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Very cool. We have the full 3M professional set at work. It'a hard to get a perfect fimish buy most turn out 90-95% perfect. I didnt know they made a home kit. We are doing a lot more. Honda auto headlights are horrible for turning yellow.

You are a smart man my friend, I bet that is exactly it! :fing02: Probably. My 81 has a fork oil drain plug.

I agree 100%. I have aked sveral old racers and they all said the same thing. They tired of getting tore up from body parts going thru the chain, sprockets.

Take a high performance riding school. Your bike has plenty of power,but can you really use it all?

I like renthals but they are more of a raec grip than for comfort.

Like I said, I learned a lot here. You never realize the amount of damage that could be caused just by a slight drop. I had little confidence in non drillings till I was pointed to Oggy knobs. EDIT: Had to re-read something.. can you explain to me the whole "Frame is scratched" is totaling the bike? Sorry if this is getting side tracked. I am not familiar with the oggy knobs. Are these the ones that bolt over the radiator? I will do a search. If so memebers say they can crush and ruin the radiator, and dont really protect the fairings.. I have seen the rad busted and the fairing damaged from a very slow speed drop, not even a crash, from these types. As stated I am not sure of the oggy knobs. I will look into it. EDIT OK, I looked them up. Those are the best no cuts I have ever seen. I dont like the way the bracket goes over the edge of the radiator but they look pretty stout. They would probably be fine in just a no speed drop. I see they are australlian. What is the cost to get them to the US? Any USA suppliers. See, I learned something new today as well. Thanks. [/size] Yeah it's really stupid about bike frames. According to insurance companies if the frame has any damage at all, a tiny dent, scratch whatever, it is considered structural damage and the frame compromised. You can imagine what it would cost to replace a frame. Just the cost of labor would be too much. I dont agree with it, nor would 99% of riders but thats what they do. I'm not an insurance man, just a honda technician. I speak of my experiences. I am sure others have difirent stories. I filed a claim on my bike and the insurance adjuster said it was totaled. The bike ran, and rides perfect. It had one very small scratch on the frame. I got a good adjuster and he overlooked it for me because I told him I absolutly didnt want to total the bike. My bike had 40k miles at the time. The adjuster said most bikes are totaled by 2k miles. My bike was considered totaled and all it had was rashed fairings, a dented radiator and a tiny scratch on the frame. Be careful if you ever have to file a claim. Sometimes it's a lot easier to just fix it yourself. Good luck over there in the sandbox. Godspeed and come back safe.

When you tip over, the fairing stay will bend, and the fairing will crush the fuel tank, radiator, and the frame itself. My bike was totaled for this exact reason, when the fairing scratched the frame. Thanks Jeremy. We both know a little bit about dropping bikes at any speed. It doesnt take much at all to total a bike. Mines totaled right now. There is a tiny scratch on the frame. Jeremy post the pic of your 100mph lowside that didnt cause much damage. It's not like a car at all. You can get great deals at insurance auctions because of totaled bike with hardly any damage. I have a friend who got a 636 because of a dent in the frame the size of a pencil eraser, thats it. Infidel are you military? If so thanks for keeping us free. Nothing but respect.

Right next to the "Bashing NON drilling sliders based on you don't cut the fairing is getting old" smilie. Although rather new to street riding, I have yet to see any type of fast crash or accident IRL or on Youtube where just because you drilled your fairing and mounted a "R E A L" slider, you just saved your bike. Give me a break. Most of us get the NON drill types for tip overs. I bought Oggy Knobs. Don't have them installed yet and were kind of pricey but they will do what I want them to do. I have no doubt about it. There is an even BIGGER misconception that they only protect the frame. I guess my bike tipping over or someone doing stunts at 5 MPH and their bike tips over is going to total their bike? They are meant to do a number of things... not just protect the frame. You don't have to be a 40 year vet of street riding or a 5 year vet of these forums to know that. /rant off Now back to your topic. What do you want them to do? Tip over protection like I wanted them for? There is a few out there that have a bracket mounted behind the fairing and then the slider mounts to that. I bought Oggy Knobs and will install them when I get home. Don't have all the info as I am still at work and they are a tad pricey but I got them on a deal. Search has a couple great threads on them. If I remember when I get home from work, I think I have them in my favorites. No slider of any type will protect the bike in every situation. The very best sliders are hardbags anyway. I know folks who think there bike will be fine in any tip or crash just because they have sliders. THEY ARE CALLED FRAME SLIDERS, NOT FAIRING PROTECTORS. Frame sliders can also dig in and cause a bike to start flipping in self destruct mode. I absolutly never said that a real slider will save a bike. I've seen the bobbins or whatever you want to call them smash radiators and bust fairings. None are perfect. No cuts may work in one situation and not another and vice versa. And yes a 5mph crash can total your bike. Dent in the tank, busted radiator, busted fairing's, dented wheel, guess what it's totaled.

Frame sliders protect the frame. It's a common misconception that they protect the fairings or other parts. They are meant to keep from totaling the bike from frame damage. Wheres the dead horse smilie?

None that work. There are no cut types but they suck.