It's been said that an excellent offense starts with a good defense. In this case, coming from a dual sporting background I've think nothing of gracefully exiting a bike as it finds it way to snuggle up horizontally to mother earth. And while all bikes can and will be replaced, I'd like to atleast stack the deck in my favor.
For this build, I considered the stunting cages which are similar to the dual sport theme. However, this bike will never be my stunt bike, and quite frankly I've not found a set of bars that aren't completely fugly. Lastly, I want the protection to be close as possible to the bike as to encourage it to slide all the momentum off (and not catch then start to high-side/tumble). So, with that I chose a more muted build of axle sliders, case sliders and frame sliders. First up, the Womet-Tech Frame sliders. I chose them as they were a 2-point design and I liked the machine marks on the delrin sliders. I plan on relocating the side blinkers to the headstock later this year, so I am not concerned with how far those are protruding for now.
For this build, I considered the stunting cages which are similar to the dual sport theme. However, this bike will never be my stunt bike, and quite frankly I've not found a set of bars that aren't completely fugly. Lastly, I want the protection to be close as possible to the bike as to encourage it to slide all the momentum off (and not catch then start to high-side/tumble). So, with that I chose a more muted build of axle sliders, case sliders and frame sliders. First up, the Womet-Tech Frame sliders. I chose them as they were a 2-point design and I liked the machine marks on the delrin sliders. I plan on relocating the side blinkers to the headstock later this year, so I am not concerned with how far those are protruding for now.
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Installation was bit tricky, as the OEM bolts have some adjustment in the bolt heads, but the sliders require the frame to be 100% aligned. No worries, suspending the frame from ceiling bolts did the trick! The sliders to have ample clearance off the body panels
I decided on Woodcraft Technologies for right hand side Clutch Cover Protector (P/N 60-0409RC) and the left hand side Stator Cover Protector (P/N 60-0409LC). As previously mentioned, since I've changed the graphics out to Floro yellow, I've chosen black for the other accessories to prevent too much blinginess. I decided to install these during the first oil change. Since it was removing a few bolts, I didn't want to risk having a weeping gasket later.
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The Woodcraft axle sliders (P/N45-0409F) use a quick release pin vs the long rod on most of the designs
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