Engine crash bars Steven Billham on Nov 08, 2024
Rating: 5
Very quick delivery and items well packaged. Have used Nippy Norman’s before and always happy with service.
Wunderlich crash bars for R1250RT Andy on Oct 28, 2024
Rating: 5
The bars are well made and come in their own bags, along with all the necessary fittings, plus instructions. Points to note: I was removing the existing BMW cylinder guards and so had replacement bolts for two of the holes that would be left by their removal, do one side at a time (!), watch the youtube videos on the subject, it helps supplement the instructions. And finally it helps having a friend with a bike ramp and all the necessary tools and knowledge!! Overall great service from Nippy Normans and a excellent product.
Engine Bars Neil McGowan on Jun 22, 2024
Rating: 4
Product is of excellent quality, however there are two issues.
If factory spotlights are already fitted, they require relocation to a mounting point on the engine bars.
This is fine except the cable for the left spotlight is then too short to reach the light in its new location, requiring skills/equipment to splice in an extension. An adapter should be included.
Secondly, the included fitting instructions are next to useless. YouTube research necessary!
NN SAYS
To fit the OE spotlights you just swap the OE spotlight brackets from side to side. Never had an issue with cable length and sold hundreds of sets. Will pass on your comments about the instructions to Wunderlich
crash bars MIKE COWLING on Apr 13, 2024
Rating: 5
Perfect for the job, just what I wanted. Easy to fit with good instructions. Well packaged and a good delivery time.
Very good product Nick Dyson on Feb 27, 2024
Rating: 5
I fitted these engine bars having watched a video on doing it on you tube.
The fitting was quite straight forward and the bars themselves are very strong and good quality.
The delivery process was very easy and quick. They even came in useful cloth bags that will be useful for other things. Really pleased with the whole process from ordering to fitting.
Very good product Nick Dyson on Feb 27, 2024
Rating: 5
I fitted these engine bars having watched a video on doing it on you tube.
The fitting was quite straight forward and the bars themselves are very strong and good quality.
The delivery process was very easy and quick. They even came in useful cloth bags that will be useful for other things. Really pleased with the whole process from ordering to fitting.
Good quality John Paul Eldridge on Jan 28, 2024
Rating: 5
I purchased these after having tried HEED bars which ran far too close to coolant hoses on the 2023 bike.
These fit well and coupled with the BMW pannier protection rubbers give me confidence that damage will be superficial if I do drop the bike at low speeds.
The only negative comment I have is that they come with a really nice Wunderlich badge but it’s only on one side, a bit odd?
Engine bars Stephen Hussey on Jan 25, 2024
Rating: 5
I really wanted something to protect my cylinder head's, this is the first boxer engine I've ridden, and although I know it's unlikely I wanted to protect my new bike. These bars just fit, I know that's what is supposed to happen, but often there is always a bit of manipulation that needs to happen before you can use these things. Not so, they just worked, all the bits you need, comprehensive instructions, one happy biker.
Engine Bars Alan Rennie on Jan 01, 2024
Rating: 5
Great service, bars fitted easily but the left hand spot light cable was to short, so had to cut the cable tie that was fixing it to the frame so it would reach.
Engine bars Chris Barnes on Oct 25, 2023
Rating: 5
Received product promptly and individually wrapped being very well protected in the box. Very pleased with quality and black finish. They came with full instructions bolts and lubricants required. I had to remove the fairing and required a torque wrench for fitting. Everything lined up perfectly and very pleased with the final result. The black finish looks good on my blue bike.
Crash bar Kevin Stockford on Aug 04, 2023
Rating: 5
Brought these bars after using a similar bike fitted with them and dropped the bike from standing only damage was scratched crash bars.
Wunderlich Engine Bars Anthony Pickering on Aug 02, 2023
Rating: 5
Very quick dispatch and delivery, competitive price and excellent product in very good condition. I would use Nippy Normans again.
Crash Bars Mark Ward on Jun 08, 2023
Rating: 5
As these will be fitted by Lind in Norwich on 29th July I can not make any comment. The bars were delivered & received in a good condition. I hope that the 'blackness' does not rub off.
