Who uses crash knobs/ frame sliders on their bike?

**RM125king** · 20th September 2006, 16:48

i have just brought some frame sliders for my bike and i dont like them very much. im just wondering who else uses them and did they do the job in an off? also is there any point in having them at all? i mean if you crash you can just claim insurance so why try and save it?

**The_Dover** · 20th September 2006, 16:51

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

my last (big) off the only thing to survive without a scratch was the fuckin frame sliders!

Even the tool kit and key were bent and fucked.

**jimbo600** · 20th September 2006, 16:53

Well put it this way. I went for a slide on my K6 600, it was nothing special, and it was fucked. If I had crash bungs on it would have been OK.

I have since put them on my new one. Fit them if you can.

**sAsLEX** · 20th September 2006, 16:54

If you drop it stopping for a pie or something the damage wont be worth claiming on but some sliders might stop most of that

**Swoop** · 20th September 2006, 16:56

Don't have them.
I ride like a poof so do not need them...

**RM125king** · 20th September 2006, 16:58

Originally Posted by The_Dover

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

my last (big) off the only thing to survive without a scratch was the fuckin frame sliders!

Even the tool kit and key were bent and fucked.

hahahaha classic

**onearmedbandit** · 20th September 2006, 17:24

Um, I kind of rolled my bike off the side stand at home one night, I think I must've flicked it back up a bit getting off. Held the bike for a couple of seconds but realised it was a lost battle. Bike went down slow but hard, and I feared the worse. Hoisted the bike back up and not a scratch on her (whoops, forgot the indicator, which required a bit of glue!), except for the sticker on the crash bung. Sweet, a worthwhile investment.

They may or may not do much in a high speed off, but for slower speed stuff they're the difference between a bruised ego and a bruised wallet.

**The_Dover** · 20th September 2006, 17:26

Originally Posted by RM125king

hahahaha classic

but yes, my bikes do have crash bungs.

**The Pastor** · 20th September 2006, 17:32

I don't have them fitted, but I want them.

Wouldnt they increace the chance of bending your frame in a slide? A lot more pressure would be going on one point of the fame instead of being more spread out?

**dawnrazor** · 20th September 2006, 17:46

1) After spending the best part of a grand to restore one side of my bike to its former glory after a very low speed spill. I'd say they are worth it, 'cus if I'd had them I would have only have had to fork out a fraction of that.

2) Bike rolled off sidestand recently, just after I finished putting the other side back together ironically enough. The newly fitted oggie knob took all the fall, no marks on the fairing and only a scratch on the stator over, they just paid for them selves right there no question.

3) the next dumb ass thing I do that means finding the bike in an unnatural riding position---oggie knobs to the resuce.

A low speed spill, usually won't do enough damage to exceed your excess on your insurance so theres no point claiming and alerting your insurance company your a tit. crash knobs in a high speed spill won't really help you anyways, as chances are you'll write the bike off anyways - or "wot dover said".

for the sake of dubious esthetics, they are so worth it......

**Maha** · 20th September 2006, 17:52

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

If you drop it stopping for a pie or something the damage wont be worth claiming on but some sliders might stop most of that

I dunno about that sAsLEX...if SwanTiger was to see a 'pie' sign, his head turns and his leg swings over the bike and it.........just keeps going !....

So, the damage could be severe enough in that situation......

**dawnrazor** · 20th September 2006, 17:52

Originally Posted by renegade master

I don't have them fitted, but I want them.

Wouldnt they increace the chance of bending your frame in a slide? A lot more pressure would be going on one point of the fame instead of being more spread out?

they bolt to the engine.....at least mine do.....and if those sort of forces are being exerted through the crash knob its designed to break .....because at those kinda forces the bikes FUCKED and chances are, you are too - so no worries.

**AllanB** · 20th September 2006, 18:06

I want to know why a piddly little bit of alloy and plastic cost so much - $175 bucks for a pair for my bike. I'd be keen at $100 and figure i could make my own for less than half that.

The factory should fit them from new - they cost them probably $20 a bike!

Just like surge protector switches to electronics gear - maybe $10 tops on the retail price if they were fitted at the factory (hello I am from Sony I require 100 000 surge protector switches....).

**Nutter34** · 20th September 2006, 18:06

About 18 months ago, there was a guy on an 05 R1 at Ruapuna who lost it out of a corner at about 120-ish... He was lucky in that the bike slid up the track. When he picked the bike up, the only damage was to the hero blob, the side stand pin and one or two other bits. The knobs were well worn but he carried on riding for the day...
I myself have dropped the Z and if it weren't for the knobs, there would have been heaps more damage.
I've also seen a Monster go down with them on, same thing, damage limitation...
It's the difference between claiming or not claiming insurance... Or riding home or getting a mate to pick it up...