Re: [St] Crash protectors

[Frederic NIZERY <frederic.nizery@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve,

Really sorry about your story. 
The crash protector are known devices that brake the frame. 
Plastic is expensive but but less than the frame.
A good compromise would be bentable frame sliders. The energy has to be
absorbed somewhere. Benting a piece of iron would do part of it.

Fred



> Hi all, 
> Thought I'd share a little experience regarding the R&G crash protectors I'd fitted to my Sprint. 
> After a low speed bump on Wed.(the man in the van admitted liability)  I threw my bike up the road. the crash protector did more damage than it saved. 
> To fit it, you remove the top torx bolt from the engine mounting, fit the bolt from the back, throw away the nut and, and the crash 'enhancer' is fitted >to the end of the bolt in place of the nut. Clear so far? 
> The damn thing bent the bolt which in turn cracked the mounting bracket and now I have to drop the engine out to get the bracket welded. Oh! and the >fairing's bolloxed anyway! so it didn't help at all.
> I had to suffer the indignity of going to the NW200 on my wife's Bandit!!
> If you've got them fitted my advice is to throw them away.
> Steve


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