Bandit Alley
GENERAL MOTORCYCLE FORUMS => GENERAL MOTORCYCLE => Topic started by: Desolation Angel on May 30, 2006, 11:14:35 AM
-
I'm gonna pull the sliders off my bike and go with engine guards instead this summer. I believe they're gonna give me much better protection. I'm just hung up on whether to go chrome or black.
Here's the black one...
(http://www.revsperformance.com/images/renntec/enginebars/GSF1200EBarREN10085B.jpg)
Here's the chrome one...
(http://www.revsperformance.com/images/renntec/enginebars/engbar3lge.jpg)
Opinions on black or chrome?
-
I have the black Suzuki and I like how it wraps the engine. Regardless, I would go with the black. I've had people look at my bike for five minutes before they even notice the case guards.
-
+1
Chrome is for HD!
"CHROME does not bring you HOME" :monkeymoon:
-
Black look nice. they would go well with the red of the bike.
-
Black! I have a blue '97 -- you hardly even notice the black guards against the black engine. Oh, yeah they work. Last summer I went down in a campground on wet grass in Ohio - did a three point on the exhaust can, engine guard and handlebar end ---- and zero damage to the bike, not even a scuff (Mud & wet grass). I however did a one point landing on my shoulder and ended up with a grade 3 AC separation. The Bandit is fine, and I healed quickly, deformed, but quickly.
-
black ... unless your a stuntaa and need the bling to fit in with your home boy`s and gang ,the Desolation Angels :stickpoke: .Me
-
Why would you NOT want them to be the same color as the engine? (And unobtrusive)
-
Black.... soooooo much easier to fix scratches and dings too!!!
-
left side black right side chrome????? might look mad but at least everyone will have something good to say about the bike. tis a win win situation :motorsmile: :motorsmile:
-
In the words of Wesley Snipes (Passenger 57) "Always bet on Black."
Then give me half the earnings for my advice, and don't come looking for me when it lands on red.
-
Herb, I can't tell if those guards are attached to the engine mounts or not. If they are,.. steer clear. I have read reports ( of course you think I can find them now that I'm looking?) of people going down, and the crash bars rip a hole in the engine! Ouch! sort of defeats the purpose.
A LOT of these engine guards and frame sliders are more for looks than for functionality. Be careful of what you get.
One of the old motorush forums mentions that one guy had trouble with stress fractures. -3- engine guards and counting. Click here for the link (http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:seSylEBnvwYJ:www.motorush.com/forums/messageview.cfm%3Fcatid%3D93%26threadid%3D33115+givi+%22engine+guard%22+919&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=19)
-
Herb, for once in my life I ain't being a smart ass, but how about black chrome, best of both worlds.
-
I'm gonna pull the sliders off my bike and go with engine guards instead this summer. I believe they're gonna give me much better protection. I'm just hung up on whether to go chrome or black.
Opinions on black or chrome?
I would go with the Black!!!
Accidently dropped mine in the parking lot! :duh:
I repainted them,cant tell!!
Would'nt be able to FIX the chrome ones!!
-
Herb, for once in my life I ain't being a smart ass, but how about black chrome, best of both worlds.
I'm up for that, but all I ever see are bright chrome or black. Looks like the consensus is black. I guess black would be visually repairable, as opposed to chrome, eh? But no bling?! :grin:
Stormi, it looks to me like all three of my options (Suzuki, Givi, Renntec) attach to at least one of the motor mounts on each side. Probably two on each side, now that I study the pictures. Hmmmm...
-
My vote is for black, too.
The Givi & Renntec ones are better built than the Suzuki ones.
Besides, you can't buy new Suzuki guards anymore anyway. (At least thru US Suzuki.)
-
Stormi, it looks to me like all three of my options (Suzuki, Givi, Renntec) attach to at least one of the motor mounts on each side. Probably two on each side, now that I study the pictures. Hmmmm...
From what I read, I seem to recall it was the Givi ones that were the culprit in the particular instance I'd read about.
