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RRxtar · 07-29-2008, 07:18 PM

a crash cage might help save your bike in a crash, but it will also CAUSE a crash if you're trying to ride agressively with one. a stunter buddy of mine came out for a knee dragger ride and went down because his cage hit the ground in a corner and leavered his back wheel off the ground.

sure frame sliders might catch a crack in the road and bend your frame, or they might dig in and flip your bike over causing more damage or whatever ifs and maybes everyone likes to say, but i would say 4 out of 5 times they will save more damage than they will cause. if you're already in an epic highside or high speed lowside, you're lucky if you're going to get out with anything less than a broken case cover, fairings, clip ons, leavers, rearsets, shifters, etc. but for those 'woops' that we all have from time to time, they will keep you from denting your frame, cracking a case cover, or if you're lucky, even from busting a fairing.

$50 and an hour install > potential ~$500 and weeks of downtime.

07-29-2008, 07:18 PM	#51
RRxtar what manner of phaggotry is this Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kelownafornia Posts: 18,285 Thanked 5,473 Times in 1,814 Posts Failed 205 Times in 120 Posts	a crash cage might help save your bike in a crash, but it will also CAUSE a crash if you're trying to ride agressively with one. a stunter buddy of mine came out for a knee dragger ride and went down because his cage hit the ground in a corner and leavered his back wheel off the ground. sure frame sliders might catch a crack in the road and bend your frame, or they might dig in and flip your bike over causing more damage or whatever ifs and maybes everyone likes to say, but i would say 4 out of 5 times they will save more damage than they will cause. if you're already in an epic highside or high speed lowside, you're lucky if you're going to get out with anything less than a broken case cover, fairings, clip ons, leavers, rearsets, shifters, etc. but for those 'woops' that we all have from time to time, they will keep you from denting your frame, cracking a case cover, or if you're lucky, even from busting a fairing. $50 and an hour install > potential ~$500 and weeks of downtime. __________________ STRENGTHaesthetics Last edited by RRxtar; 07-29-2008 at 07:18 PM.