Ebay Crash Mushrooms

[scWirral]

Thinking I should really get some protection for my sv. Only thing is that £60 for the R&G goodies is a bit expensive for simple turned nylon and high tensile bolts.

Found these on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUZUKI-SV650-CRASH-MUSHROOMS_W0QQitemZ7957530267QQcategoryZ25623QQcmd ZViewItem

Anyone bought them? I'm a bit miffed by the lack of info given. I guess £20 protectors are PROBABLY better than nowt.....

No doubt posting this will ensure that I drop the bike or worse in the next couple of days..... Fingers crossed eh :?

[Biker Biggles]

Yup,better than nought but not worth £25.They would be OK in a static drop,but would probably not save much in a moving slide.Maybe a tenner's worth?

[Grinch]

If I remember correctly these are fixed to the fairing and in a spill just snap off and cause more damage to you fairing.
Basicly just cack...

better off with bubble wrap.

[Khewett]

Thinking I should really get some protection for my sv. Only thing is that £60 for the R&G goodies is a bit expensive for simple turned nylon and high tensile bolts.

Found these on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUZUKI-SV650-CRASH-MUSHROOMS_W0QQitemZ7957530267QQcategoryZ25623QQcmd ZViewItem

Anyone bought them? I'm a bit miffed by the lack of info given. I guess £20 protectors are PROBABLY better than nowt.....

No doubt posting this will ensure that I drop the bike or worse in the next couple of days..... Fingers crossed eh :?#

Dont skimp, R&G's are worth every penny and will save you £'s over cheaper items should your bike go down.

Mine would be a write off if it hadn't been for R&G saving the day, and they do versions for and without the fairing!

[scWirral]

Thanks guys, I was kinda expecting this sort of reply, but there was I guess always the chance that someone would write about their 100mph slide saved by a bargain protector.

I suppose the calculation that makes the R&Gs very cheap is adding up the cost of replacing all the write off bits that would be toast in a low speed drop without them.

[northwind]

£60 for R&G? Where from? Good price that. i'm not sure exactly what the bill is for a set of Motosliders currently, but they were a fair bit cheaper than R&G when I got mine. Also, IMO, better.

[GSXR Carlos]

these are the bog standard motrax ones

i've got some at home but never fitted, never got back to Well Oiled wither with details of these :(

[lukemillar]

Thinking I should really get some protection for my sv. Only thing is that £60 for the R&G goodies is a bit expensive for simple turned nylon and high tensile bolts.

Found these on Ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SUZUKI-SV650-CRASH-MUSHROOMS_W0QQitemZ7957530267QQcategoryZ25623QQcmd ZViewItem

Anyone bought them? I'm a bit miffed by the lack of info given. I guess £20 protectors are PROBABLY better than nowt.....

No doubt posting this will ensure that I drop the bike or worse in the next couple of days..... Fingers crossed eh :?#

Dont skimp, R&G's are worth every penny and will save you £'s over cheaper items should your bike go down.

Mine would be a write off if it hadn't been for R&G saving the day, and they do versions for and without the fairing!

R&Gs seem to be more solid design than other bungs. I recently bought some and was surprised that you have to fit a bracket to the bike and then the bungs to that, rather than directly to the bike like other crash proctectors. Haven't tested them yet (touch wood!) so don't know how they will fair, but evryone I have spoken says they are the db's!

[northwind]

See, I'm not so sure about the new ones. They've not been as rigorously crash tested as the old ones were yet (plenty of time for that!) But I do recall one where the bung failed completely, and in my own crash on them the bolt ended up bent to right angles. Now, fair enough, it's good that the bolts bend, it absorbs impacts instead of transferrng them, but it's a matter of balance and from what I saw of mine, it's not quite right- the bung never hid an object, it bent that way just from sliding on smooth tarmac.

Also, the parts are expensive... Bend a bolt (and you will) and it's £10, new bungs are £20 IIRC. I mangled one side when I got knocked off, and scraped the other by cunningly falling off at some traffic lights (I have a note from my doctor saying that wasn't my fault!) Whole new set of Motosliders was less than the replacement costs for 2 bungs and a bolt. And the Motosliders really have been tested, by the notoriously crash-happy members of SV Rider.

