Re: [ST] Low Speed Damage

[Michael Roukas <mroukas@xxxxxxxxx>]

Matt,  From what source did you get your frame sliders
and how do they mount?

--- Matthew Heyer <matthewheyer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A note on all of these stories, and the complaints
> on fairing damage: get yourself some frame sliders
> for $70.  Most people think of these things as
> high-speed crash protection.  But (my own story) one
> time when I was at a gas station that had some pumps
> that were full service and some that were self
> service, I was circling while my focus was
> reading/looking high up (the top canapy is where it
> stated this), and all of a sudden I found that I was
> paying attention enough to my circling - was going
> to slow for my circling lean.  Well the bike started
> to go down.  Like most others, I fought it so that
> it was more "placed" on the ground gently than an
> outright fall.  The bike sat on the frame slider,
> never toughing any of the ST's plastics to the
> ground.  Picked it up - all was fine.
>  
> Food for thought - a few bucks well spent given the
> cost of the plastics.  They protect the plastics in
> riding crashes, low speed get-offs, and even if
> someone were to knock it over while parked.  
>  
> Matt Heyer
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