One thing about the S is that for me my reach is just a little too far for my taste. So I went on the Pelican Forums, (great forum for R1100 and R1200) and I started searching for something that would work to bring the bars up and back. Lo and behold I stumbled upon these. Rapid Dog Bar Backs. On the forum I found a thread and noticed that there was one set left in the most recent batch, so I jumped on the keyboard and rattled away as quick as I could. Randy said he had one person ahead of me and that he was waiting for him to measure something. Luckily for me, the other guy dragged his feet and Randy could see that I was anxious to get my hands on them. I also had sent him an email through his website and bugged him about it.

He emailed me the next day and said if I get him the money he’ll ship them to me that day! Cool! So four days later I got them in the mail complete with a nice four paged detailed instruction sheet.

Installation was a breeze and these are really great looking pieces that aren’t bulky and annoyingly “aftermarket”. It took about 30 minutes to get them on. No need to get longer cables or extend wiring. This a completely bolt on situation. However, if your S has the clip-ons  mounted under the triple then you will need to buy a longer throttle cable. Rapid Dog has the scoop on that here.

Out of the package they are just simple well designed CNC 6061-T6 billet aluminum. I took them out and looked at them for a while.

Two stainless steel hex machine screws make sure to keep them clamped solid.

Here is difference between with and without. Left grip with and right grip without.

Right Barback installed.

Once I set the angles to the way I liked, I took out each screw and put a little Loctite blue threadlock for just a little more insurance. I torgued the screws down to about 14 Foot lb. After that I took a ride and basked in the glow of bent elbows and happy wrists!

Tags: barback, BMW, Comfort, Gear Review, Modification, r1100, rapid dog barbacks, t6 billet aluminum

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