Nerf Bars for the 500R

[Mike Fort Laud]

I have seen a 250R by Missle Engineering. The ad has a lowered 250R with nerf bars. I think the same company that made the 250R missle conversion kit. Somebody here will know where that picture is. Someone reposted it here a couple months ago.

[deathman53]

that don't look too bad, I have some 86/87 250r nerfs, I'm gonna have to mod them to fit.

[OldSchoolin86]

Derrick, did you get anywhere with the nerfs yet?

[wolfspider]

hi heres my 250r with nerfs, i like them!! i`m disabled so there pretty vital on my machine, (keep my feet in place.)
i used to have them on the tri z in the link that HondaATC posted.

[MTS]

hi heres my 250r with nerfs, i like them!! i`m disabled so there pretty vital on my machine, (keep my feet in place.)
i used to have them on the tri z in the link that HondaATC posted.

just a question, how do you shift? got a jocky shift dealy goin on there?

[wolfspider]

yep i think i know what you mean, i have a stick shift to change gears, here it is on my old z.

[MTS]

yea thats what i was thinking, thats cool! heh

[OldSchoolin86]

I decieded to give the nerfs a try on the 400x. Here's what I've done so far. Pic 1 is how I layed it out. I used a welding rod and bent it to the general shape. I then used that as a rough template and started bending tubing. Pics 2 and 3 are what I have going now. This is only a prototype, the finnished product will be one piece.

[Jason Hall]

Man oldschool I hate to say It, but they might be to high in the front, On the 45 deg tube (looking from the top down). There are 2 ways to look at what you are trying to accomplish here. You have to think about you running up on somebody, cutting to the inside & your rear tire climbing their rear tire. Also somebody cutting inside you, & their front tire climbing your nerf. Once A rear tire gets under the side 45 deg tube, (I think) because it will be higher than the center of the tire it will lift your nerf up onto their tire then the lower rear section of your nerf will push their tire under your rear tire. If you keep them level, & close to the center of a normal size tire (measuring from the ground up to the top of the tire) you might be better off. I think you should level out your front support tube, so it is even with the frame & run them level to your rear mounting position. This is only my opinion & I'm just hopeing to give ya some more to think about. Remember you will be driven er into a turn directly into a forward turning rear tire of somebody else with their throttle pegged & that tire is wanting to catapolt you into the next turn on your ear. It might take some trial & error to get them just rite, It looks like your getting good with the tubeing bender. What kind is it? A hand pump style, or is it a high dollar hydrolic unit? Either way those bends don't look kinked at all, they look sweet.

[OldSchoolin86]

Man oldschool I hate to say It, but they might be to high in the front, On the 45 deg tube (looking from the top down). There are 2 ways to look at what you are trying to accomplish here. You have to think about you running up on somebody, cutting to the inside & your rear tire climbing their rear tire. Also somebody cutting inside you, & their front tire climbing your nerf. Once A rear tire gets under the side 45 deg tube, (I think) because it will be higher than the center of the tire it will lift your nerf up onto their tire then the lower rear section of your nerf will push their tire under your rear tire. If you keep them level, & close to the center of a normal size tire (measuring from the ground up to the top of the tire) you might be better off. I think you should level out your front support tube, so it is even with the frame & run them level to your rear mounting position. This is only my opinion & I'm just hopeing to give ya some more to think about. Remember you will be driven er into a turn directly into a forward turning rear tire of somebody else with their throttle pegged & that tire is wanting to catapolt you into the next turn on your ear. It might take some trial & error to get them just rite, It looks like your getting good with the tubeing bender. What kind is it? A hand pump style, or is it a high dollar hydrolic unit? Either way those bends don't look kinked at all, they look sweet.

Good points Jason. I think I'll have to see what kind of lower layout I can do. Revisions coming soon!

Here's the bender, it's a real top notch unit for the money:

http://medfordtools.com/mb3.html

[88 Turbo Coupe]

I used the stock foot pegs to mount my nerfs. Cut out the center of the footpeg. Weld a bar the same size as the inside diameter of the nerf pipe to the peg. Leave about 2 inches sticking out of the peg. Slide the nerf bar into the footpeg bar. Then use 2 small ubolts to mount to the frame. Pretty simple

[OldSchoolin86]

Here we go, they even look better now. I did a lot of chopping and tacking here so don't forget this ungly thing is just a template.

Turbo, sounds like some good ideas. What I did is weld a peg that's machined to the ID of the tubing to frame for the front mount and the rear will mount to the bottom of the footpeg.

[88 Turbo Coupe]

Good stuff Old Schoolin. You'll have it done before you know it. The advantage I have is mine are not permanently mounted and can be removed in a couple of minutes. Yours look good. Nice bends. Almost look mandrel.

[88 Turbo Coupe]

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[OldSchoolin86]

Good stuff Old Schoolin. You'll have it done before you know it. The advantage I have is mine are not permanently mounted and can be removed in a couple of minutes. Yours look good. Nice bends. Almost look mandrel.

You should post a pic of yours, I'd like to see them. Removability was a concern for me too. Everything will come off except the front mounting pegs and although they will still be there, they only stick out 2-1/4".

I guess you could say tubes are mandrel bent. My bender is on a hand ratchet system though instead of running on hydraulics.