Well on a C14 they mostly protect plastic...so plastic protectors?...tupperware protectors? ..tip over protectors?...for me it would be the last one as that is how they've functioned for me...embarrassingly* several times.
* this would be a good spot for MOB to get back at me for my past cheeky remarks by reiterating his opinion that us little people shouldn't be riding big bikes but rather something more suited to our stature deficits.
hey, I will admit, once you have that beast lay on top of you, pinning you under it, up against a garage wall... screeeeeeaming for help for 20 minutes... I have to admit, it ain't fun..... omg... I think I displaced a testicle, and so did my wife,
when we tried to right it up and back on the stand...
so, I call them "plastic protectors"..
I don't have them, and broke no plastic, but I wish I did have them as with the bags off, the bike doesn't just lay flat,
it rolls over on it's back... or at least it feels like it..
note to self: do not roll bike into tightly packed garage, when shoeless and tired... from an 11 hour ride....and expect it to go well...