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coldtoes
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PostPosted: 12:10 - 13 Jul 2005    Post subject: Crash Mushrooms for Blades Reply with quote
Know what are the best mushrooms (not to cause worst damage) to use for Blades (2001).
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R4nger
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PostPosted: 12:18 - 13 Jul 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
R & G

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the grim reaper
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PostPosted: 12:30 - 13 Jul 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nope, Bike design, depending on the age of the Blade. No fairing cutting involved on pre 2000, carbed blades.

www.rhencullen.co.uk

Sell them.

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PostPosted: 19:52 - 13 Jul 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bendy cheese? I want some!
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PostPosted: 19:56 - 13 Jul 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Siggi wrote:

But they're bracket-mounted, and I heard the brackets bend like cheese in a crash. Question


I've heard that too. I'd go with R&G myself. Only because they're tried and tested though. Embarassed
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jonboy
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PostPosted: 20:00 - 13 Jul 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
R&G seem to be the most common on the cbr forum, and are the ones i'd buy. I wouldn't touch bracket mounted ones with a sh*tty stick though.
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bish777
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PostPosted: 20:09 - 13 Jul 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Siggi wrote:
the grim reaper wrote:
Nope, Bike design, depending on the age of the Blade. No fairing cutting involved on pre 2000, carbed blades.

www.rhencullen.co.uk

Sell them.

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Grim


But they're bracket-mounted, and I heard the brackets bend like cheese in a crash. Question


rather a bent bobbin frame than smashed fairing panels!
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Fruit'n'nut
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PostPosted: 20:37 - 13 Jul 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
bish777 wrote:


rather a bent bobbin frame than smashed fairing panels!



What do you think will happen if the bracket bends so much that the bobbin doesn't hold any part of the bike off the floor? Question

Neither fairing nor the engine casings will look pretty.

Bracket-mounted bungs are a 100% waste of money IMHO.



I'd go for R&G and drill neat holes in a fairing every single time Thumbs Up

Have tried and tested mine once on the road and once on the track. Can't praise them highly enough.
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PostPosted: 20:40 - 13 Jul 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fruit'n'nut wrote:
drill neat holes in a fairing ...




... which is an easy job if you're at all handy with a Dremel or similar non-brand name rotary tool Thumbs Up
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Chriss
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PostPosted: 21:15 - 13 Jul 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
My crash post bent once, but there was enough flex in the fairing to not cause any damage.

That was at around 50mph. low side when the front went on me. The bottom fairing was scraped, as was the clutch cover, but it could have been alot worse. I didn't think much'd survive a 50mph crash, to be honest.
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Wooly R6
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PostPosted: 21:55 - 13 Jul 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
see this post for my pics with R&G mushrooms

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=52924&highlight=bugger+dropped
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Fruit'n'nut
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PostPosted: 22:06 - 13 Jul 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Siggi wrote:

Do the shafts bend easily?




My feeling is that it doesn't matter; if the crash is bad enough to bend a bolt/entirely grind away a crash-bung, then it's bad enough to do a lot more damage to the bike - in which case , who gives a crap about fairings? It's the engine/frame beneath that worry me.



I've seen some badly-chewed R&G bungs on a mate's bike that have bent a few mm out of place (not enough to damage the fairing) - but saved the metalwork from serious damage.
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jonboy
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PostPosted: 22:19 - 13 Jul 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Agree. And a neatly cut hole with enough space for the post to bend looks fine imo.
In my experience they do ususally bend with a crash. If they weren't there the fairing would be rogered anyway. Most folks buying bikes these days now they're a useful addon, so won't drop the value.
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