yay or nay? any good reviews or bad reviews?

 

I bought one on eBay 10 days ago for $120 plus $40 for shipping. Still waiting for it to arrive. Once I get it and install it i'll try to remember to post again...

 

Well I had to start a paypal dispute and the person waited until the very last moment actually send the cage but I finally got it. The paint job seems to be okay on the left, but around the welds on the right the paint is poorly applied and there are even some very small places where you can see the metal. Over all though it appears to be well made, comes with good mounting hardware and is a perfect fit. There are two things about the instructions that come with it that are wrong though. I took pictures of my installation and will be posting the instructions, complete with pictures, in the How-To section.

Here are some pictures of the paint quality issue I was talking about:

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This is only a problem on the right side. The left side paint job looks great. I'll probably contact the company and see if I can get them to replace it.


While I was doing the install I left the right side cage sitting on a saw horse about 3 feet off the ground. While I was walking around the bike I knocked it down, and it fell to the concrete floor of my garage. Here are pics of the damage is sustained:

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I'm not really sure if that is normal or not, but it does have a slight dent on it. I would estimate the weight of each side to be about 10-12lbs.

Hope this helps! I paid $120 for mine but i've seen many of them go for less than $100, and i've seen Suzuki ones go for as little as $50. I plan on getting a sub frame cage from these same people.

Here are a couple of pics from each side after the installation was complete (before I removed the vinyl sticker logos):

 

so whats the reason for the paypal dispute you applied.

 

Well after a week I still hadn't got an email saying that the item had shipped out, so I began emailing the person. I emailed them every couple of days for almost two weeks straight, and never once got even one response. Then I noticed that they were starting to get some negative feedback and assumed that they had disappeared. I wasn't worried since I only buy stuff on eBay that PayPal offers Buyer Protection on, or is such a small amount that I don't care if I lose it. I started a dispute with PayPal stating that I never got my item. PayPal gives the seller 10 days to respond before they automatically refund the money. On the 9th day the seller posted the tracking number to PayPal. Three days later the cage arrived and I canceled the dispute. For about 5 days after this the person's account didn't have any items listed and now it seems like they are back in business. It might have been a personal issue that caused them to get behind....who knows? They had 99% positive feedback up until last month.

 

Does it get in the way while riding?

 

I bump my shin sometimes when shifting, but mostly when down shifting for complete stops where I'm moving down 2 or more gears. I'm going to see if there is some sort of adjustment for the shift lever. If I can angle it up a tad higher then I'm pretty sure I can eliminate the problem.

When I am stopped and have my feet down on the ground there is enough clearance for my legs. It doesn't get in my way, but I have noticed that every once in a while that I am slightly limited in how far forward I can put my legs while I have my feet on the ground.

EDIT:
Okay I went out for lunch today and some jerk in front of me didn't put his blinker on and suddenly jammed on his breaks. There was no risk of an accident, but in my rush to down shift I whacked my shin pretty hard on the cage. I'm going to start investigating how to minimize my shin damage with either padding or an adjusted shift lever...

 

Get used to it lol! Most people who stunt wear shin gaurds, these are pretty pimp and not slide around:
http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/dainese-knee-v-guard