Just an Idea for Homemade Frame Sliders for extra protection

[QwickFliCk]

idk y but i just had an idea to add frame sliders to my givi engine bars... i was lookin through my garage today and i saw my old trex frame sliders and i was thinking y cant i make some frame sliders that attach to my bars hmmm:eyebrow:.... well i remember i made some frame sliders for my old 98 ninja 250 that attached to the frame and i might give it a try on the fz6 but on the givi's...it would somewhat look like a stunt cage like this


Now on the FZ6:



list of materials:
drill n bit
two grade 5 or 8 bolts n washers
2" thick delrin rod
lathe(machine shop)

im thinking it would be better instead of metal to concrete contact in the event of crash(knockin on wood)...but the con im thinking about is that if on impact it is more focused on one point of the bars than just sliding on the bars itself

Does anyone think this is a bad idea?? Will this compromise my givi bars badly?? any input is appreciated

 

[RJ2112]

The advantage of the bars over a 'slider' is the 3 or more point attachment to the bike's frame. The crash bars can be tucked in quite close to the motor and still protect the vital parts of the bike.

If you want to add sliders to the bars, you are in effect just protecting the bars.... not a bad thing; but the role of the slider is then more of a scuff point than a protection device.

I'd suggest you keep the length of the added material as short as possible to reduce the leverage a 'hit' would produce on the slider. Just like the frame damage that could occur when a slider rotates as a result of an impact at speed, you could potentially damage the crash bars.... but as they are steel instead of cast aluminum they can take the hit much more easily. Regardless, the shorter the scuff pad, the less leverage it's going to get.

Make it more like body armor for a riding suit. Wide and low profile. Like the button on the end of the slider designs out there, rather than the full length unit.

 

[DownrangeFuture]

Yep, I'd do it short and in the corner there like the last pic. That way the impact was spread out over a larger area, and very near a mount point. That'd be the least stressful. And I'd almost make the mount designed to break away at 400lbs of force or less. That way it should hold up to a drop, but any sort of violence in a crash should tear it away and let the crash bars do their job.

Or just find a way to attach some of the buttons he was talking about. Just at the spots likely to take a hit in a drop and attach them somehow with gorilla glue or cement glue. They'll stay put in a drop, but no so much in a drop and slide.