Guys
I think the problem with crash bars for the Trophy panniers is the fact the panniers are designed to move in and out.
Therfore if you fitted a cradle ?basket style crash bar you would get possible wear on the panniers unless you made the cradle bigger than the max movement on the pannier hence widening the bike further.
To fit a crash bar to the panniers could still end up with damage to the pannier in case of a tumble.
Plus fitting the panniers is a fair bit of movement which could be hampered by fixed crash bars.
Having had the misfortune of laying the bike down once I lost the CofG the areas of touching the ground was minimal and if I was so concerned then I would look at fitting specific fairing protectors to that area. but then that takes away some of the asthetics to the bike. If the crash bars did protect the panniers it could put unknown stress on the crash bar connection point on the frame.
So in conclusion let the panniers take the hit and replace the skins.

seadog