Thread: warning for anyone with t-rexx sliders

all that happened to me was a little scrap on my shin that i have no clue how it got there i was in full leather riding suit, and a fun ride on my back. oh yeah and my pride. but i finished about 6 runs on the dragon after that but i was shook up all day long. i have thought about going naked before but i have a move in to arizona here in feb. so saving my money for that

These are what mine did. It slid great untill the bike flipped on the bars. I didnt flop it down though. I lowsided under power and pulling for every mm of ground clearance I could get. I went in on a bad line, way to early turn in, then ran out of lean angle to keep it in my lane on the exit. The centerstand, and footpeg/brakelever pushed the rear tire out of contact with the ground and away we went. The slider slid because it could slide....

I agree, they still reduced damage greatly. if there was enough force to snap it clean off, thats force dissapated into the slider; not a part of the bike. There have been enough crash tests with them to warrant them just as good quality (with the same amount of freak accidents) as the $80 ones. nonetheless, im sorry to hear about your crash

Yup. I have to side with the guy who apparently cant keep his bike shiny side up. Write's logic is sound.

Well, you didn't detail what damage you received other than the slider. Did the slider itself break or was it the bolt and slider? Your leaving a lot out. I'm going to side with everyone else so far in that a slider is only going to work in a finite number of situations. You mar have just had the kind of fall that it wasn't meant to take.

I am also curious about the part that broke, bolt or slider?

Also curious because I have T-Rex on my FZ1 and will be installing them on her FZ6R this weekend. Also curious... after it broke, what OTHER damage occured? What was the terrain that it broke on? Did it start to slide and catch something on the ground? Please give us the lay of the land and some details. Thanks! FZ1-Forum gal_register('gal_1_268727', '1', '1', '0', '0', '0');

I went down a while back and the T-Rexx performed well...prevented some damage that would have been $$$. I think like others have said, it really depends on the nature of the impact.

Then it's junk. Sliders shouldn't break, they ought grind on down.

Quote: Originally Posted by 04fz6 After the slider broke my bike kept slidding for about five more feet and cracked the front fairing in several places, both inner and outer. the crank case was all scratched up. the black plastic under the seat on the left side is shatered. now i understand that the damage could have been worse had it not been there. but the point i am trying to make is that a slider is suppose to slide not break on first...