No-Cut Frame Slider Recommendation

[SilentT]

Mine put a small mark in the cover when it touched so I removed it and went to machining off 3-MM
It stands to reason of that is what we are potecting then it should not touch ther engine case
No word back from TREX - sent them the pictures in this thread.

[SilentT]

FYI To ALL,
TREX has reveiwed my pictures and the clearance issue. They have replied that the bracket will be modified for future purchases. Big Caution to all that have them installed: Check your clearace and DO NOT let this bracket touch the engine csae. Let's face it, this was designed to protect the bike including exposed engine covers where possible. If you dump it and the bracket is touching, the engine cover will sustain damage that need not occur.

[gearhead]

Thanks for the info! I just checked mine and it is loose-fitting (lock-washers not snug) and touching the case as well. What is T-rex doing to rectify this defect for their existing customers of this product? Any recalls? Notifications of a defect? Parts replacement? etc?

[fzbrooke]

Anyone else have the problem with the bolt on the right hand side being waaaay too long and threading wrong?

[vitrox]

i have shogun no cuts on my r1, don't bother, they are garbage, the mount rotated when I lowsided and broke the mid fairing mounts. go with graves, intuitive, motovation.

[bjpinub]

I received my T-Rex frame sliders today. Just out of curiosity, are the sliders supposed to feel like plastic? Maybe I was expecting them to be metal, or maybe they are metal and just have a plastic coating on them. As obvious as it is, I have never dealt with frame sliders, since I have never owned a bike before my FZ6R. I will try to get some pictures once I have them installed. I hope I won't run into any issues with installing them, but I guess I will have to wait and see.

By the way, is a torque wrench recommended for installing these frame sliders? Or, is tightening them snugly good enough?

[cbzdel]

i expted them to be metal as well so I googled it when I got mine, I guess metal could cause more harm than good, such as if a crash happens and its sliding and the slider hit a crack or something in the road it could make the bike flip.

If they are plastic, they just grind away..

Another was if you gas tank is breached the sparks from metal sliders could start a fire..

Not 100% how legit those responses where but they sound good enough to me.

[99vengeur]

What cb said is the gist of it. Durable plastic prevents sparks as well as grinds down and/or breaks off to prevent flipping. Additionally, plastic is a little more elastic than metal, so there is a minor amount of shock absorbing capabilities.

[JonKerr]

Most of the sliders are made from Delrin or a similar material. Delrin has an extremely high impact resistance so they're not going to shatter on a simple tip over where all 450+ pounds of the bike just lands square on the slider. But their abrasion resistance and their coefficient of friction is considerably lower compared to metal. So like they mentioned above, they'll grind down when slid along the ground instead of catching and flipping. That's why you see gloves with hard plastic knuckle sliders and gauntlet sliders, boots that have plastic toe and heal sliders, why knee pucks on leathers are usually a polyurethane material or similar, etc...

[Roaddawg]

ah, that makes sense....didn't think of that.