Crash Mushroom

[JonB_5]

Are they worth having, my bikes naked so do I need them?

Would they not just come off in a high impact crash?

Cheers

[Graham88]

They are more for if you come off at low speeds to prevent fairings getting scratched.

Or if you drop it.

Most high impact crashes or high speed crashes the mushrooms do fuck all.

[Misc]

How much do they stickout then, i've seen pics but when if the bike falls over do they prevent the side from touching the floor, even the handlebars?

[Paivi]

On my Duchess, they do nothing to protect the mirrors or handlebars, but have saved the tank on a couple of occasions at either stationary or a low speed crash. Apparently, in a high speed crash, they can do more harm than good if they get caught in something, as they can rip the panels off, as well as damaging the frame.

[kingnathski88]

Hi. What bike do you ride or thinking of putting them on?

My mate did have an SV650 untill he crashed, but he had them on his. They were more lengthy and thin, and have saved his tank also once or twice. I personally think it depends on how much your willing to do to protect your bike from accidents etc.

Also, you dont want some really ugly bits sticking out of no where

But I crashed my vfr recently, bent my mushroom and cracked the bolt on the frame was only doing 30ish when I hit a pedestrina, guess when it hit the floor it must of hurt.

Best of luck in finding some that are suitable tho

Nathan

[Teaman]

personally Id spend the money on a bikesafe course,
it wont help your bike at all when you crash but itll lessen the likelyhood of it
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[syl]

Ron Halsam had them fitted to all his CBR600RRs at the Donnington race school, so I guess he must feel that they offer a benefit in a high speed crash as well (I suspect they have a wealth of experience of bikes going down).

As for bikesafe, if you fancy a rideout, book the course in Wiltshire - it's free.
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[Zimbo]

You don't need them, but they do offer a fair amount of protection, even in a high speed crash. Mine have been down 3 times this year, all at high speed on track, and are holding up well. Make sure you buy quality ones though (R&G) cheap ones don't work.

[bin]

I think the mushrooms or crash bars are worth putting on....my bike went over slowly and did a fair bit of damage.
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[wheeliekev]

on a bandit there worth having, any bike that the crankcase covers will touch down easily could end up damaging the crank, cost of crank versus mushrooms take your pick ?
i go out on a regular basis pulling wheelies etc and have seen a fair few low speed drops where the mushrooms have saved the motor

[THCi]

I'd go for bars on a nekid engine, got some on (back! ) order with M&P.
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[bin]

Ive heard things about m&p....cancel order and re-order from motorworks www.motorworks.co.uk got mine from just bandits https://www.justbandits.com/
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[Gazdaman]

If you get crash bungs don't go for anything less than r&g.

I had them on my bandit, and granted, they don't help when you hit a car /hard/.

But they probably helped keep various parts of the engine off the floor.

They were £80, and tbh, I think the money would be better off doing a bikesafe course with.

Gaz

[FreshAL]

They are an absolute god-send.

I've had them on both my SV's. I've dropped both bikes (first one twice) with no damage at all.

That's gotta be worth £80

[ram_doom]

I had some puig ones, and in my recent off, the impact bent the crash bung and it disintegrated, but the left one did an awesome job of saving the left fairing panel etc, when some drunk twat picked the bike up and dropped it on the left side
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[bin]

What a picture that conjures up ram_doom.
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[ram_doom]

I tried to get up but absolutely couldnt, but thankfully dangerous_minnie from here was on hand to tell him to fek off, and rescue my shed crash bungs are therefore worth it, but dont expect it to do much if you crash at speed, or there's a serious impact...
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