National Cycle Extreme Adventure Gear | Gear Review
2022 Honda CB500X decked out in National Cycle Extreme Adventure Gear
Adventure bike owners love to add ?farkles? from companies such as National Cycle to their bikes. A farkle, as many of you know, is an accessory, often a fancy one, that a motorcycle owner is likely to brag about. Some say the word is a mashup of ?function? and ?sparkle,? but we?ve also heard it?s an acronym for Fancy Accessory, Really Kool, Likely Expensive. (When I Googled ?farkle,? the top result was from Dictionary.com: a combination of fart and chuckle, an involuntary fart caused by laughter. Gotta love the internet.)
Best known for its windscreens and windshields, National Cycle also makes accessories for select motorcycle models. As part of its Extreme Adventure Gear (XAG) line, it makes accessories for the ADV-styled Honda CB500X, and we installed some XAG accessories on our 2022 test bike.
Related: 2019 Honda CB500X | First Ride Review
One of the most popular upgrades for adventure bikes is supplemental protection against rocks, road debris, and tip-overs. We started off with National Cycle?s XAG Polycarbonate Headlight Guard (P/N N5400, $84.95), which is made of tough 3.0mm polycarbonate reinforced with the company?s proprietary Quantum hardcoat ? said to provide 10 times the strength and 30 times the scratch resistance as acrylic, a claim National Cycle backs up with a three-year warranty against breakage.
National Cycle XAG Polycarbonate Headlight Guard
The guard is thermoform...
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