There was some comment about them being too flat on the surface that was presented to the road in a crash. Somehow they transferred too much force the the mount. (Of course the comment was made by a CAD operator that I know, not an engineer, so it could have been F.O.S. )
I can definitely see how it would happen though. I'm pretty sure the one I read about was on a 919, and the engine is a stress member in that bike. The mount can be repaired, but insurance isn't likely to be onboard for that. They'd likely write a cheque and be done with the bike.
-
"Desolation Angel" I'm gonna pull the sliders off my bike and go with engine guards instead this summer. I believe they're gonna give me much better protection. I'm just hung up on whether to go chrome or black.
I HAVE THE CHROME RENNTEC ENGINE GUARDS ON MY RED 1200 BANDIT.....I THINK THAT THE CHROME LOOKS GOOD NEXT TO THE BLACK ENGINE AND THE RED FRAME.....
(http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h80/GETFURIOUS/SUZUKI-1200-BANDIT-2005-2.gif)
I ALSO LOVE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE SO MUCH STURDIER THAN THE SUZUKI FACTORY ENGINE GUARDS.....
I NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED USING FRAME SLIDERS; I JUST DON'T FEEL THAT THEY WILL PROTECT MY ENGINE IN A MINOR FALL OR A CRASH.....
-
[quote="GETFURIOUS]...I NEVER EVEN CONSIDERED USING FRAME SLIDERS; I JUST DON'T FEEL THAT THEY WILL PROTECT MY ENGINE IN A MINOR FALL OR A CRASH.....[/quote]
I did an experiment today, which my back is making me painfully aware of, and laid the bike down in the garage. The sliders and bar end weights DO keep the plastics and engine case off the perfectly flat garage floor. I'm thinking maybe I'll stick with 'em a little longer and keep thinking on it. They are $100+ Metisse sliders after all.
-
I did an experiment today, which my back is making me painfully aware of, and laid the bike down in the garage. The sliders and bar end weights DO keep the plastics and engine case off the perfectly flat garage floor. I'm thinking maybe I'll stick with 'em a little longer and keep thinking on it. They are $100+ Metisse sliders after all.[/quote]
that takes gut`s to lay a bike down just as an experiment
-
I think it all depends on the style you have. I once heard someone say chrome is for harley's to, but I think it goes well with a bandit as well.
(http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid207/pa7d729a7b7b1c26ce62c5223d2ad90bf/eeaa3487.jpg)
but the lights are from harley :duh:
-
I did an experiment today, which my back is making me painfully aware of, and laid the bike down in the garage. The sliders and bar end weights DO keep the plastics and engine case off the perfectly flat garage floor. I'm thinking maybe I'll stick with 'em a little longer and keep thinking on it. They are $100+ Metisse sliders after all.
that takes gut`s to lay a bike down just as an experiment[/quote]
I set it down VERY gingerly, I assure you, with my 11 year old daughter watching over me.
"What's the matter, is it heavy or what?"
Kids! :roll:
-
The 919 got dumped in the grass this weekend. (I wsn't there for the event, so I didn't see what was touching the ground) It has frame sliders on it as well.
I found grass on the chain, rear tire, frame sliders, bars, and a little loose stuff on the crankcase cover. Not a scratch on it.
I've been told that frame sliders are (mostly) for slow speed drops, and engine guards are for high speed. We went to a "bike gathering" yesterday, and someone who's been riding much longer than me approved of the pucks on my bike.
-
"stormi" The 919 got dumped in the grass this weekend. (I wsn't there for the event, so I didn't see what was touching the ground) It has frame sliders on it as well.
I found grass on the chain, rear tire, frame sliders, bars, and a little loose stuff on the crankcase cover. Not a scratch on it.
I've been told that frame sliders are (mostly) for slow speed drops, and engine guards are for high speed. We went to a "bike gathering" yesterday, and someone who's been riding much longer than me approved of the pucks on my bike.
I AM GLAD THAT YOUR BIKE DID NOT GET DAMAGED.....