Good Bars David Howarth on Apr 27, 2023
Rating: 5
Excellent as can be expected from Wunderlich and easy to fit. Only problem is refitting the BMW spots, they were much lower and only way I could get them to a similar level as originally fitted was to mount them upside down. Nippy Norman's did send me a diagram to say they needed to be swapped round, but I perhaps am thick as could not make sense of that.
Blend in well with bike colour D Polhill on Mar 31, 2023
Rating: 5
Good advice given to me is only do one side at a time as you have to undo the engine/frame bolts. Do both together and the engine can shift. Getting the bolts back in will be a pain. Torque loading figures would also help rather than generic figures for bolt sizes.
Do they work? Ask my dealer he dropped the bike during servicing no damage to the engine not so the surrounding panels.
Mr Nigel Brind on Mar 28, 2023
Rating: 5
Excellent crash bars and very well made.
Wunderlich Engine bars Andrew Melton on Feb 01, 2023
Rating: 4
Bought the black engine bars they were easy to fit and well finished but they were not perfect I was unable to attach the right hand lower faring without it contacting the engine bar and this stresses the faring mount points.
NN SAYS
Never had this issue before - has your bike ever been dropped as there may be a slight bend in the frame - happy to send you another set if you wish to try?
Wunderlich engine bars - good purchase Phil on May 24, 2022
Rating: 5
The engine bars were delivered quickly and well packaged to protect them. They look great on the bike. I am pleased with the service from Nippy Normans
Not obtrusive Paul Marchant on Mar 14, 2022
Rating: 5
Well made and relatively easy for a simpleton like me to fit. They're well designed to make them as unobtrusive as possible so don't look too ugly.
Engine bars Alan McQuaker on Jul 06, 2021
Rating: 4
Look great and hopefully they do the job.
Easy enough to fit though instructions aren't the best , better instructions on YouTube.
Expensive compared to others but I liked this look better.
Great service as usual from NN.
engine bars Simon Whitmore on Apr 21, 2021
Rating: 4
Great product fits perfectly and looks great, however the fitting instructions do not tell you what panels to remove before fitting. a better set of fitting instructions would be good, thank god for you tube.
Easy to fit Alan Scott on Mar 08, 2021
Rating: 5
I chose these as they fit with the original equipment spot lamps.
They are easy to fit (four bolts each side) they even come with thread lock and grease as required.
You might need to research how to remove the fairing panels but that’s easy to find on YouTube!
crash bars Martin on Nov 04, 2020
Rating: 4
Looked at a few different makes but decided on these , glad I did , good quality easy fitting and look quality
Engine Bar review (black) Elvis on Aug 21, 2020
Rating: 4
Very nice clean fit. Impressed with quality and fit on the bike. Prompt delivery. Would recommend as not available from BMW.
Excellent-looking bars. Hope I don't need them... Chris Matthews on Aug 21, 2020
Rating: 4
These are great looking engine bars; not in the least obtrusive, they look as if they were designed for the bike by BMW. I'm not "handy" so my local dealer fitted them for me, in about 30 minutes. Having dropped a previous bike whilst manually handling it, this seems such like such a sensible addition to the bike.
Sturdy Crash Bars Douglas on Aug 20, 2019
Rating: 4
Took a while to figure out what to dismantle to be able to fit the bars but there is a very good You Tube video from Ilium Works which gives you step by step instructions on how to dismantle the panels which give you access to the fitting brackets. Pay particular attention to the dismantling of the fairing panels as they are delicate to dismantle. Once you fit one crash bar the other one is a breeze. The end product is pretty good, although I prefer not to test it.
Good quality, strong and easy to fit Jim O'Brien on Mar 09, 2019
Rating: 4
These bars are realtively easy to fit. I found it easier to remove the plastic fairing panels although this is a tedious job in itself. The accompanying instructions are minimal but it is realtively easy to work it out, but if you have the BMW factory fitted fog lights things get a little more complicated. The instructions make no mention of the fog lights. To fit the bars requires the factory fog light brackets to unmounted from the original position and remounting them on the brackets that are built into the engine bars which have and additional mounting hole. I found out that you can fit the left hand bar and keep the fog lamp in its original position but you can't do it on he right hand bar. Hence the need to remount both to the integral mounts on the engine bars. This moves the lights a little further forward and also lower to the ground but by turning the lights upside down to sit on top of the fog lamp bracket instead of them hanging below. This works quite well and leaves them fairly close to the original height although about 1 and half inches further forward
