Going on road trips with your motorcycle is one of the most thrilling adventures every rider could experience. But one should know that having a bike is not just about going out for a ride. One of your responsibilities as a bike owner is to have your motor maintained regularly. 

While motorcycles are not as challenging to maintain as cars, they still need to be well taken care of. Like vehicles, you also need to check your bike’s interior components, such as the engine, fuel pump and injectors, spark plugs, and air filter. But apart from the internal parts, you must also take care of your motorcycle’s external components, like the motorcycle engine guard.

Engine guards, also known as crash bars, are designed to act as a barrier between the engine and the ground in case the bike goes down. While no motorcycle owner would intentionally drop their bike, it can still happen. Thus, it is only a sound decision to have engine guards installed.

One of the most popular engine guards nowadays is the SW-Motech crash bars. Unlike the other engine guards, the SW-Motech KTM 790 Adventure Engine Guard is way bigger and heavier. It weighs about 8 KG. The engine guard only weighs about 4.4 KG, but it has additional heavy-duty sub-frame and mounting hardware, making it heavier.

While many bike owners may not prefer SW-Motech crash bars’ big and heavy qualities, they are built like this for a reason. Besides your engine, the engine guards of SW-Motech also protect your fuel tank, exhaust header pipe, and catalytic converter. These engine guards were engineered to be bulky to protect your bike’s most critical and expensive parts. 

If you want to know more about SW-Motech KTM 790 Adventure Engine Guard, you can check this article by Motorrad.