[need opinion] crash-pads of home made

[TasmaN]

Hi,

I have purchased a home made crashes:



Could You please say what do You think about the method of installing it onto the frame.
I worry about that the field of touching it with the frame is too small :/

[JZ67]

There are a few options out there including the sliders made by ontariokatana and Braunstein82, both are members on this site and both options have a mount that bolts to the frame. Really is the only option we have for the Katana.

Obvious worries are whether or not the frame would be bent as a result. Hope you never have to find out.

[hardlydangerous]

Anytime I ever installed Frame sliders on bikes that did not have a mount hole available, I drilled the frame then installed a steel bushing and welded it into place. If you drill the hole a size or two larger then the OD of the bushing it gives a gap for the weld to hold better and stronger and allows for it to be a flush mount.
Then just simply bolt the frame slider to the frame just like any other bike.

Then there are the bolt on brackets available as well from Ontariokatana.

[The CyberPoet]

I've always thought they should actually be attached to the front engine mounting instead of to the frame, given the construction of the Kat... But I've never done it

Cheers,
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[tobias]

i welded my frame sliders on, but as a shadetree fabricator, i wouldn't trust homemade stuff unless i did it. if you didn't do it yourself, take it to a welder (professional)

[greeneyedream]

All your post helped me. I'm a new owner of a 2001 GSX-F. I have only been actually riding for 2 weeks. I have Suzuki MC shops here in Panama city, fl that I will go to for these sliders or crash pads. What the correct term so I won't look crazy?

[hardlydangerous]

Frame sliders