I have the cut ones... they came with the track plastics when i bought them. :laugh In addition i added a 1/4" steel can sliders after a low side and needing to replace chewed up cans. Not good for the girlish figure of the bike but its cheaper for me to go on a diet then replacing cans.
Aren't those no cut sliders for the tlr though, my gues is gixxerpuppy is on a S.
On that note I had a set of lsl frame sliders (on my S), I went down on the highway going about 70mph. They did there job, protected the fairings really well, I was able to buff out the worst of the scratches, now you have to be real up close to notice them. The only thing I did not like about them is the mount bolt bent, which screwed up the base of the slider and put a divit in my frame. Not a big deal but it does annoy me, knowing it did that.
The only thing that makes sense to protect on a TLS is the cooler and thus the only crashpad that makes (IMO) sense is the type pictured above.
I have these on my race bike and since I mounted them the cooler always survived. But be careful to not use a M10 bolt without cutting it in. Otherwise it is possible that the pad is torn out of the frame when you slide over something (curb). I always cut the bolts in about 1 to 1.5mm. Another important thing is that the bolt lenght is identical to the stock engine mounting bolts. I now always custom make them because all aftermarket pads I saw had wrong (too short) bolt lengths for at least one bolt.
Sorry, none of them is actually sold like that. The small round ones are sold by www.bikeroffice.de but I added longer bolts and the aluminium "extensions" because they were too short to protect the cooler.
How come no one will make a crash cage for the TLR/TLS? Freestyle Ingenuity doesn't even make one....would anyone be interested in one if they did? If so I may get a hold of them to see what it would cost to have them make one....
WHy is it I have seen Frame Sliders mounted in three different place on the TL-S? I have a set and was wondering where to put them (There were no instructions). Now I am more confused as I have seen 3 different locations.
The slider should be long enough to protect the radiator and short enough to not stick too far over the fairings (ideally not over the fairing --> less chance that it catches a curb etc).
I have to measure mine if you want to know a value.
The TLS is slightly asymetric (at least with my cooler :rolleyes ) but you can use the same length for both sides. But the bolt lengths differ.
Rufer makes a really good point about cutting the bolts - at a hillclimb recently this bloke had a brand spanking Street Triple with sliders with bolts that hadn't been 'knicked'. He low-sided at speed, the slider hit an uneven patch of road and dug in. It bent the frame (****ed it) and flipped the bike. Slider on the other side dug in, bent the frame (well and truly ****ed), and flipped the bike again, smashing top of fgairing etc. The 2nd slider actually tore the frame. So, cut your bolts....
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