And stabilisers obviously, before the comedians start Since I slid my blade up the road in February on a diesel spill in a corner which cost my insurers 4k to sort out I've been thinking about ways for minimising damage next time I drop it. Any more claims in the next year or two and I'll be uninsurable judging by my premium increase in March. I'm sold on R&G drilled bungs. I've got a 2012 black model. Anything else I could consider? The exhaust had a massive hole worn into it by the road and the crank case cover also flattened off badly at the time. If I fit the bungs is the crank case protected by these? Not sure if bar end sliders worth it as the bar ends are easily replaced anyway. All advice appreciated, cheers.
R&G do an exhaust slider, but I'm surprised it didn't save your crank case, you can buy engine covers though. In all honesty you can go mad with crash protection, but there are so many variables, for example if your bike slides up a curb then you can expect a lot of damage. I think think axle bungs wouldn't be a bad idea though. Heres a tip though. If you just want to protect from a low speed slide then take a long straight edge and run it vertically along both side of the bike to see what sticks out the most, if the bungs protude more than the bike itself then the bike should rest on the crash protection.
Cheers, just to clarify that I had zero crash protection when I slid the bike. Makes sense to put something down the rear axle end, didn't know you could!
I was told that fork protectors are worth their weight in gold, and if you look up the price of replacing them they are way more than the plastic fairing panels. seems like a good call to me, thats what Ill be buying first and the good news is they seem to be one of the cheaper easier fixes
I have crash bungs, fork protectors and case covers. The rear paddock stand bobbins would probably do a similar job to swing arm protectors. I would normally always say to go for R&G however Gilles are now doing non-drill crash bungs, and I would be very tempted by them.
GB Racing engine covers are ace. As used by tt and endurance racers worldwide. Mine is an ABS bike. They go on both ABS and non-ABS bikes.
I was thinking about buying woodcraft frame sliders as they are not sticking out that much. GB covers is must have.
I had a slow speed spill last December and crash bung took the damage, scape on tip of exhaust and paddock stand bobbin scraped through. No engine casing damage, but I still got GB racing engine covers...
Thanks everyone. Will get some aero fairing bungs, fork protectors and oversized rear cotton reels. Might as well get a radiator guard while I'm at it too, having read the other thread! Still can't decide whether I hate the number plate holder enough to get a tail tidy though. Think I actually quite like it.
Yeah I have them all fork protectors gb engine covers rad guard carbon frame guards aero bungs rear swingarm bobbins
Hey, Crash protection can get costly pretty quick and depending on the slide/crash all could be rendered useless! If the spill is big enuff no matter what stuff you bolt onto your pride and joy it will still leave it in an unrideable twisted mess! The cheapest options and most used from what I can see is fairing bungs such as r&g(often fitted by dealer when new) next up is possibly fork sliders along with swing arm sliders/long bobbins. Engine sliders can be costly and seem to come into play if the slide is big enuff to wear the bungs down or a kerb makes contact with the engine. Besides the kerb type incident I would think if the engine sliders are making contact your plastics are probably damaged by this point. Tbh I have all the above fitted to my bike and hopefully I never get to see how they work out in a crash/slide! The question is really how much do you want to spend in bits?
Hey, R&g do both case covers and case sliders for the engine. the case covers go over the whole engine case similar to gb's while the sliders are smaller and only bolt over the area's where damage is expected to occur.
I have just managed to lay my bike on its side and the drilled R+G bungs really did their job! As did the rear bobbins! I also have the R+G protection at the end of the handlebars, which had a knick on them. One thing that did get damaged was the rear tail cowling which cost me over £200 to replace so maybe worth the sliders??
Hope you're ok. Good to know the bits largely worked. I'm booked in to have the drilled crash bungs fitted in 3 weeks, along with the fork and swingarm protectors and the rad grille. Will take a look at the sliders too.
The GB Racing covers are the ones vitually every Superbike, TT and Endurance team uses. I haven't seen any use r+g.
I'd say that's because protecting the engine is key to getting the bike back racing asap where as they have loads of replacement plastic which is quick & easy to replace. Crash Bungs can dig in and flip a bike on a high speed off which in turn can 'Total' it, so may be this is why Race Teams shun them?
I didn't write that last post properly, Sine. In reply to Coupé's post I wanted to say that, if buying engine covers, GBR is the company to use as none of the pros use r+g engine covers. In terms of bungs racers tend not to use them but I think the tt legends Endurance Fireblade I saw at the nec had very low-profile rubbery ones.
I think I've ordered the ones that go in the rear axle hole. This one is an oversized cotton reel and does pretty much the same job though.
