I suppose it's time for me to chime in here! First off, I really appreciate the positive feedback from those of you with our products. It makes me happy to know that you guys dig our guards and they've done a sufficient job of protecting your bikes. Anyway, the LEO bars from the drop video on YouTube and the Canyon Cages are both made by us. However, there are a few other companies out there that make similar products for the LE bikes. We sell a ton of the LEO bars to companies that build bikes for various law enforcement agencies around the country.
Concours Tip OverAs far as protection goes, the LE Guards do offer a bit more protection at high speeds because they stick further out and extend higher on the bike. However, our Canyon Cages allow for much more aggressive lean angles while still offering a great amount of protection, especially during no-to-low speed tip-overs which is what they were specifically designed for. Additionally, the Canyon Cages are much better suited for clamp-on highway pegs. Every wreck at speed is different and there are tons of factors that come into play so it's extremely difficult to create a product that protects against them all. We've heard from quite a few customers that had pretty hairy wrecks that the Canyon Cages performed well beyond expectation but, as I said, every situation is a bit different. Check out the photo below. This was a guy who recently ordered some replacement pieces after a crash on a track with our guards installed. In this case, the bike did roll over the guard and ding the mirror and there was one other very small scuff but his final tab was around $500 for repairs, if I remember correctly. Without the guards, his bike very well could have been totaled and certainly would have been much more costly to repair. For him, the guards paid for themselves probably two or three times over on that one incident.
Unfortunately I don't have any drop test videos for you guys with the Canyon Cages installed as we haven't been able to get our hands on a bike we're allowed to drop since we designed the Canyon Cages but I'm hoping we'll be able to film one in the near future. However, a customer did film a short video showcasing how steady the bike rests on the Canyon Cages when it goes over. It's much more difficult than people assume and takes quite a bit of force to roll over that initial hit point. In the video, the guy laid his bike over and let it rest on the guards. He then pushed the bike passed the initial hit point and released it which caused the bike to spring right back up onto the guards. This gives you an idea of how steady it rests on the guards once it hits the ground.
Concours Canyon Cage Contact PointI hope this helps answer any questions you guys had regarding the level of protection offered by our Canyon Cages. If any of you have any further questions, don't hesitate to ask! I know the video I linked isn't quite as good as an actual drop test video but it's all I have for now. As I said, we certainly plan on filming one once we have a chance to bring in a bike we can actually drop. Once we have a chance to shoot a true drop test video, I'll be sure to upload it here for you guys. I know the Canyon Cages will perform just fine because the drop test will essentially be a static drop and perhaps a slow-moving tip-over (which the Canyon Cages work wonders for) but it'll certainly be a nice thing to show people that are on the fence about ordering them.