outback mototek upper and lower crash bars

[bigsky]

Any opinions on the outback mototek crash bars?  What are you all liking in this regard and why?  

[DORTx2]

I have them, the quality of work on them is trash. I would go another route.

[Landshark]

7 minutes ago, DORTx2 said:

I have them, the quality of work on them is trash. I would go another route.

 

I was considering the Outback crash bars but 800 Canadian was way to much.  And now I learn the quality is poor.  Good thing I didn't waste my money.

[JayD]

The feedback on these seem to differ a lot - some say they are super high quality and can handle a lot of abuse, others say they are crap.. 

[DORTx2]

2 minutes ago, Landshark said:

 

I was considering the Outback crash bars but 800 Canadian was way to much.  And now I learn the quality is poor.  Good thing I didn't waste my money.

I was super disapointed for the price, the design seems good but the worksmanship sucks. 

[DORTx2]

2 minutes ago, JayD said:

The feedback on these seem to differ a lot - some say they are super high quality and can handle a lot of abuse, others say they are crap.. 

Yes it seems to be a hit and miss thing. That means their quality control sucks. The fact there are other options out there without these problems means I would definitely pass on the outback stuff. For the price the issues are unaaceptable.

[bigsky]

6 hours ago, DORTx2 said:

I have them, the quality of work on them is trash. I would go another route.

 

5 hours ago, DORTx2 said:

Yes it seems to be a hit and miss thing. That means their quality control sucks. The fact there are other options out there without these problems means I would definitely pass on the outback stuff. For the price the issues are unaaceptable.

ok...thanks.  Then which ones would you suggest for the T7

 

[bigsky]

ok thanks...Then which ones would you suggest for the T7

[DORTx2]

5 minutes ago, bigsky said:

ok thanks...Then which ones would you suggest for the T7

Personally if I were to do it again I'd probably go with the heed bunker bars or the Hepco and Becker bars. Heard good things about both. There is a good thread on here about crash bars 

 

[bigsky]

I wonder if the Mosko 35 L panniers will go on these

[bigsky]

oops...i was had pannier racks on the brain.  I was going to go outback motortek for crash bars, pannier racks , and skid

[Canzvt]

I have Outback's racks and skid with Yamaha engine guards. They all work fine. I also run Mosko 25's and they work well so far. Modified my racks to accept a Rotopax and a Mosko 25L on each side for the big trips.

Edited March 25, 2021 by Canzvt

[Burner]

My experience with the Outback bars was not good.  I’ve commented on this elsewhere on here: crap workmanship, poor fit & wrong sized hardware. Junk.

SW Motech bars fit perfectly until I installed the Dominator headers, cross brace is not compatible.

Going to try Touratech lower bars.

 

[DORTx2]

2 hours ago, Canzvt said:

I have Outback's racks and skid with Yamaha engine guards. They all work fine. I also run Mosko 25's and they work well so far. Modified my racks to accept a Rotopax and a Mosko 25L on each side for the big trips.

Damn those 25's look great, I just bought a set of 35's and now I'm a little worried theyre going to be too big.