Hi all,
Just to share a bit of experience.
I had lunch with my daughter today in Paris.
I found a very nice wide parking place in one of our french bike parking lot delimited with iron bars.
I started the bike and forgot to take care about the right hand sided bar which bounced me (an the lady) to the left.
So the Lady dropped down.
Well, I guess I'm not the only one and as far as I remeber I did the same with the BMW couple of years ago.
The result is quite nothing, minor scratches on the left crash bar, minor scratches on the left filmed pannier and minor scratches on my right leg...
So, for those still wandering wether the crash bars are usefull or not, my only answer is YES.
And keep both eyes opened.
Jofo