Buell Handguard Upgrade

If you are going Off-Road with your ULY, upgrading to better handguards is the only important modification you really need to make. It's also very inexpensive. Other mods like bash guards are nice, but not really necessary. This is a testament to how well the bike is built from the factory and not the other way around. If you go off-road at any point , which I highly recommend since this Buell is so much fun, you can count on the fact that you will probably slide or drop the bike at some point unless you are extremely careful. But being extremely careful is no fun! The Uly is made to be used and used hard. It can take it. However, your fingers and control levers are a different story.

Buell offers no factory version of an upgrade unfortunately. The guards that come stock only serve to deflect wind. Trust me, I fell once in a really really soft patch of sand in Ocala Florida's wilderness trail system. The bike slid at slow speed and gently squished down into the sand.... the sand gently squished the windguards into my fingers trapping them between it and the clutch lever. This was 5 minutes into 3 days of riding that we planned. I did the rest of the trip with very sore left fingers by grinning and bearing it. After this, there was NO WAY I was going on a three week 1600 mi off-road trip without finger and lever protection ! The cost for this optional but very important piece of gear listed below? Less than $100.00.

In searching for real handguards specifically for the ULY you will find none listed so it took me some digging and help to find a universal one that worked.

( I got great help from Matt at Twisted Throttle and here is what he emailed me )

"From what I can tell, the BB.BHG6 (VPS full wrap kit) or the BB.S4BK (Storm guard full wrap) will mount up without any issue using the BB.BSC.STD standard 7/8 bar fit kit. Let me know if you have any more input or concerns.

Best regards,

Matt"

Test results: I dropped the bike three or four times from standing position due to slippery or uneven ground . Once I fell because I was getting over-confident and decided I could do a skid stop like I was on a mountain bike. I ended up high siding at the last part of the stop. Everytime the bike fell it fell directly on the handguards and the footpegs. the only damage? The handguards shifted a little to take up the shock. After I got up and got my head back....I just pushed them back down into position. Oh yea, the plastic got scratched too. Everytime I rode off after a fall or crash, the bars and controls were 100% as new. So were my fingers. Awesome. See the clip below for detail.