Crash Bungs - where to buy?
 

Any low price recommendations? R&G seem to be the most popular by majority users??

Depends. If you don't have lower fairings, there's a lot to be said for Motosliders- they're made buy an SV Rider guy, but even with importing costs they're well cheap- I got a set of bung, a spare set of the rubber parts, and a set of swingarm bobbins/sliders, delivered, all for (IIRC) £90. I've not tested them yet, but they're the weapn of choice on SV Rider and there's not been a single bad report of them. Not even one. I don't know of any other manufacturer that could say the same- Moko, maybe.

I had a set of the new R&Gs (and the old ones before them). The old ones always served me well despite the dodgy rep. The new ones did work when I crashed on them- and it was a fairly big hit- but they bent almost ot 90 degrees, which reduced their effectiveness (it's good for nungs to bend in a big hit, helps absorb impacts, but they didn't hit anything solid and were so bent, the protection was reduced.

The reason I stopped using them, though, was the cost of replacement parts- the bendy, sacrificial nature of the bungs means that in any moderate crash, you'll need to replace them- and they cost a bomb. £20 a bung, £10 a bolt IIRC, plus postage. That's just too expensive IMO, when you could get a whole replacement set of Motosliders for much the same.

I had Bikesliders on mine & they did the job (very similar to Motosliders really & not R&G money :!:)

at the Ally Pally show the R and G stand were selling the bungs that go through the engine bolt, like I had on my last SV.

They had them up for £70. My uncle's shop is selling them for £69.99, and I get 15% discount off them, so told the R and G man I could get them cheaper.

Should have seen his face! :lol:

Yup, they still sell those but those are the ones that were known for having the bungs tear out. Not a problem I ever had, and mine took a hammering, but sometimes they seemed to fail when they shouldn't.

Thanks for the comments. Northwind - I have lowers on my bike do you think this would be an issue with the Motosliders?

Ignore that - just found their site... no cutting involved etc. http://www.motosliders.com/MS-1.html

No, you do need to cut lowers for Motosliders- the site says "No cutting or holes necessary for SV and SVS bikes with stock bodywork"- but you do need to with lowers.

Ah ok - :oops: