Thorn between Arabian red or Black C14.

[Yves]

He said it out loud!

I'm this kind..  Anyway, got sliders now.. 

[ljcorby]

They look like projekd sliders.

[tonedeaf]

Ah, but "silverdammit" (("Neutron Silver") was not silver, it was a shiny baby blue.  The C-14 was available in silver only one year... and that was 2011, and I have one 

I never knew?!?! I had one of them blue ones. Fortunately I had the sense to take it back and replace it with a real silver one.

[maxtog]

The dealer keep calling it pok or pock sliders. Do you know them? I never dropped a bike and my sexy red C14 will never drop neither, it,s just for the look!

I can't believe you actually said that!  You are sure to drop it shortly.... and them there slider things wouldn't do hardly anything to help protect the bike.

[Rhino]

Looks like those:
The dealer keep calling it pok or pock sliders. Do you know them? I never dropped a bike and my sexy red C14 will never drop neither, it,s just for the look!

They look like the sliders from Projekt D. I had them on my bike for awhile. They may help in a very slow lay down. But anything else I think they will fold like a cheap suit. Have since put on the MCE Canyon cages.

http://projektd.com/product_info.php?cPath=27_39_40&products_id=166

[Conrad]

Looks like those:

They look like the sliders from Projekt D. I had them on my bike for awhile. They may help in a very slow lay down. But anything else I think they will fold like a cheap suit. Have since put on the MCE Canyon cages.

http://projektd.com/product_info.php?cPath=27_39_40&products_id=166

Well, it does have a Project D logo in the upper right of the pic...

[Gumby]

Well, it does have a Project D logo in the upper right of the pic...

And that my friend would be a dead give away huh? 

[Conrad]

And that my friend would be a dead give away huh? 

It's a subtle clue no doubt.

[Rhino]

Well, it does have a Project D logo in the upper right of the pic...

DOH! I didn't notice the logo. 

[Yves]

 I took the image url from the project d site but the one i purchase seems to be a bit longer and i haven't seen no logo on.  I feel dumb having bought these maybe too fast but it seems sturdy and the dealer told that it replace the transversal rod that hold the motor to the frame with a longer one to the sliders. They are not simply attach on each side. It come with the set on the swing arm too. And I felt bad putting a cage on such a sexy beast.

I am not superstitious at all, as a mater of fact, i go against the trend.. At the office i keep asking the desk where the last 6 salesmans didn't make it. My boss keep telling me it's bad luck, i keep telling him, no they were idiots.. I had my share of sh*t already.

I did dropped a bike once, wasn't mine it was the driving school one, which i purposly push to the point of tank slap and low side.. Now i know what not to do..  My previous ride was a DL1000, no ABS, i blocked the rear wheel once, scary sh*t but was able to recover. I certainly trust the C14 2012 with ABS way more.

[lemosley01]

Don't feel dumb - they will probably protect from a drop (like if you lose balance on the bike and it tips over, etc).

[Big Mike]

congrats on the new bike.. 

[maxtog]

they will probably protect from a drop (like if you lose balance on the bike and it tips over, etc).

I wouldn't be too sure of that.  My estimate is a minimum of $500 damage with a tip over using those.  The bag will be all scraped up, and that, alone will be expensive.  Will likely hit lower fairing.  Possibly break/bend foot controls.

[Rhino]

I wouldn't be too sure of that.  My estimate is a minimum of $500 damage with a tip over using those.  The bag will be all scraped up, and that, alone will be expensive.  Will likely hit lower fairing.  Possibly break/bend foot controls.

Before having canyon cages I had these sliders and the small rear bag protectors from MCE. The combination of the 2 I think would protect from zero speed drop such as a foot sliding out or whatever. But I do think any speed what so ever would bend the sliders and break the faring on that side. Luckily I never had to test this theory

[lemosley01]

Yeah, I can't imagine it would protect from a hard drop (like it falling off the side stand), but in a gentle drop where you lose the balance and the machine gets too far over for you to keep it upright, they should help the front fairing.

I've been there and done that on my old CBR F2. Scraped the fairing just a bit and put a few nicks in the timing cover, but of course that bike didn't have bags.

[Yves]

I called my dealer, the sliders are the ones from ProjectD.. Are they any good?

Would the Canyon cage be much better? Can i install both?. Does it come with slider for the swing arm? How much does it cost?

[Rhino]

I called my dealer, the sliders are the ones from ProjectD.. Are they any good?

Would the Canyon cage be much better? Can i install both?. Does it come with slider for the swing arm? How much does it cost?

Would be completely point less to install both. Canyon Cage offers MUCH better protection but many would prefer the less intrusive look with the simple slider. In any case if you want protection for the bags I would recommend adding the MCE small bag protection. Projekt D has a package that includes the engine sliders with the swing arm and front fork sliders. But they can also be bought separately. One last note, if you also want highway pegs, the canyon cage is a great option because you can mount pegs in a lot of different places.

[Conrad]

I called my dealer, the sliders are the ones from ProjectD.. Are they any good?

Would the Canyon cage be much better? Can i install both?. Does it come with slider for the swing arm? How much does it cost?

I read back in this thread and it's not clear to me, are the sliders installed and do you have the bike already?

The Canyon Cages, along with the rear bag bars, are WAY better than sliders, with or without swingarm protectors. The cost for the CCs is $300 plus $175 for the rear bag bars. You do NOT need swingarm protection with the CC and rear bar combo. No way in the world would you want both the sliders and the CCs installed.

See this thread for more info and pics.

http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=8605.0

If you already have the bike with the sliders installed then, well, you're stuck. If you don't have the bike yet and the sliders are not installed. If I were you I'd call your dealer and cancel the sliders and get the CC combo.

[Yves]

I will get get the bike on the 03/23 only, (it's still cold and full of snow here) the sliders have been ordered but not installed yet. We ordered it on Wednesday. I called today and asked the dealer for Canyon cage, he claim he doesn't know anything about them and don't want to make the effort  of getting MC as a new vendor for them. It's getting complicated and i wonder if it really worth it. The cons are the aestheticals and it gets in the way for taking off the farings for maintenance.. Crash bar is a most for adventure bikes, but they are plain ugly on a sport-touring bike. And I am well insured.


Humm..  The saddle bag guards alone might be a god idea don't you think?


Thanks all for your opinions.

[ZG]

Crash bar is a most for adventure bikes, but they are plain ugly on a sport-touring bike.

Not all tip over options are ugly, look through this link, Top Block is yer answer if you want them to be good looking and functional. 
 
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=314.100