Slider bars

[surfinwind]

Hey everyone!!!

I need to get front and rear slider bars for my fz6. I'm new, so looking for a recommendation on the brand. Wanna get the good quality ones, within reason.

Thanks in advance for your recommendations. Have a nice day.

Mike

 

[Jblk9695]

Go check these out--

Spiegler Performance Parts - Frame Slider | LSL Crash Pads

and here is some more info--

http://www.600riders.com/forum/fz6-mods/8130-what-kind-frame-sliders-do-you-have-recommend.html

 

[tcmalker]

dont' forget about the prefect sliders...

http://www.600riders.com/forum/fz6-mods/33436-i-think-i-found-perfect-frame-sliders.html

 

[FinalImpact]

In this thread I posted some thoughts on frame sliders. . . You might find the thread helpful but it turned into a debate. . .

http://www.600riders.com/forum/hall-shame/31532-1st-stunt-attempted-fail-fixable-2.html#post395420

Here is the text from my post with a slight edit for this thread.

It seems to me that the bikes design makes it more vulnerable than some designs. The shear stress imposed upon the ONE bolt entering the frame and engine is huge when contact occurs! At a bare minimum the bikes weight itself; compound this by speed, friction of the surface, any irregular areas like curbs and pot holes and something will give! Ideally a someone should be smart enough to make frame sliders that have shear sections such that they are composed of 2 segments. Meaning, if the very end hits an immobile object it shears. I say this specifically for frame designs like the FZ using an anchor bolt (engine mount) as an attachment point. This is NOT an ideal place to put a slider but its the quickest and cheapest way to go vs making a bracket spanning the engine mounts and placing the sliders there where thay belong.

So some of you think that if you crash your car at 15mph there should be NO damage???? And you think that crashing a bike 40 you'll be out a set of bars and slider??? Sh*t will break! Period! Granted, some will be smooth and just slide down the track but that's an unrealistic expectation on the street! The street has WAY to many variables. . .

I think if I put sliders on my FZ I may chuck them up in lathe and cut 2 groves in them (approx 15mm apart or so) at different depths so as to weaken them and allow the tip to snap off if I hit something solid. . . Hopefully leaving the next segment to take another dose of punishment! I realize two sections could make it too short to be of value but maybe even one short section breaking away could save the frame???

Just thinking out loud! Any thoughts? Would this prevent major damage?

 

[tcmalker]

I've already accepted the fact that in a crash with some speed, the bike will get damaged. I'll let my insurance deal with those situations. I bought my sliders exclusively for tip overs or zero/low speed crash. A good example is when someone rear ends you while you wait at a stoplight and your bike drops. That happens more often than you think!

 

[surfinwind]

Haha got some choices now. Great info! Thanks guys!