the fat bars are as the name sugests are fatter beyond the switch gear so the bar clamp mount is a lot bigger i had to alter them on mine as i went from the standard bars to magura fat bars but already had a new set of standard handguards
a bit of slippage in an impact is fine it stops things breaking i always ride with my hand controls set so i can move them with a bit of effort opposed to tweaked up really tight

the handguards do pretty much the same job as the bar end weights think about it this way if you weighed your bar end weights and the handguards the hand gaurds will be as heavy and the bar clamp is just there to steady them
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have used the ktm guards on all my bikes for the last few years good weather protection but not have still broken a few levers on very low speed crashes . good thing is they do or at least used to come with the drifferent fittings for fat bars and standard bars but may not fit some of the steel bars as they do sometimes have a larger hole in the end of the bar
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most ktm's now come with fat bars so double check that they set you up with the correct ones for the 7/8 bars on the xt as the fat bars are as the name sugests are fatter beyond the switch gear so the bar clamp mount is a lot bigger i had to alter them on mine as i went from the standard bars to magura fat bars but already had a new set of standard handguards
a bit of slippage in an impact is fine it stops things breaking i always ride with my hand controls set so i can move them with a bit of effort opposed to tweaked up really tight

the handguards do pretty much the same job as the bar end weights think about it this way if you weighed your bar end weights and the handguards the hand gaurds will be as heavy and the bar clamp is just there to steady them
The KTM guards I looked at had shims included for 22mm bars, I don't think I can beat them for value (44 pounds), they are fitted to the SMT and Adventure as standard so should be fine, I want them for practicality rather than looks.
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