Acerbis Rally Dual Sport Handguards
Acerbis Rally Dual Sport Handguards
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THE CONCEPT BEHIND ACERBIS' RALLY Dual Sport Handguards is a good one: Incorporate turnsignals into the company's injection-molded plastic handguards. Now, when making your enduro street-legal, there's no need to take measurements, source stalks or fabricate expensive mounting brackets.
Based on the popular Rally Brush guards, the $79 shields share the origi nals' sleek, swoopy design and accom modate Acerbis' matching Spoilers for added hand/wrist protection. Fitment is a simple, bolt-on affair; universal mounting hardware is supplied, and the only bottleneck involves wiring the lenses to an on-bike power source.
On the street, the DOT-approved, glued-in-place blinkers perform ade quately, though the addition of a reflec tive lining in the rectangular plastic housing would help provide a brighter signal. What's more, engine vibration can cause the bulbs to back out of their sockets, leaving them to dangle loose.
There are problems off road, too. On our first trailride, a low-speed tipover resulted in a broken lens. Fortunately, Acerbis offers reasonably priced replacement parts. Still, the fact that the lenses are so easily damaged is a concern.
In spite of those shortcomings, the Rally Dual Sport guards remain a good idea. They do protect hands and levers as promised, and they're available in a host of cool colors to match your bike. Perhaps, though, Acerbis should get back to us after a bit more R&D...
RALLY DUAL SPORT HANDGUARDS
Acerbis USA
13200 Gregg St. Poway, CA 92064 619/679-5229
Price . $79
Make handsignals a thing of the past Slim and stylish, but still offer lots of protection
owns Lenses easily damaged Male/female wiring junctures not supplied
