ihave had lots of falls with my FI cage on my 00gxr 750 no problems ever. just had a bad wreck sun on my 600rr and the slider got a little tweaked swaping a slider out is a whole lot easier than banging , bending , cutting and welding one of those other cages . or i could keep riding it that way and when i mess something else up i could bitch to how FI cages suck.

 

Looks like all you guys should have gotten race rails!!


hahahahahha SICK burn!!!lol

 

maybe it's not the cage that's junk, maybe it's the bike.

if the threads stripped on such a light fall, somethingwas wrong. that means if you had frame sliders on there nad it just fell over it would have ripped out the threads, which shouldn't happen. niner, if you're an engineer like you say you are, you should know about physics. you would know that that ammount of force applied to that slider shouldn't have ripped it out, and definately not on BOTH sides from a slight drop on just 1 side. come on man, don't talk to us like you are stupid, because we know you aren't. there is no cage out there that would just rip apart like that if something wasn't wrong with those threads if it was such a "light" drop like you say.

 

Really. Then why have a large nuymber of people posted that the FI strips threads, especially on the f4i? Since helicoiling threads none of the 3 f4i's i see regularly have had that issue since switching to a SI cage, I highly doubt it's a coincidence.

 

I have no doubts that the motormount threads were already mostly stripped out. I also have no doubts that the FI cage focuses the impact to those bolts during a wreck and that's what caused the threads to go to ****.

 

i'm not arguing that the cage doesn't put stress on those threads, but iv'e never heard of a bike just falling over and stripping out BOTH sides from a low speed tip over on both wheels. that would basically mean those threads were so garbage that nothing would hold up. not even a basic frame slider, and i've seen regular frame sliders take huge beatings on those threads. mine only had bmx pegs on it for a long time taking a beating, meaning all on those threads.

the thing that doesn't jive is the fact that is just "fell over" and BOTH sides stripped. that's just too low impact for 2 sets of 10x1.25 threads to strip out.

 

+1

 

this thread apparently attracts idiots......

 

bwaahahaa it brought you here

 

no talk of an ignorant hill jack brought me here......turns out it was accurate!!

 

hill jack???????? this is my city

im sure Andover Ma is more of a hill jack place than where i live
turns out.... you WAS CORRECT... "this thread attracts IDIOTS"

 

Same here, love mine, on my f4i, and 954

 

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< attracted

 

well it's obvious you have internet in your trailer, you can copy a pic from online, nice work......as for being a hill jack, I was just going off the Urban dictionary definition:

hilljack - A person from the rural, hilled areas of Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Descended from the origional settlers of the area, the hilljack has managed to avoid inbreeding and a lack of education; however, the hilljack tends to share certain social problems with their redneck cousins, such as excessive drinking, anger management, and Republican loyalism.

I don't see MA in that list......

 

i m sure u guys know SI is the best cage out there , no question asked so why argue if its already proved.

proof speaks truth & action.

 

not me.... im not in a rural, hilled area

 

Love my FI.

 

whatever you say Jack!!

 

dont hate cause you live in YUPPYVILLE. your from the burbs homie!

BTW... nice power wheelie avatar... on a dirtbike i bet your preppy friends think your cool

 

+1 On using weak (ish) engine bolts. I'd rather bend a bolt than tear an engine mount.

Had FI On My Gixer (ripped a mount) and on the cbr, so far the Cbr has held up good. Will be getting SI when funds allow.