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Old 04-08-2008, 03:00 PM   #11
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Guess I should have specified. He machined the bracket portion but the sliders themselves are delrin .
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Old 04-08-2008, 03:43 PM   #12
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Cutty had some on the sv. Not exactly sure what they are but I wish I would have had some on my 250. I was in the parking lot and slipped on some gravel lost my footing and then was under the bike. Only a scratch on my pinstriping but had I had those might not have seen any damage. Just to my leg that is....... Still have the scars cause the bike landed on me.
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the 1125 doesn't have sliders... that's what them big ol pods are for.
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Old 04-08-2008, 04:12 PM   #13
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I have these. My wife dropped the R6 in the driveway and they served their purpose. That's the only "testing" we've done and hope it is all that we do.

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Those will protect the fairing in the situation in which your bike went down, a simple driveway drop. However, they suck balls if you go down at speed. The bracket will bend and damage the frame. I speak from experience. Frame sliders are meant to protect the frame, not the fairings. The "no body modification" sliders suck balls. Buy some real frame sliders and throw the others in the trash. I wouldn't even sell them to some clown on ebay, simply because they suck.
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Old 04-08-2008, 04:44 PM   #14
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Those will protect the fairing in the situation in which your bike went down, a simple driveway drop. However, they suck balls if you go down at speed. The bracket will bend and damage the frame. I speak from experience. Frame sliders are meant to protect the frame, not the fairings. The "no body modification" sliders suck balls. Buy some real frame sliders and throw the others in the trash. I wouldn't even sell them to some clown on ebay, simply because they suck.
Yea I've heard of people going down and they did work and some like you say they don't work...pretty much like everything else...especially when listening to all of the experts on the internet.

I agree with you on what they were designed for...maybe I'll change them later...maybe I won't.

I've owned several sportbikes and never even had frame sliders on any of them until now so I'm still better off than I have been in the past. Yes I've dropped bikes and never bent the frame even without the sliders...just hurt the plastic...levers and signals...been lucky I guess.
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Old 04-08-2008, 09:24 PM   #15
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Just don't get LP carbon inlay... they are junk!!

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Old 04-08-2008, 10:42 PM   #16
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Just don't get LP carbon inlay... they are junk!!

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You my good man, should be renamed to the picture dood. Once again thanks for the pictures, another product I know to veer away from.
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Old 04-08-2008, 11:11 PM   #17
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yeah Gas has FUCKING ENDLESS amounts of pics... and they all fit in 3 catagories... Thread bombs (the funny "powned" type)
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before he got the BIGDOG he was a MAJOR he's still got the crown in my mind... 39K posts in like 4 years... dear GOD
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Old 04-08-2008, 11:54 PM   #18
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Lockhart Philips.

the 1125 doesn't have sliders... that's what them big ol pods are for.
thats what ive got on the 954 and they did an awesome job of saving her when i lowsided. just mounted another set and bar ends
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Old 04-09-2008, 12:37 AM   #19
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crown in my mind... 39K posts in like 4 years... dear GOD
Thats fucking insane.
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Old 04-09-2008, 02:36 AM   #20
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Quick. Good work on asking all these questions. Will make things a lot easier when more noobs start finding us looking for info. The forum wont be full of off-topic bullshitting only.
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