So, hey, installed vortex frame sliders, and today went to a buddies house, and parked in his driveway, its a condo style with the single garage with the slop-ey drive way, well I decided that parking sideways with the kick stand facing uphill was a good idea....NOPE, as soon as I got off, bike tipped over ( holy Im retardations) I tried to keep it centered, HAHAHAH no way jose, and shablamo, on the side, leakin gas and a-freze outta the tubes, picked the bike up, parked like a normal person, and checked for damage......nothing. Just a scraped mirror ( ooOOOOO im sooo upset) and scratches on the slider.

Thank you who ever invented those mamajammas! I still have shiny bike!

Thats all.

 

learned your lesson!!!

 

Frame sliders rock. Completely saved my fairings in a retarded get off turing out onto my street, 93 bucks worth of damage rather than hundreds.

 

In the lowsode I had last summer (Deals Gap) my vortex's didnt completely save me but kept the damage n cost down considerably as to what it woulda been w/o em. I'm living with the scratches on the lower fairing (adds character). New levers (broke the brake level) and a right mirror. And thanks to my GEAR I walked away w/o a scratch and rode the bike home.

Frame, swingarm, and bar end sliders are the #1 best mod you can do for your bike.

 

wow how are you suppose to park on the hill then? I almost fell off my bike making a u turn on a hill
-1 on hills!

 

ii wud just park it normally...but put it in 1st gear, let the bike roll bak itself until the gear catches and prevents it from going bak anymore then put kickstand down...ii GUESS?

thats wat ii wud have done

 

Yea I def wouldnt park it with the kickstand going uphill.

 

Like I've said a ton of times... nobody ever says "I sure wish I HADN'T installed frame sliders."

At least you got lucky... I can't tell you how many times I've heard someone drop their bike or have a "small" lowside... and when I asked if they had frame sliders it's always "I ordered them the day before I wrecked" or "I have them at my house and hadn't installed them yet" or something like that.