crash bungs help? - SV650.org

17-12-06, 08:27 PM

right i was thinking of getttin crash bungs for my new gixer600 when i get it....

i need to know is this good idea or bad? (keep in mind one side of fairing needs to be dare i say ......DRILLED :cry)

and which is better and why?

R&G or DHM? or is there better?

can someone help please?

fizzwheel · 17-12-06, 08:37 PM

I've got R & G's on my K5 GSR-750, I'm insured with Ebike who give a discount for having R & G's installed and thats the only reason.

My fairing didnt require drilling to fit them as they fitted in the same place the OEM Suzuki bungs did that I had removed.

Here's a link to the R & G Website where theres more info

Linky

Does look like the K6 fairing might need modifying, might I suggest you pop a post onto www.gixerjunkies.net, its a UK based site. Somebody on there will definately be abe to help you.

HTH

17-12-06, 08:38 PM

DHM get bad reviews but they saved alot of the right hand side of my sv when i crashed, R&G are ment to be better but are more expencive.

17-12-06, 08:48 PM

I haven't got around to getting crash bungs for my gixer yet, I just can't quite bear to get the fairing drilled

When I do, I will be getting R&Gs, I had them on the SV and they are worth their weight in gold.

northwind · 18-12-06, 12:20 AM

I'm not really an R&G fan myself, but the GSXR designs that I've seen were very solid, I'd fit them first thing myself. You're never more likely to drop a bike than when it's new, and you're never going to be more bummed out if you do drop it, so to me it makes nothing but sense. Badly designed bungs can damage frames etc, but that's not really an accusation that's ever een levelled at R&G. I'm 100% sure that crash bungs have saved more damage than they've caused, several times over- my 70mph slide on the SV meant a new front brake lever, without protection it would have been a whole lot worse.

Often, the cases where bungs do cause serious damage occur in crashes bad enough to have destroyed the bike anyway... Someone posted one of these on VD a while back, with a huge tirade against the bung makers, I forget who- a frame hole got ovalled when a bung bolt bent. But the frame had msasive scrapes in anyway, and the engine was holed and full of gravel. The bike was scrap anyway...

17-12-06, 08:27 PM	#1
nikki_sv400s Guest Posts: n/a	crash bungs help? right i was thinking of getttin crash bungs for my new gixer600 when i get it.... i need to know is this good idea or bad? (keep in mind one side of fairing needs to be dare i say ......DRILLED :cry) and which is better and why? R&G or DHM? or is there better? can someone help please?

17-12-06, 08:37 PM	#2
fizzwheel Super Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Somerset Posts: 3,614	I've got R & G's on my K5 GSR-750, I'm insured with Ebike who give a discount for having R & G's installed and thats the only reason. My fairing didnt require drilling to fit them as they fitted in the same place the OEM Suzuki bungs did that I had removed. Here's a link to the R & G Website where theres more info Linky Does look like the K6 fairing might need modifying, might I suggest you pop a post onto www.gixerjunkies.net, its a UK based site. Somebody on there will definately be abe to help you. HTH __________________ Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over. K5 GSXR 750 Anniversary Edition

18-12-06, 12:20 AM	#5
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,082	I'm not really an R&G fan myself, but the GSXR designs that I've seen were very solid, I'd fit them first thing myself. You're never more likely to drop a bike than when it's new, and you're never going to be more bummed out if you do drop it, so to me it makes nothing but sense. Badly designed bungs can damage frames etc, but that's not really an accusation that's ever een levelled at R&G. I'm 100% sure that crash bungs have saved more damage than they've caused, several times over- my 70mph slide on the SV meant a new front brake lever, without protection it would have been a whole lot worse. Often, the cases where bungs do cause serious damage occur in crashes bad enough to have destroyed the bike anyway... Someone posted one of these on VD a while back, with a huge tirade against the bung makers, I forget who- a frame hole got ovalled when a bung bolt bent. But the frame had msasive scrapes in anyway, and the engine was holed and full of gravel. The bike was scrap anyway... __________________ "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"

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17-12-06, 08:38 PM	#3
kwak zzr Guest Posts: n/a	DHM get bad reviews but they saved alot of the right hand side of my sv when i crashed, R&G are ment to be better but are more expencive.

17-12-06, 08:48 PM	#4
Kate Guest Posts: n/a	I haven't got around to getting crash bungs for my gixer yet, I just can't quite bear to get the fairing drilled When I do, I will be getting R&Gs, I had them on the SV and they are worth their weight in gold.