Pro-tek Frame Slider Crash Protector Honda 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 CB600F CBF600 Hornet White Pro-tek frame slider is made of Acetal polymer plastic.
Helps protect your frame from nasty spills and tip overs.
No Modifications or cutting required on these sliders
Comes complete with instructions for easy installation.
Comes with all mounting hardware, normally retail for $61.95 and many other bands even more expensive at lesser quality!
Frame
sliders are not designed to protect the plastics, rearsets (footpegs),
or clipons (handlebars). They are designed to absorb the impact and
energy of a fall so that you don't damage your engine or frame. Those
two parts of the bike are critical components for racers and an
insurance company as they will often total your bike if those are
damaged.
Frame
sliders come in two basic models which are cut or no cut frame sliders.
A cut frame slider means that you have to cut your plastics to be able
to bolt that type of frame slider on to your bike. No cuts obviously
mean you do not have to cut a hole in your plastics. We like each model
to have to cut a 2" hole in your plastics and other kits with no
modifications you do not have to cut anything. The no cut kit normally
has brackets that you mount up below your plastics that then go to a
place where there are no plastics then you bolt on the slider to that
plate. Basically the plate lets you relocate where the slider will bolt
on. No cut sliders are also more expensive.
Now for quick bullet points about sliders:
1. They are not designed to protect plastics, clipons, or rearsets, even though they might help sometimes.
2.
You do not want a slider to stick out too far or it will help flip your
bike in a crash by snagging on the ground, curb or anything else.
3.
You want delrin or plastic to touch down when you crash as they will
grind off and not catch on anything and if hit hard enough or direct
enough they will shatter.
4. If
your slider shatters, grinds off or bends then it did it's job. You
don't want it solid after a crash or it didn't absorb any energy but
merely transfered it on to what you bolted it to.
5.
When f1 cars hit the side of a track they explode as they don't want
the drive to absorb the energy. Frame sliders are the same way. You want
them to stay attached but get beat up and take the energy.
6.
If the bolt on a frame slider bends that's a good thing as the only
other option is to put the energy on the frame or mounting point.
Better the bolt bends. Also if it didn't bend it might have flip the
bike by snagging something. A mangled frame slider, but still on the
bike, did it's job.
7. No cut frame sliders aren't a direct bolt on like cut sliders as they often have a bracket.
We
hope this information was helpful and if you have anything to add or
questions then feel free to contact us. Ride safe and hope you never
have to use your frame sliders.
'07-'11 Honda CB-600 Hornet & '08-'09 CBF-600 Includes: (2) Acetal sliders pucks Fitment: Honda '07-'11 CB-600F Hornet & '08-'09 CBF-600
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