Any of you guys use Frame sliders??!!

[Devin]

I was thinkin about buy some for my bike but not sure which ones are the best ? And do you have any pics of these mounted ? thanks

[Del La Sol 1320]

hell yes they are the first thing you should do when you get a bike... intuitive is good

[Jesus]

I would get them.... they save the bike

[cbucgo]

I use some that I always buy off a guy on ebay. They are like 50 bucks but the good thing is that they are 5 inches long. So you could dump your bike and the frame sliders can still be used because they wouldnt be worn. They can also be used to kick your feet up when your riding. The downside to them is that no bolts or instructions are included so you have to cut a hole in your fairings with a dremel tool and bolt them up using an existing bolt. But that only takes an hour to do. I highly recommend them.

[BrutL]

I got em on my 98 gsxr with no mods to the fairings...

[Del La Sol 1320]

not tryin to kill your sale bro don't get me wrong... but the bracketed kind don't hold up at all in a crash, saw it in person last week my friend went down, fairly minor, snapped right at the bracket, i've never heard of that not being the case.... personally i'd use the cut-the fairing type and just take your time and if you make the hole perfect you can't really even see its there since the frame slider looks like its just coming out the fairing

but in your defense bracketed kind are better than nothing and would probably do just as good in a driveway tip over or for those that are too shy about cutting into the fairings

[cbucgo]

what do you mean the bracketed kind? im a little lost on this post. are you talking about the 5" long frame sliders i posted about; they dont hold up? if thats the case, what sliders do you use?

[Mr.6]

There a site that can show me a diagram of a bike and tell me each part step by step so i know what the hell frame sliders are and what purpose they serve? :D

[Del La Sol 1320]

i thought when you said with no mods to the fairings you meant the type that have a bracket which connects to the motor mount where the frame slider would usually go and remotely mount it past the fairing so you don't have to cut them... if thats what your talking about, the problem is the bracket usually snaps in half before the slider gets a chance to do any good... if not i'm wrong my fault, but misunderstood by what you meant by no modification to the fairings

[cbucgo]

aaahhh. gotcha bro

[Del La Sol 1320]

slow rolla- they are usually a cylinder shaped piece of urethane which connects to the bike's frame by replacing the motor mount bolts on either side of the bike, the point is they will hit the ground first before your frame or bodywork in case of a accident and minimize damage... they do a great job, only problem is on many bikes they require that you use a circular saw to cut a hole in the fairing like on the red cbr pictured below, it would be better to have a clean hole w/ a frame slider in it than a rashed up fairing and scratched frame, but some people really don't want to cut into their fairing so companies also make a kind which has a bracket which connects to the motor mount and extends the frame slider out past the fairing so you don't have to cut it, theres a picture of one of those listed last, only problem with these is 9 times out of 10 the bracket just snaps in half before the slider gets a chance to work, they are also dangerous because the bracket also creates leverage againts your motor mount, so theres a chance also if the impact is hard enough that it can bend or break your motor mount... heres a link w/ tons of pictures of frame sliders on all kinds of bikes

http://www.inturace.com/prdifs1.htm

http://www.rrzone.com/modifications/frame_sliders/slider2.jpg

http://www.inturace.com/PartsbyM/images/SV650/sv650prtoRT.jpg

http://www.inturace.com/images/gfs-17_125.jpg

[BrutL]

96-00 gsxr600's dont need mods for the left side fairings....guess i got lucky with that one

[Mr.6]

slow rolla- they are usually a cylinder shaped piece of urethane which connects to the bike's frame by replacing the motor mount bolts on either side of the bike, the point is they will hit the ground first before your frame or bodywork in case of a accident and minimize damage... they do a great job, only problem is on many bikes they require that you use a circular saw to cut a hole in the fairing like on the red cbr pictured below, it would be better to have a clean hole w/ a frame slider in it than a rashed up fairing and scratched frame, but some people really don't want to cut into their fairing so companies also make a kind which has a bracket which connects to the motor mount and extends the frame slider out past the fairing so you don't have to cut it, theres a picture of one of those listed last, only problem with these is 9 times out of 10 the bracket just snaps in half before the slider gets a chance to work, they are also dangerous because the bracket also creates leverage againts your motor mount, so theres a chance also if the impact is hard enough that it can bend or break your motor mount... heres a link w/ tons of pictures of frame sliders on all kinds of bikes

http://www.inturace.com/prdifs1.htm

Thanks homie :)