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Gilles - Performance Accessories for FTR 1200/S PARTS AND ACCESSORIES and rear axle protectors, anodized ACMA head control nuts (in a choice of colors for rear wheel or swingarm axles), a selection of handlebar weights and much more. GILLES TOOLING GmbH Grevenmacher, LUXEMBOURG Tel: [phone] [email protected] www.gillestooling.com Brake Side Handshield and Clutch Lever Protector As a manufacturer of mostly custom styled V-twin motorcycles, you know you have hit a home run and entered genuine performance territory when the aftermarket street and sport bike performance parts and accessory manufacturers start offering product for your model - especially if the European performance vendors are starting to inventory product options for your bike. With a slew of exhausts available from American and several European manufacturers, especially the Italian sport bike exhaust specialists, Indian Motorcycle already know they have 'crossed over' with their popular FTR 1200, and hence the launch of the S variant two years ago. When Luxembourg based MotoGP and WSBK team partner Gilles Tooling settles its crosshairs on the options it can offer for a bike, then the 'cross-over' is complete - high volume street and performance mainstream sales are your destiny! One of Europe's best respected performance component designers and engineers, Gilles has a slew of parts available for the FTR 1200 and 1200 S (2019 and up), including, but not limited to, adjustable rear sets, adjustable risers and GT oversize low-style handlebars in black or gold, Maximum Performance brake and clutch levers with additionally available handshields and lever protectors, front brake fluid reservoir covers, front Developed for MOTOGP and WSBK race teams, Gilles' lever protectors are as functional and necessary in traffic as they are on the track. The main part of the protector is CNC-machined from aluminum and hard anodized; the protective bar is made of resistant POM plastic. The material mix achieves optimal values for flexibility and stability at every point of the protector. Thanks to the spacers included in the kit, they can be moved outwards and adapted to longer brake levers. The downward curved design leaves enough space to position the hand at the end of the handle without the protector being obstructed.