Frame Sliders, which brand?

[Quick281]

Originally Posted by t-rock

Quick. Good work on asking all these questions. Will make things a lot easier when more noobs start finding us looking for info. The forum wont be full of off-topic bullshitting only.

Thanks! I realize I am very new in what seems to be a forum full of experienced riders. I hope to put together some kind of FAQ that might help new riders along.

[t-homo]

Originally Posted by Quick281

Thanks! I realize I am very new in what seems to be a forum full of experienced riders.

That is the exact truth. I don't really post much in the riding threads and shit because I am still a fairly new rider, but always read through them to try to gain knowledge (then try to implement it in my riding unlike PG who just reads it and is a pro.)

[Captain Morgan]

Originally Posted by z06boy

Yea I've heard of people going down and they did work and some like you say they don't work...pretty much like everything else...especially when listening to all of the experts on the internet.

I agree with you on what they were designed for...maybe I'll change them later...maybe I won't.

I've owned several sportbikes and never even had frame sliders on any of them until now so I'm still better off than I have been in the past. Yes I've dropped bikes and never bent the frame even without the sliders...just hurt the plastic...levers and signals...been lucky I guess.

I guess it all depends on how you drop the bike. Drop it with any force and those things won't work as true frame sliders. But don't worry, I didn't believe the internet experts either. I didn't want to hassle with cutting my plastics and figured the no-cut frame sliders would work just as well. Then I dropped my bike on the track and had to see for myself what those POS no-cut sliders are good for, which is nothing. Had to buy a new fairing and repair the frame. So, it's completely up to you what you do. After all, it's your bike.

[z06boy]

Originally Posted by Captain Morgan

I guess it all depends on how you drop the bike. Drop it with any force and those things won't work as true frame sliders. But don't worry, I didn't believe the internet experts either. I didn't want to hassle with cutting my plastics and figured the no-cut frame sliders would work just as well. Then I dropped my bike on the track and had to see for myself what those POS no-cut sliders are good for, which is nothing. Had to buy a new fairing and repair the frame. So, it's completely up to you what you do. After all, it's your bike.

I understand what you're saying and these may not be "as good" as frame sliders that you have to cut your plastic... but they seem to be better than many of the other "no-cuts" according to several post I've read where people went down with these exact no-cuts that I installed and they did their job just fine. I guess we'll see if and when I "test" them...hopefully I won't have to. *fingers crossed*

[PhiSig1071]

Originally Posted by fpzx10

I just ordered these. Woodcraft. One of the advantages is that the puck attached by a screw on the side. So if you go down, you don't have to dig the delrin out of the hollow part of the slider to get to the bolt head (I know this from experience & I think Trip will agree)



BTW... Don't get the colored ones. They are aluminum and don't hold up like the black ones (plastic)

Woodcraft FTMFW!

I have a set of woodcraft frame sliders, spool sliders, and (had) rearsets on my bike. Those frame sliders are very easily the absolute best frame sliders on the market. I lowsided at more than 100 miles per hour in T1 at Jennings, the bike slid for quite some distance on the slider. It saved my bike. I picked my bike up, put a new footpeg on it (hence the 'had') and went back out next session. Then when I got home I ordered a new puck, for $15, and the slider was good as new.

It's a two-piece design, so you can replace the puck itself and not the base. It's cheaper that way. Plus the way the slider is cross bolted you have much more slider area for protection, and the bolt is easier to remove in case of an accident (straight through bolts on almost all other sliders will bend in an accident making them a bitch to remove).

Dood, don't fuck around, get Woodcraft!

[the chi]

Originally Posted by marko138

Look for vortex sliders. They have replacable delrin sliders. That way when you ditch it you can just buy a replacement puck and not the whole deal. The cut sliders, in most cases, are gonna be a better option. The problem with no cuts is the bracket often damages the frame in a crash...the complete opposite of what the 'frame slider' is supposed to do.

I had the vortex on mine when I went down and they did a great job!! Better than expected!!

Its awesome to just replace the delrin part as is usually the case, but depending on the damage you do, you may end up replacing the assembly as well...mine held up awesome, ground completely down on one side and only at the end did the bolt itself end up bending...but at regular street riding conditions, I'd only have had to replace the delrin part...but the rest of my bike was untouched b/c I had the sliders...

[DLIT]

One word. Vortex.

[PhiSig1071]

Originally Posted by DLIT

One word. Vortex.

Two Words. Wood Craft.

The guy who founded Woodcraft (who's last name is Wood) is a privateer who saw the way other race parts were built and decided to build them the way they should be built. Vortex copied his design. If Woodcraft doesn't make it then I don't need it.

My $.02, take it or leave it.

[Gas Man]

Originally Posted by Quick281

You my good man, should be renamed to the picture dood. Once again thanks for the pictures, another product I know to veer away from.

Originally Posted by Ebbs15

yeah Gas has FUCKING ENDLESS amounts of pics... and they all fit in 3 catagories... Thread bombs (the funny "powned" type)
Chicks
informative bike pics (this catagorie is further divided into 2 catagories... Sportbikes and CHROME)

before he got the BIGDOG he was a MAJOR he's still got the crown in my mind... 39K posts in like 4 years... dear GOD

Yeah my PB account has about 4400 pics in it and about half a gig. If you guys were big dog riders... you would understand the scope of my picture taking. On the computer its 1.64GB just in big dog pics (and they aren't big megapixel pics either). I have a pic of almost every bolt on the bike. Is quite handy when a guy asks about something.

On what type of riding for what type of slider...

What is regular street riding. The pic that I put up was from me just riding back to the highway after hittin the twisties. Then one small deer makes a high side and that was the end result.

My point is that you must protect it at "air force level" even if you are just "bar hopping" street riding.

Originally Posted by Quick281

Thats fucking insane.

As I said... that was about a 40mph high side!

[Quick281]

Ordered Wood Craft sliders this morning.