Re: [St] Crash protectors

["Joel Ashman" <ashmite@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ride Naked!  Bikes that is....

Seriously, my DR's frame protectors are called handlebars.  I crashed an
older DR350 twice on the street, and beyond the usual bars, mirrors and
signals, the bike was just fine.  My pride was not, especially dumping at
*dirt bike* at a stop sign from gravel, but it still hurt enough to make me
nauseous.

The whole insurance frame repair thing sounds both good and bad to me.  Too
bad they are looking out for their wallet and not their customers by not
wanting potential damaged (unstable) frames on the road.

--Joel

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 11:52 AM, Jeremy Witt <Jeremy.Witt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Still haven't fit any on my Skittles Sprint (why bother?  :0)), but I
> think I recall there are two types and methods.  One is an L-shaped
> design, to put the ends out of existing holes in the fairing.  This
> creates wonderful levers to bend and break frames.  There is also
> another that involves cutting a hole in the fairing, but is a
> straight-line solution, and far less likely to damage the frame.  Which
> type to you have?
>
> Or am I confusing my bikes?  Help me out here, folks.
>
> Jeremy Witt
> CNS Partners
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>
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> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 5:06 AM
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>  Subject: [St] Crash protectors
>
> 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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