ill tell you the truth even though i have read numerous posts and reviews about frame sliders doing thier job i never really believed it, especially 05-06 zx6r no cut ones, i figured the instant it touched the ground it would snap that no cut bracket or bent it or something. well the other day, saturday, i was leaving work and seriously underestimated how cold it had gotten while i was in the office (15 degres i found out later). i go out warm up the bike and the leave. first turn i took, the wheels and ground were cold enough to not have traction at all, so out went the rear wheel and down went the bike. now i dont know about anyone else on here but my first instincts tell me when ever something goes wrong ont he bike like this to just get off it, i dont want a 400lb hunk of metal and gas sliding on the pavement with me still attatched. so that is what i did as soon and the back wheel went out i was off the bike, it slid for a good 50 ft or so and im laying there thinking damnit my wife is going to kill me lol. i go and pick up the bike, which was still on (i thought these had a tilt sensor in them), and get ready to asses the damage when to my suprise there was none, on the plastic atleast. all that little spill did me was a bent clutch lever, bronken mirror(of corse), and a scratched stator cover. well seeing how my plan was to get new levers and powder coat my stator cover this winter, all im really set back is 15 bucks for a new mirror of ebay. i couldent even imaginge what the hungry pavement would have done when it got to my plastics without the frameslider, love those things!!!!!!

 

I am glad to hear you and your bike are ok. What kind of frame sliders do you have? 'Cause I hate cutting plastic, and woud rather not if I don't have to. Although Christmass is comming, I might beg for a crash cage.

 

lol. i would to. i have the 80 dollar ebay ones, dont know who they are made by, but they worked perfect so no complaints from me

 

Glad you didnt do more damage to your bike.. Its cool how well they did the job.. Thanks for sharing your misfortune.. Safe riding Chris..

 

would you mind sharing some pics so we can see how good the sliders worked?

 

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I wanna see too!

 

ill snap some tonight

 

here are the pics. on the last pic you can see where the frame slider mount broke but it still protected everything.

 

Not too bad for a hard drop. Sliders are definately worth it.

 

Heck Yeah