R80GS on ebay (18 April)
 

There's a beautiful R80GS on ebay UK at the moment. Put together by a BMW tech for a RTW. The crash bars are especially well done - German I believe. It's always interesting to see what mods owners do to their bikes and this one's particularly well done by the looks of it.

The crash bars seem to prevent the lid from coming off to do a valve job.

crash bars
 

Indeed you are correct, however I think the extra protection is worth the hassle of removing them when required. Anyone know who makes them? The owner of the GS didn't know except they were German. I note Overland Ernie makes a similar product.

Crash bars
 

I have a similar set that are chromed on my G/S. I purchased them (on a whim) at Motobins, I believe they are made in Germany. It is hard to tell from the angle of the piture, but the ones I have are off-sett (wider) then the cylinders by enough to remove the valve cover. To wide in fact, so mine are coming off and will be for sale. I like the idea of wrap around protection for the heads, but I think one bar under the cylinder is enough. It doesn't work to make the engine any wider - it is already wide enough!

Aside from the repainted frame and Acerbis tank, the bike doesn't appear to be heavily modified.