Recent content by ju311

And thanks to everyone for the good wishes on recovery.

I know what you mean. As I said, I haven't seen the bike in person yet, but the insurance guy said the damages would be worth 83% of the bike value (about $5200/$5300 blue book). Like you say, it doesn't look terrible, but I think there may be some hidden damage and the bike wasn't running...

As much as it pains me to make this post, I got to test out the sliders 2 days after I installed them. Although it wasn't really a low side crash, you can see that they did save a good portion of the bike from damage on the left where it landed. The bike was totalled anyhow because I rode head...

After :( My dad took these pics for me since I have been in the hospital. Today is my first day home and I haven't seen the bike since it was laying in the field next to me while I was strapped to a stretcher. It makes me sick to see the bike like that.

These are pics I took 2 days before the accident. I had just put on my new frame sliders.

I have been riding for a little over a year now and I had my first crash almost 2 weeks ago. The biggest lessons learned: SLOW DOWN AND ALWAYS WEAR ALL YOUR GEAR. It was a hot Sunday and I was on a spirited ride with a friend through the local twisties. After 2 hours we were nearly home and...

Thanks for the input. I bought the LSLs and put them on yesterday. Here are some pics.

I agree. I've pretty much decided that I am going to get sliders in case of low speed crashes or parking lot mishaps. I'm hoping to find out if anyone knows which ones are less likely to cause problems with the frame. Also, I like the idea of the LSL's I mentioned before, but they don't look...

I just bought my brand new 09 fz6 last month and I'm looking into frame sliders as my first purchase.... just in case. I have some concerns because of the aluminum frame and because I've seen posts here where the sliders caused the frame to break in a crash. I am looking for some advice/info...

College park... moving to Annapolis next month