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gmoney
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PostPosted: 04:05 - 27 Apr 2005    Post subject: frame sliders Reply with quote

Hey fellas, I recently recieved a set of frame sliders purchased from cycle gear for my birthday. I own a 2002 R6 and the sliders fall in the middle of the middle section of my fairing. I would like to know if I cut a hole in the fairing then the bolt that was there no longer holds support to my fairing, or notch the slider to where the appliction still holds the fairing to the frame. If anyone has pictures of there application I would like to see them> Thanx
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PostPosted: 23:25 - 27 Apr 2005    Post subject: come on guys Reply with quote

Please I really need some advice here.
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PostPosted: 00:00 - 28 Apr 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Do you mean crash-bungs which mount via the engine-mounts, like this? Question


https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v392/FruitNnut/cutout.jpg


I appreciate that my gsxr is a little different in that the bung doesn't sit in the middle of a fairing-section.

What you should find is that the mounting-point doesn't actually provide any support to your fairing as it's an engine-mount, as far as I know. (At least it doesn't on the CBR600RR, where the crash-bung sits mid-panel.)

What you need to do is mark the inside of the fairing somehow, so you know where to drill a pilot-hole ... a blob of paint on the end of a bolt should do the trick Thumbs Up

Once you've got a small hole drilled, you should be able to use a rotary tool (like a Dremmel) to open the hole up gradually, to fit the body of the slider/bung.




Disclaimer: my advice is purely that - advice - which you should verify. I take no responsibility for you making a bodge job of fitting sliders to your bike Wink
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PostPosted: 00:04 - 28 Apr 2005    Post subject: Re: come on guys Reply with quote

gmoney wrote:
Please I really need some advice here.




PS - if you don't feel happy wielding the tools on your own, your local bike-workshop/mechanic should be able to do the job for you, for a small fee Wink


PPS - it'd also be helpul if you could post a pic of the sliders, and of the bike, indicating where you think they should be fitted Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 00:10 - 28 Apr 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

You get cheaper Motrax bungs that fit on the outside of the fairing aswell.
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PostPosted: 12:44 - 28 Apr 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mr.Everready wrote:
You get cheaper Motrax bungs that fit on the outside of the fairing aswell.



Are you telling me or Gmoney? Question


IMO, the cheaper fairing-mounted ones like the Motrax bungs are cheaper for a reason - they're not as strong and break off relatively easily in a crash Thumbs Down
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PostPosted: 13:01 - 28 Apr 2005    Post subject: Re: frame sliders Reply with quote

Right.

You want the bolt on ones that go through the engine/frame. These act as the bolt that replaces them.

There is no fairing mount in this place, so you do not disrupt the fairing.#, apart from cutting the hole.

The ones that only mount to fairing holes mounts can often can cause more damage than they save; they can actually break the fairing when it may have got away just with minor scuffs if you didn't have anything on!

I have just got a set of r6 ones from these people:
https://www.loscrashprotection.com

Haven't 'tried them out yet'... but if it stays wet I may be this weekend Confused. It is a small business run by a couple that seemed quite friendly and willing to accomadate.
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PostPosted: 13:05 - 28 Apr 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fruit'n'nut wrote:
Mr.Everready wrote:
You get cheaper Motrax bungs that fit on the outside of the fairing aswell.



Are you telling me or Gmoney? Question


IMO, the cheaper fairing-mounted ones like the Motrax bungs are cheaper for a reason - they're not as strong and break off relatively easily in a crash Thumbs Down


Both, and I know they're shite.
He said that the ones he had fitted right in the middle of the fairing, the "proper" ones fit on the engine.
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PostPosted: 13:15 - 28 Apr 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mr.Everready wrote:


Both, and I know they're shite.
He said that the ones he had fitted right in the middle of the fairing, the "proper" ones fit on the engine.




Aye, they are pants Smile


He may have ones that fit on the engine-mounts though - and they still pass through the middle of a fairing panel; on my GSXR you cut the edge of an existing hole as illustrated above ...

... but from experience, on bikes like the CBR600RR and CBR600F, (and presumably an R6?) you do have to drill a hole in the middle of the fairing in order to access the engine-mount, in order to fit decent bungs like R&Gs.


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PostPosted: 14:03 - 28 Apr 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote

According to R & G you do need to cut a hole in the fairing for them to fit.
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PostPosted: 19:14 - 28 Apr 2005    Post subject: frame sliders Reply with quote

The bolt that the slider attaches to go through the fairing and into the frame, but not all the way to the engine. Will that give a loose feel the that fairing like it is not attached at that point?
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PostPosted: 19:23 - 28 Apr 2005    Post subject: frame sliders Reply with quote

The bolt that the slider attaches to go through the fairing and into the frame, but not all the way to the engine. Will that give a loose feel the that fairing like it is not attached at that point?
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PostPosted: 21:40 - 28 Apr 2005    Post subject: Re: frame sliders Reply with quote

gmoney wrote:
The bolt that the slider attaches to go through the fairing and into the frame, but not all the way to the engine. Will that give a loose feel the that fairing like it is not attached at that point?



What's the diameter of the bolt? Can you post a pic?
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