Bark Buster style hand guards?

So what are you guys using? I picked up a cheap set of Emgo guards but they will not work with the Magura levers on my 430 XC. need some input......

I generally use ones off a bike I got as a parts bike or became that somehere along the way. Maier or enduro engineering they seem to be, just an alumimum bar perhaps one inch by three eighths. I like the origional bars which are chrome moly and I don't think I have bent any of them. (I bought a 1998 new and have re bent/straightened those somewhere over six times). What I do is cut a plug with a hole saw out of quarter inch steel and tap the pilot hole in the middle to 8mm or 5/16" for the countersunk bolt on the end of the bar, weld plug into bar end. It is advisible to think about not getting your hands stuck if you go over the bars. None of mine are the bent kind which go down somehwat. I believe for the ones with the master cylinder for the brakes I have cut and modified the the aluminum bar. I have cut down the levers and weld a ball up on the end or cut out a section and re weld to preserve the origional ball. I don't cut on the earlier longer magura levers I seem to be able to find another one. I have bought some new levers but the ones you buy now aren't as long as perhaps early eighties to late seventies back.

Fran

I did something similar to above but tapped 5/8" x 11 TPI each end of handlebar. Then machined an aluminum bolt to attach the bar to. I just custom bent the old bark busters that came on the bike to clear the levers. No telling what brand they were and made an extension to attach to the new Renthal bars. This is a pretty rugged way to attach to the bars.


Best photo of the bark busters installed: