Bike drop protection…

[plingboot]

Just wondered what parts anyone would recommend fitting to help protect against damage to the engine/exhaust/levers etc in event of a bike drop - tipping over a standstill on either side (ie: not a crash)?

I'm getting ever closer to actually buying a bike and a little concerned that I'm going to drop it at some point a cause a shed load of damage.

The bike will either be a 821 or 1200S (2018-)

[slob]

Welcome to the forum.
Bobbins in the wheel spindles and some sort of crash bung
(shameless sales pitch coming, since my 1200 is gone)
http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/showthread.php?t=57510
I’d get radiator/oil cooler guards on the models you mention, Evotech make the best of these, as a stone in the radiator could cost you around a grand.
If you ride in traffic, especially with the brakes on a 1200, I’d get a race style brake lever guard
(got one of those somewhere too, will throw it in if someone takes the crash bungs)
http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/showthread.php?t=57511

[plingboot]

thanks for the reply and suggestions. :-)

[mickj]

From my experience nothing short of handguards will save levers, if you are concerned about being stranded with broken levers get folding types.

[slob]

The reason I had a brake protector on the 1200 is I was worried about what would happen if I clipped a wing mirror or something in traffic, since I live in a congested city. Eventually I found a dainty alloy one, Ironically I wrote the bike off by flipping it on the brakes, not that the sudden impact I was trying to avoid would’ve been a better outcome.