The bars were tested yesterday on a Pune-Mumbai journey. They do their job beautifully. Will post pics afterwards.

please post the pics soon...need some sort of similar inspiration for my fz too....

bring on some clicks

Sorry for such late reply, but better late than never!

I used this setup on my bike. Costed me 100rs for making, 30rs for black paint and 20rs bakshis, in total rs.150. It completely saved the panels from any scratches. I had also put scotch tape under these bars on the panels.

Full view: See the bar near the rear tyre?



Closeup:



View from rear



The bars are fitted under the seat to a screw holding the panel together. It was the only area under the seat where a 5mm bar could fit. I had to replace the screws by larger ones because existing ones fit just exactly, and won't take the 5mm bars plus 2 vicers which I put to increase the height of the bars so that they won't hit the panel.



Left view: See the nice curve



Right view: Here the curve is not feasible, as the screw to which the bar is fixed is already protruding because of the saree guard fitment.



Lastly, view from rear center. You can see how the bars go with the bike shape, and don't hinder the leg movement.



As my saddle bag is custom made, I could increase the distance between the bags so that they rest nicely on the bars. One mistake I did here was, I put the bars slanting for aesthetic purpose, but the bags are not slanted. As the saddlebag is of cloth, it takes a horizontal form, and hence it is a pointy rest for the bag! I have put sponge and covered it by electrical tape where the bag rests, and it has served the purpose wonderfully.

I thought that the bars would interfere with the suspension when I installed these, but look carefully, the bar is fitted to that part of the bike which moves as one when the bike goes over a pothole. It is not connected to the shock absorber assembly, so the bars are not affected by the shocks, neither is the suspension.

Overall, I will recommend this mod for every tourer, as this costs hardly anything and helps a lot in saving the bike's beauty. Feel free to shoot your questions

hey Ani,
I'm happy you thought about modding, but I have some points here:
- The two points that are being linking actually don't need to be strengthened additionally because the bike's chassis extends under the seat and is pretty strong.
- The type of linkage you've used is not the strongest in design terms and might also hurt rider/pillion. There are 2 L joints and if there is excess force on it, it can flex (i guess) since the length of the vertical bar is quite long (from the seat to the footrest mount) and the top end is not mounted directly to any part of the chassis. They might definitely help to some extent in saving the fairing if the bike falls, but there is great potential of it causing injury.. It's a sharp L that is non-rigid..

A very popular system is to link the left and right side mounts from behind the bike and not have it link to the foot-mount unless necessary. You'll find this system on most luggage mount systems, .. like Givi (as people have mounted such stuff on Pulsar too)..

Instead, what you could have tried is.. use 2 screws on the left and 2 screws on the right (1 pair being the ones you've already used, the other being the one on which the grabrail is mounted) and then have a mount that covers up only the fairing area (the area with GS150R text till the tail) extending down only till the fairing is covered (side view - the entire area that is red- from the black sticker to the tail).. two such mounts on either side linked through a bridge that runs around the tail .. under the tail light, but above the number plate.. ..

The length will be short and it will be strong.. being distributed between both left and right side with the bridge.. so, even if you were to fall on one side, the rigidity of the other side will add to the strength of the side on which you fell..

All this in addition to saving your fairing from scratches..

Lemme find an appropriate pic and post it.. will give a clear picture ..

-- Edit ..

Here's the pic

You have already done it. I would have used a different approach, like replacing the entire grab rails with a customized one that will protrude out to protect the panels. like this..
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Where the two "O" in the center will be bolted where the grab rails used to be. Just make them with irons strong enough to withstand the weight. And if the grab rail can fit as well just bolt them all together.