I just talked to Yamaha motors ,they said the spacers will be 2 inch each side and keeping the bar after they take it off is between you and your dealer, the dealers do not have to send the bar back to yammi. the helmet you will get after watching a saftey video. no idea what the helmet is or style .also new 2010 rhino wont be announced until august according to the lady i spoke with. it will take about until the end of april for dealers to start getting the spacers in. also my dealer said only certian models were affected that is false all models and years are eligible " this is my local closest dealer and they are a bunch of dumbasses " I DONT use them at all