First time wrecking with the cage, pick it up and ride it no problem. But then we notice on the right hand side theres a crack...take a closer look and the dam frame is bent in!!!!!! Friggen AHHHHHHHHHHHH, powers cage+07gsxr=bad.

The cage came out with a few scratches, but ended up taking out the frame. Crash wasnt even bad, just low speed .


Any ideas for a fix besides a 2500 dollar frame??????

 

really? that fukin sux. I've heard of them breaking or bending but not damaging the frame. but they were on f4i's. not sure about the 07gsxr. maybe just a weaker frame?

is that avatar pic of you from the crash? again, that sux. heal up bro.

 

cage didnt break or bend, took out the frame like it was nothing. I have no idea how to fix it and now am worried about the next crash. If you look at the pics where powers runs the cage it happens to be right over a part in the frame that has a hole on the side of it for who knows what. You can see on the edges of the hole that it is sticking out from it bending

The only idea we came up with was to try and pry out the dent and then find someone to weld the crack, but im in az and have to ride that to nor*cal in a week and a half

 

its because you are stunting a race bike. they are made to be light. not take crashes =D. Ive been really lucky with my bike. its been down several times and hasnt broke a frame yet. now the subframe, thats a whole different story. lets just say my welder likes me alot.

as for ideas, ive heard of people welding steel plates to the inside of the frame to support cracks in the frame.

 

Just have the frame plated there. If you were local I'd do it for $200 on both sides. if you tear it down and want to ship it the offer stands.

Back to the cage destroying your bike, thing. I've been building, for years, what many people consider the best cages. They're very very strong, but the material will colapse or fail given enough crashes or certain types of impact. Powers cages are overbuilt which good for the cage (they will rarely have a cage get destroyed) and marginal at best, for the bike. The powers cage didn't destroy your bike. You did ... I had a customer say that same **** to me. "it was a low speed crash yada yada." The bike was going 15 and did a full sideways smackdown from straight up, onto the cage. Visually at that happened was the stator cover cracked. Good for my sales! Well I offered to fix the tube he flattened and jb the cover. I get that all done and the bike runs like ***. Months later i come to find that the way the bike impacted the ground, bent his crank!!!! 4mm out. (the opposite side of the crash) The cps can't read right. the motor was done

So basically the cage didn't do that.... maybe if the bike was leaned 1 more inch forward on impact, nothing would have happened.. or if you didn't have a cage you'd have a bike.... and a motor... in two different locations

 

tyhis kid in my town has a 07 with powers race rais,and went down o a slow turn and the frame cracked like a sheet of ice....they dont call them fixxers for nothing

 

damn dood them are some high quility pics ya got there!

welding on frames noramlly isnt a good idea, it will only make them weaker in that area... so next time it might break right outside the welds or near them... but thats really the only option unless you want to buy a new frame! ha
but i dunno who thinks you can wled steel plates to aluminum frame... cause it jus aint happening....

id say jus add some zipties alot of JBweld an a little tie wire an you should be good to go

 

Looks like a bad design to me, they moved the impact point to a hollow spot on the frame that is obvioulsy too weak to take the impact its going to while stunting....

I dont like any cage or sliders that moves the impact point from the motor mount bolt location..

Too bad your the guiney pig, like I was with one of their first 03/04 636 cages that used to break my oil pan every drop...They chandged the design shorty after my compliants but I didnt get ****, not even a return Email...**** POWERZ BOX WORKZ

 

Holly **** I thought you were dead...lol On to these damn powers cage that I persomally can't stand and this is MY thoughts on these cages. I have had nothing but probs from them with everything I have ever bought from him. I had a 02 gsxr 600 many moons ago and thought "hey powers in near by so why not try his cage" looked nice and all but the first time the bike went down and this was in no way a bad fall! I am talking about a fall like not putting your kick stand down and letting the bike go fall..lol This damn cage put a hole in my clutch caver bigger then if I had not even had the cage on! Took it back to him showed him what had happened and like 3 months later got a new designed caged that did the same damn thing. NEver again will I ever use his stuff. I have switch to FI which I noticed on here many people dog but that damn cage never gave me any PROBS at all. Now I have a 07 gixxer 6 and still the new cage holds up great. NO FRAME DENTING HERE with the FI cage. So in all time to but a new cage from some one other then powers.

 

That Sux Bro. The Gsxr Frames Are Way To Fragile, They Are Made Racing, I Love The Way My Gsxr Rides For Stunt But I Know The Frame Cant Take The Beating So I Rock The 636 For Stunt.

 

easy fix, dont crash, cages arent a cure all

 

I know i have posted this before about powers cages take an old car tire cut out sqares the same same or a bit bigger where it butts up against the frame stick it behind there and tighten it down. I have literally bounced my bike off of the ground several times without a problem.

 

wow, sorry to here about your frame. i ave a powers cage on my 600rr the cage is great it has taken some beatings like no other i have yet to have any problems

 

hey dude did u install the rubber pieces that powers gave you with the cage..that saves your frame..2cents

 

my brothers 01 gixxer 6 had the same problem. we can get it fixed for you at the shop. give me a call @ 480-522-0418.

 

GSXR's are not good stunt bike for crashing! but that does suck man!!!

 

I slammed my F4i once on its side with powers. Hand brake dint pull hard enuff from a slowspeed SS scraped the highmount exhaust for a bit then just Kicked it over.. I just threw it away. hit the ground hard as ****.. so hard the clip on rotated and pinched the horn button down.. **** was funny. But it was so dark nobody even seen what happend. But yeah the bike is flawless . Ride RED !

 

people dog the fi cage all the time even in hawaii... but they dont realize that streetbikes are aluminum an the only steel is pretty much the nuts bolts an other engine parts here an there... so when you put a strong *** steel cage on a aluminum bike the cage won't give but the rest of the bike will... i've always ran fi cages... wut would you rather replace? cage an slider bolts or frames an engine covers... thats jus my opinion...

all though i have never ghost ridin my bike in a crash, well maybe like twice, but other than that i've held on as long as i could an tried my best to feather the bike down to 1 side...

 

advice: dont stunt a flimsy gsxr

 

My old Gixer took ****, and lots of it. And that's with an FI cage.

How slow was this fall?