30/08/2026
💥 Why do we build our crash bars with 26.9mm x 2.6mm steel while all OEM bars and almost all the rest of the market are using 25mm x 2mm? 💥
25mm x 2mm bars are easier to manipulate (!) and much cheaper in cost!
On the other hand, 26,9mm x 2,6mm wins in every category:
✅ Massive Energy Absorption (+37.4%): Because there is 37.4% more physical steel volume in the wall profile, your bars can deform and drink up a massive amount of impact energy before that force ever reaches the motorcycle's engine casing.
✅Unmatched Bending Strength (+46.3%): When a heavy adventure bike drops hard onto a rock, a standard 25mm bar is close to its structural limit. Your 26.9mm bar is nearly half again as stiff, resisting structural collapse completely.
✅ Thin walls (like 2 mm) dent and kink much faster under high impacts compared to thicker walls (2.6 mm)!
So, not all crash bars are created equal.
As we like to say at Minotaur Bars, loud pipes save lives, thick pipes save bikes.
Safe rides ✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
