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[PAUL H]

Anybody know best crash bobins to fit 800ss , will i have to cut fairing?, i would rather not

[Iconic944ss]

Hmmmmm....

There have been debates on here about the pro's and cons of fitting mushrooms. Lessened damaged to visible parts against the trade off of possible (and less visible) frame damage.

R&G products make well recommended ones that on the older SS models - replace one of the engine bolts and then mounts the sliders on either end.

I think most will require mods / cutting to the fairing.

I have some very cheap ones on my 900SS that are just for show really in that the use one of the fastner points on the main fairing - the bracket holding it all in place is so flimsy really that if the bike ever went down, I suspect the bracket would detach first.

Good luck - Frank

[multi600]

I have a set of R&G ones which I bought last year for my 600ss but never fitted. They do not fit the later bikes which have a larger engine bolt, I could sell them if you are interested.

Mike

[Edited on 16-12-2005 by multi600]

[FiscusFish]

I bought the R&G ones after I highsided my SL (horse, stable and all that...)

Despite speaking to R&G on the phone they didn't fit.. The mounting bolt rather than being one long bolt came as two separate studs. They eventually, after much p-ing around, made up a long stud that fitted all the way through for me.

I think they'd do the job up to a point (along with a strong billet clutch cover) but you'd get to a point where they'd end up being fairly useless. Saying that buy the time they bend the frame the bikes probably going to be so knackered it'd be irrelevant anyway.

Would I buy the R&G ones again... no. Would I buy mushrooms again.. yes.

Darren

[ali]

Hmmmm, not sure on this one. Mine saved all the bodywork after a 100mph off, but I've yet to check the frame and it looks like the engine is slightly off-centre (but it might just be the airbox has been shunted across). Either way they did a good job of saving everything almost else (including the forks where the bungs completely dissappeared!) so were probably a good thing in the long run.

They were R&G, a bugger to fit, and I had to drill the fairing panels.

Ali

[PAUL H]

Thanks for the advice fellas am i any wiser? i think so, maybe i will just fit 'em for show then i don't have to make any changes to my Duc

Cheers again