Not to totally slag the R&Gs of course- it's an extremely clever design, and they work with lowers better than any other. But I think that bolt will prove to be a weakness, or at least a point of contention.

[lukemillar]

See, I'm not so sure about the new ones. They've not been as rigorously crash tested as the old ones were yet (plenty of time for that!) But I do recall one where the bung failed completely, and in my own crash on them the bolt ended up bent to right angles. Now, fair enough, it's good that the bolts bend, it absorbs impacts instead of transferrng them, but it's a matter of balance and from what I saw of mine, it's not quite right- the bung never hid an object, it bent that way just from sliding on smooth tarmac.

Also, the parts are expensive... Bend a bolt (and you will) and it's £10, new bungs are £20 IIRC. I mangled one side when I got knocked off, and scraped the other by cunningly falling off at some traffic lights (I have a note from my doctor saying that wasn't my fault!) Whole new set of Motosliders was less than the replacement costs for 2 bungs and a bolt. And the Motosliders really have been tested, by the notoriously crash-happy members of SV Rider.

Not to totally slag the R&Gs of course- it's an extremely clever design, and they work with lowers better than any other. But I think that bolt will prove to be a weakness, or at least a point of contention.

But you get 2 stickers with R&G bungs! :lol:

I also bought the R&G bar-ends sliders - These however I am not so confident about. stock bar ends have a 3" bolt and spacer withe nut deep inside the bar. R&Gs have a 1" bolt. If the bike went over I would imagine these to rip straight out. maybe that's the design, I think it seems a bit weak. Might buy some 3" bolts for the R&G's and go bak to using the spacers.

[northwind]

The bar ends are a bit of a mixed bag I think. (I should say, I've never had the actual SV ones fitted, I've used ZX9R and not ZX7R ones, but thye're all much the same). When I had the GSXR bars fitted, they had hollow bars with the rubber bung inside... And the one time I crashed with them, the bar end popped right out :roll: But on the other hand, thta was a classic "drive bar into tank" crash and the tank was fine, so maybe it worked to my advantage.

[Grinch]

I prefure the CSG Moto ones myself, I only have R&Gs on my SV after a insurance claim. I wish now I'd compained that they where the wrong ones, but then I was happy to have the bike back.

[northwind]

I'd have got Mokos too, but finding them's not so easy and the prices vary madly. Didn't fancy scraping up a bung and not being able to find a replacement.

One of the main reasons I big up the Motosliders, is that apart from being well tested and crash proven, I got a complete set of bungs, a pair of swingarm sliders, and a set of spare bungs, shipped from the US, for £90 all in. They were delivered faster than the R&Gs too. If I need more, Nate's replacement parts are relatively cheap and easy to get (R&G take the **** on replacement parts, IMO)

[GSXR Carlos]

I'd have got Mokos too, but finding them's not so easy and the prices vary madly. Didn't fancy scraping up a bung and not being able to find a replacement.

One of the main reasons I big up the Motosliders, is that apart from being well tested and crash proven, I got a complete set of bungs, a pair of swingarm sliders, and a set of spare bungs, shipped from the US, for £90 all in. They were delivered faster than the R&Gs too. If I need more, Nate's replacement parts are relatively cheap and easy to get (R&G take the p*ss on replacement parts, IMO)

Northy, got a website? i'm wanting some for my birthday in the next couple of weeks :lol: :drink:

[Diveboy]

http://www.motosliders.com/ Unfortunately they don't seem to do them for fully faired SV's :-(

[northwind]

They're like the old R&Gs... (not in construciton, but in location) so if you've got lowerfairings, it means cutting a hole.

[seandixie]

Hey guys, which bungs can be fitted to a curvy SV that's fully faired without having to cut into the fairing?......already dropped it once. Note to self: check disc lock :oops:

[northwind]

R&G.

[GSXR Carlos]

Hey guys, which bungs can be fitted to a curvy SV that's fully faired without having to cut into the fairing?......already dropped it once. Note to self: check disc lock :oops:

plank, we've all done it (numerous times :oops: )

R & G's new ones