Carbon / Plastic Frame Guards / Swing Arm cover protection
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Do you bother with them?
Unnecessary bling or worth having ... ?
I can see the point in the frame - not so much the swing arm myself.
(The R1 is going on track this year hence the question - Yes, I know its not a great track bike before you start.)
Unnecessary bling or worth having ... ?
I can see the point in the frame - not so much the swing arm myself.
(The R1 is going on track this year hence the question - Yes, I know its not a great track bike before you start.)
Edited by Mr OCD on Tuesday 6th March 13:13
Mr OCD said:
Fleegle said:
Ever seen a swingarm after its little dance in the gravel?
Hence why asking ... Although to be a fair used swing arms are cheap enough...
Are swingarm/frame protectors effective then or are you just likely to end up trashing both if you have an off?
Garybee said:
You'd still have the faff of sourcing and fitting one to contend with though.
Are swingarm/frame protectors effective then or are you just likely to end up trashing both if you have an off?
They are kevlar lined so they will prevent scratching / chipping / etc... in a big one I've absolutely no idea how they will hold up ... I think the main aim is to protect if the bike is sliding down the road on its side.Are swingarm/frame protectors effective then or are you just likely to end up trashing both if you have an off?
A bit like any other form of crash protection - you cannot know how they will protect until / if the time comes ... but do you want to look back and think 'I should have fitted those protection covers... '
My bike flipped in the gravel at Brno.
Exhaust looked like it had been bent over my knee. Rear seat unit smashed to f
k. Clip on bent. Fairings took a beating. Tank got dented. Carbon Fibre frame and swingarm protectors got peppered by gravel.....imagine being shotblasted with big pebbles. When I stripped the carbon protectors off to clean up and give a bit of a shine back to them, there wasn't a single mark on the metal work apart from a bit of dust that had got blown up there
For someone like you with freakish cleaning tendencies, there is no way you can't fit these
Exhaust looked like it had been bent over my knee. Rear seat unit smashed to f
k. Clip on bent. Fairings took a beating. Tank got dented. Carbon Fibre frame and swingarm protectors got peppered by gravel.....imagine being shotblasted with big pebbles. When I stripped the carbon protectors off to clean up and give a bit of a shine back to them, there wasn't a single mark on the metal work apart from a bit of dust that had got blown up thereFor someone like you with freakish cleaning tendencies, there is no way you can't fit these
Fleegle said:
My bike flipped in the gravel at Brno.
Exhaust looked like it had been bent over my knee. Rear seat unit smashed to fk. Clip on bent. Fairings took a beating. Tank got dented. Carbon Fibre frame and swingarm protectors got peppered by gravel.....imagine being shotblasted with big pebbles. When I stripped the carbon protectors off to clean up and give a bit of a shine back to them, there wasn't a single mark on the metal work apart from a bit of dust that had got blown up there
For someone like you with freakish cleaning tendencies, there is no way you can't fit these
Exhaust looked like it had been bent over my knee. Rear seat unit smashed to f
k. Clip on bent. Fairings took a beating. Tank got dented. Carbon Fibre frame and swingarm protectors got peppered by gravel.....imagine being shotblasted with big pebbles. When I stripped the carbon protectors off to clean up and give a bit of a shine back to them, there wasn't a single mark on the metal work apart from a bit of dust that had got blown up thereFor someone like you with freakish cleaning tendencies, there is no way you can't fit these
Already ordered! Gone for Pro-Fibre.
Mr OCD said:
.. but what if the bike went down on its side and scratched the frame paint ?
Good point. I had a 45mph (by time I went down) crash at doni last year on my track bike and it was pebble dashed everywhere. Frame included but it's a 3k track bike and I honestly couldn't care a lessMy road bike is different, really like that bike but I guess if I crashed it hard enough to scuff all my frame up chances are I'd have to go through insurance
anonymous said:
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Friend ordered carbon everything as he gets a hard on for that kinda stuff and the frame ones had a small blemish. He told them and they sent another set so he had them sitting there. For me a blemish really isn't a concern. Cost me £12 postage and a tenner on the Aprilia frame stickers and I bought some clear mastic for a fiver to fix in placeGassing Station | Biker Banter | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff