Outback Motortek Honda Africa Twin 1100 Crash Bars, Engine Guards, Upper Bars & Skid Plate COMBO (Color / Fitment Options)

We brutally drop testing our products that should meet the highest standards in off-road conditions. This package includes lower crash bars, upper crash bars, engine guards and a heavy-duty skid plate.

Compatibility: 2020-2023 & 2024 Standard & Adventure Sports models.

Please note that the first item to install is the crash bars, second is the engine guards, third is the skid plate and the final piece is the upper crash bars. Some installation steps of the crash bars and engine guards merge.

Crash Bars

• Quality 27mm/1.06 steel tube with 2mm wall thickness any low quality steel tubing BELOW THESE SPECS will be crushed when your 450lbs+ bike crashes into the ground. Our guards are designed to take the beat!
• One of the biggest advantages of our crash bars system is the all around 27mm diameter tubing that rests on 4 and 5mm thick steel mounting tabs and offers reliable protection for fairing, radiator.
• Hand MIG welded Its all about the strength! We continue to follow our philosophy: toughness and functionality over appearance.
• Less is often more. The design is based on the philosophy that less is often more, hence we created a compact, sturdy set of crash bars that do not reach far away from its mounting points. This system perfectly complements the sporty, aggressive lines of the CRF1100L Africa Twin.
• Powder coated combined with sandblasting it's a killer combination to protect your products surface. No frills and tough just like your ADV/Dual Sport bike!

Engine Guards

• Engine Case Protection entirely frame mounted, thus the fragile engine is not exposed to forces transferred to it due to crash impact.
• Crash Bars Reinforcement the engine guard is tied into the crash bars through a reinforcement bar.
• 27mm diameter tubing handles the weight of the bike under impact (crash).
• Sandblasted and powder coated surface simple and tough coating that lasts.
• Fits Manual and DCT bikes (NOT compatible with DCT foot shifter pedal).

Upper Crash Bars

• Hand MIG welded Its all about the strength! We continue to follow our philosophy: toughness and functionality over appearance.
• Quality 25mm/1 steel tube with 2mm wall thickness.
• Tough mounting points No cutting corners here (either)! Precision laser cut pieces for perfect fitment using 4mm thick metal mounts. These parts absorb a lot of impacts from crashes, rather than your bikes chassis.
• Stainless Steel Hardware These bolts and nut will always and forever look nice and shiny. Unless your bike is covered in mud and dust
• Sandblasted to achieve the best possible adhesion of the coatings its an extremely vital part of our manufacturing process. Sandblasted surfaces will withstand most surface scratches and give you a longer-lasting product.
• Powder coated combined with sandblasting its a killer combination to protect your products surface. No frills and tough just like your ADV/Dual Sport bike!

Skid Plate

• Protects crucial areas of the engine oil pan, engine case, oil cooler, oil filter and exhaust header! Thats a long list of very expensive parts to expose to any sort of damage that will reduce your Africa Twins value in no time.
• Uniquely designed vent system Not only unique but very-well thought out. No unnecessary holes were designed on this bash plate. As a result, your engine will less likely to overheat when mud and all sorts of debris from off-roading fly at the engine and get stuck between the skid plate and the engine/exhaust header.
• True off-road and adventure shape What does that even mean?? It means we have experience in building top-notch bash plates. We avoid designing skid plates that are shaped like boxes, have sharp edges and corners and will guaranteed to restrict your rides off road. We design and build skid plates that you will only benefit from while riding on rough terrain.
• 4mm thick laser cut aluminum Nothing is ever an overkill on an adventure bike, hence we choose to build our bash plates from this ridiculously tough and thick, yet lightweight material.
• Powder coated combined with sandblasting its a killer combination to protect your products surface. No frills and tough just like your ADV/Dual Sport bike!

8 reasons why you should invest in the right crash bars - By Lorry G.

Crash bars or some call it engine guards and adventure motorcycles go hand in hand. The question is not whether will you drop you bike but more like when will you drop your bike? Essentially you need a set of crash bars!

Protective motorcycle armor has been around for decades. Some make real good, functional and attractive looking ones. Some just dont get all the above features right. On top of that, some try it too hard and come out with bogus products just to jump on the adventure bike accessories bandwagon. Read below the eight reasons why you need a decent set of crash bars.

1. Long Term Savings Call your motorcycle dealer and ask for a quote on the following parts: radiator, fuel tank fairings, fuel tank, turn signals. Guaranteed you will have to sit down to digest the price tag your local motorcycle dealer shoves down your throat. To put this into actual numbers, at least $1500-$3000 depending on the brand you own. Dont forget to add the mechanics charges to the billHow does a $300 investment into a set of crash bars sound like?
2. Look A lot of guys treat their bikes like their wives/girlfriends. Some even better but lets not get into that. Im safe to assume that making your bike look awesome and adventure-ready is just as important. After all, youll want to show it off in front of your buddies.
3. Structural Design In my humble opinion, there are more crash bars on the market that dont work than the ones that do. Why? Poor structural design. Just because one adds a ton of metal tubes all across the crash bars and make it look like a cobweb, it wont work better. It will result in excessive weight, vibration(!) and could very well crush your bikes expensive plastic parts, crack the frame or rip mounts off the engine during an impact. Raising your crash bars up too high to try to protect the fuel tank is a disaster waiting to happen. The further the protective armor reaches away from the mounting points, the more flexible it becomes. As long as you dont crash your bike, youll be fine. The headache begins when you lose control over your bike while riding on a trail and you sure better let that beast go and give in to gravity. Its not rocket science that when a 500lbs+ bike hits the ground there will be some serious impact and with that impact there will be some serious damage. If youve got the right crash protection, then you will most likely be able to ride on. If you dont, then better have a buddy with a pickup truck or AAA platinum card. Outback Motortek believes in the less-is-more philosophy, therefore we design and make compact crash bars.
4. Quality Hardware Small thing but could be a real nuisance not to pay attention to. We use 8.8, 10.9 or even 12.9 grade galvanized or stainless steel bolts and place them where they best suit their purpose.
5. Mounting tabs or pieces are as essential as wheels for cars. They are the strongest and most essential links between the protective armor and bikes chassis and/or engine. These parts must absorb the last piece of impact. Whats even more important that in some cases they need to able to bend to prevent the energy from the impact to be transferred onto the frame or engine.
6. Surface Treatment Are we talking about show bikes or adventure bikes for off-roading? If you think your bike is the latter, then you might want to opt for a durable and no frills surface. Outback Motortek chooses to sandblast all their products to create an adhesive surface before powder coating. Sandblasting is certainly key in creating a surface that withstands a lot of abuse from riding off-road. Most manufacturers choose only the powder coating option and some choose the fancier anodizing.
7. Fitment The majority of crash bars are hand-made or hand-finished, therefore there is always the chance to make errors. Regardless, there are manufacturers that make better fitting products than others. Fitting should be part of quality control, before and after welding the crash bar components. We follow up with this and run a series of tests during the manufacturing process to make one of the best fitting crash protection in the market.
8. Warranty, customer service Warranty is an insurance that customers pay when purchasing products. Outback Motortek offers warranty for its customers given that the product in question failed due to material or manufacturing error. If you beat up your crash bars while off-roading and your bike remains intact, we will invite you for a six pack or a bottle of wine of your choice. Just send us some epic shots of your adventure(s).