Motrax DHB and DHM crash mushrooms - SV650.org

northwind · 06-06-04, 12:48 AM

Just fitted a set of each to my '00 model... First things first, the instructions are really awful, they have a couple of nice pictures of an SV, but they manage to miss out a whole section of the assembly process. Finally worked it out after 20 minutes head scratching.

Anyway, not crashed yet, so I don't know if they work, but they certainly seem solid... And they stick out from the bike a good 3 inches past the fairing. Checking the lines from swingarm sliders to frame sliders suggests that if you go down hard, you're still going to tear up your exhaust pipe on the right, but on the left pretty much everything other than the rear bodywork should be protected unless it rolls over. (I'm considering fitting the old cack Motrax ones to the pillion bolts on the rear subframe, to protect the can and the rear end)

Their looks may or may not appeal to you, I like 'em though I wish they didn't have the bright yellow writing on the bungs... It's nice to have matching mushrooms and barends, and even nicer to get ride of the dinged up barends and usless old-style motrax mushrooms.

They fit to the very front engine bolt, so they'd interfere badly with lower fairings I think.

Proof of the pudding is in the crashing, of course, but they seem as solid as the R&Gs or Bikesliders, and cost only £50 including postage for the mushrooms and barends combined. Also, they included a pair of stickon bodywork pads, which I won't be using as they have "DOUBLE HARD *******!" written on them in huge letters, but if you don't mind that then they'd be a useful extra.

06-06-04, 06:33 AM

i heard the other day from a motrax dealer that dhm had now gone out of business

northwind · 06-06-04, 08:50 AM

Doesn't make any sense to say that, it's just a Motrax product, not a seperate company. But maybe they've stopped making 'em... There's quite a lot on Ebay at the mo that could be stock clearances. Ah well, doesn't matter none to me, I've got some

northwind · 06-06-04, 07:20 PM

And... They work! Well, i landed on really soft ground so they dug in, but they bore the brunt of the crash and aren't even dented... My fairing's still cracked and scratched, but I reckon it would have been worse otherwise. All hail the DHM!

06-06-04, 08:39 PM

did you really have to test them though

northwind · 06-06-04, 09:57 PM

Well, it was going to annoy me until I did

06-06-04, 10:02 PM

lol maybe i should test my topbloke ones theyre made by motrax we can compare results

northwind · 22-08-04, 06:34 PM

Just a followup to this one, after 3 months the right hand one's failed just while being reattached to the bike after removal, as the outer part of the arrangement was secured by only 6mm or so of thread in an ally spacer, and it stripped under a fraction of the recommended torque. if I hear anything back from Motrax, I'll follow this up...

06-06-04, 12:48 AM	#1
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,082	Motrax DHB and DHM crash mushrooms Just fitted a set of each to my '00 model... First things first, the instructions are really awful, they have a couple of nice pictures of an SV, but they manage to miss out a whole section of the assembly process. Finally worked it out after 20 minutes head scratching. Anyway, not crashed yet, so I don't know if they work, but they certainly seem solid... And they stick out from the bike a good 3 inches past the fairing. Checking the lines from swingarm sliders to frame sliders suggests that if you go down hard, you're still going to tear up your exhaust pipe on the right, but on the left pretty much everything other than the rear bodywork should be protected unless it rolls over. (I'm considering fitting the old cack Motrax ones to the pillion bolts on the rear subframe, to protect the can and the rear end) Their looks may or may not appeal to you, I like 'em though I wish they didn't have the bright yellow writing on the bungs... It's nice to have matching mushrooms and barends, and even nicer to get ride of the dinged up barends and usless old-style motrax mushrooms. They fit to the very front engine bolt, so they'd interfere badly with lower fairings I think. Proof of the pudding is in the crashing, of course, but they seem as solid as the R&Gs or Bikesliders, and cost only £50 including postage for the mushrooms and barends combined. Also, they included a pair of stickon bodywork pads, which I won't be using as they have "DOUBLE HARD *******!" written on them in huge letters, but if you don't mind that then they'd be a useful extra. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

06-06-04, 08:50 AM	#3
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,082	Doesn't make any sense to say that, it's just a Motrax product, not a seperate company. But maybe they've stopped making 'em... There's quite a lot on Ebay at the mo that could be stock clearances. Ah well, doesn't matter none to me, I've got some __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

06-06-04, 07:20 PM	#4
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,082	And... They work! Well, i landed on really soft ground so they dug in, but they bore the brunt of the crash and aren't even dented... My fairing's still cracked and scratched, but I reckon it would have been worse otherwise. All hail the DHM! __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

06-06-04, 09:57 PM	#6
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,082	Well, it was going to annoy me until I did __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

22-08-04, 06:34 PM	#8
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,082	Just a followup to this one, after 3 months the right hand one's failed just while being reattached to the bike after removal, as the outer part of the arrangement was secured by only 6mm or so of thread in an ally spacer, and it stripped under a fraction of the recommended torque. if I hear anything back from Motrax, I'll follow this up... __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

06-06-04, 06:33 AM	#2
adman Guest Posts: n/a	i heard the other day from a motrax dealer that dhm had now gone out of business

06-06-04, 08:39 PM	#5
adman Guest Posts: n/a	did you really have to test them though

06-06-04, 10:02 PM	#7
adman Guest Posts: n/a	lol maybe i should test my topbloke ones theyre made by motrax we can compare results

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