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Oopah! Glad you were able to obtain the Heed bars in Greece 👍🏼 As you mentioned, the quality is evident. The installation instructions...nada so much. I don’t think you can go wrong adding an extra flat washer or two, as long as you retain some threads beyond the nut for max strength - about 50% of the diameter of the bolt if I recall. And, being a multicultural country, I’m happy to have had you post with us Canadians 🇨🇦

Hmmm 😕 Have you tried emailing Heed directly? I mention this because there was a weird, separate, less obvious site from the main website for placing an order in to Canada. Instead of buying in PL currency it was in euros. Perhaps there is something similar for Greece??

I'm so impressed with these crash bars I ordered (but have not installed yet) Heed bunker crash bars for my 2015 Triumph Tiger as well. I took installation pics for an instructional post for the Tracer but haven't got off my keester yet to post them. Until then, feel free to post an installation question and I'll see if I can be of help. Just looking at my install pics now, I will say this... On the long(er) shaft threaded at each end provided by Heed I put RED LOCKTITE on the left side threads and BLUE LOCKTITE on the right hand threads. This was so the right side nut would bust loose first and then the shaft could be slid out the left side. However, I don't recall why that was important... it just was. I noted on my pics that 2 washers got used on the left side of this shaft (under the nut, and between the crash bar and the bike) but the right side only used 1 washer (just under the nut) I also have a pic of a nylon tipped hammer and a long, slender punch... so presumably those are needed... to punch the old shaft out and to tap the new long(er) shaft in without damaging the threads. Sorry for the shaky recall. I blame old age, whiskey, and weed during the 80's. Oh, and my mother (says Freud)

If you are referring to the badge panels, yes, looks like you’ll be able to get at the hardware and remove them easily without taking off the bars (on the full bunker crash bars)

And just a heads-up for new buyers... The 4 Carbtune hoses need to be cut and a piece of plastic pin-hole restrictor tube slipped in... which also needs to be cut. This was an un-anticipated job that, quite frankly, was a PITA. Mine didn't slip into the hoses easily and by the end my fingers were sore. (Waaa! I know) Your intuition is to lube them to make it easier but you don't want them to pull apart at with a slight pull on the hose either [maybe the old hand grip install using hair-spray or rubbing alcohol trick to get them on would have worked?] Not sure why Carbtune doesn't install them because they have to go in the tubes to damp the rod fluctuations. Sooo, before you get the bike apart... might wanna do this first.

I had some "T" connectors (not as pretty as "Y" connectors, but just as functional) from a Rain Drip automatic watering system [Home Depot, etc] Was going to sacrifice one of the four hoses that came with the unit but thought better of it and just got 3 feet of 1/8" ID vacuum hose; [sold by the foot at just about any car parts store] You could also keep switching hose positions (at the gauge) and see if you consistently have one rod higher/lower then you know you have an imbalanced gauge also. BTW - I marked rings around the ends of each of the Carbtune hoses with a silver felt pen; 1 ring to 4 rings so I never got them confused between the TB's and the gauge.

An appropriate farkle based on your namesake...

My Carbtune was spot on. Checked the TB's on the weekend and no adjustments needed. I'd hope not at 1870km. Wouldn't have bothered checking but the 1000km service interval calls for it and I was hoping that a TB imbalance correction may have removed a bit of high-frequency bar end vibration.

Good info BBB and Triple. I would not have taken possible imbalances between the columns into account when I went to use my Carbtune. I will definitely connect all four columns into one as BBB shows above and take a reading off one throttle body and see how the columns compare - both at idle and at a steady higher rev - BEFORE I start twistin' adjustment screws that may not need twistin'.

Another acquisition update for fellow Canadian riders considering a Morgan 4-Col Carbtune Pro (for balancing our triple throttle bodies/injectors) Ordered Sept 7/20 from the UK and arrived today, Sept. 22/20 (on the West Coast). So that's 2 weeks No duty or taxes/handling fees levied by CBSA so the cost was whatever the conversion was from 86GB to $CAN

Now that sums it up! First time I struggled to get it out I immediately screwed an eye hook into it. But then... First time I installed front seat wrong by having the front of the seat in the wrong position when locking it down rendered the lil rubber effer unremoveable. I spent about an hour intermittently swearing at imaginary Japanese engineers before figuring out how to unlatch (a finger worked in the end, btw. Not the one I was waving at the imaginary Japanese engineers). I wrote "Tracer" on it with a silver felt and joined the rest of you Rubber Huckers

FYI Fellow Hosers Just received a pair of Heed full bunker crash bars for my 2020 Tracer 900GT. Installed and extremely pleased. If you're looking to buy a great looking and well made set of bars... AND without supporting China...these fit the bill. Manufactured and shipped from Poland. https://heed.com.pl/mt-09-tracer--tracer-900-gt I ordered them August 29/20 and they arrived Sept 15 (Canada Post); 2-1/2 weeks. Not bad mid-Covid! They were INCREDIBLY well-packaged!! Not sure how they could have been damaged short of the cargo plane crashing. Cost will fluctuate based on CDN:EUR exchange rate. Mine was approx. $300 (MCard statement not in yet) and I paid $20.61 to CBSA when I picked up the parcel [$4.44 GST, $6.22 PST(BC), $9.95 handling fee]. So about $325CDN all done and dusted! Install was fairly smooth except for time spent looking for unprovided torque values on the bolts. (33 lb.ft, btw for all bolts). Planning to post the install with pics.

We're here for you dazzler24. If you're having a weak moment you can always reach out, ANYTIME OF THE DAY! We went from a DR650 which I dropped 9X off road (relatively unemotionally) before it had 200km on it - to the Tracer. I went with the full bunker because it's just so goddamned pretty to go denting and scratching up... ...and because I bought the bike for my wife last Thursday for her birthday and she's still got her Learner's licence. Pretty much in hyperprotective mode here.

Thanks. I'm in to it for $311 before whatever duty/taxes/brokerage is added on top when it enters Canada. Regardless, I'm okay with the cost: 1) There's scant availability of any crash bars for our bike at present 2) They're not from China. 3) Everybody seems to rave about them across all bike models/makes 4) They look good and seem funcional. I agree with ABlast82 that the T Rex (one of the few currently available) "just looks too chunky" I'm doing my damnedest to support other countries of manufacture other than China and was happy to see from the Heed website that they are manufactured in Poland.