Does anyone make frame sliders/protectors for these bikes?

Mongler07 said:
as stated many times, there are NONE and there is NO way to do it other than some form of a crash bar style. IF YOU COULD modify the frame to take a slider in some way there is NO place to put it to make a difference, the rockets have NO lower frame, what are you going to do? drill and tap the upper frame saddle? sliders need to be AWAY from the legs and in a position that actually do something. IMO if you can afford a $20K motorcycle, you have the insurance and the $ to drop said motorcycle but you should already have the skills to NOT drop the motorcycle, if you do not posses those funds or skills, learn a bit more on a $2000 motorcycle. the older rockets get TOTALED when they crash even in a light tip over due to the casting being damaged. If you want to protect her from just a drop in a parking lot, a proper clear bra on parts that can get scratched is more than enough to protect the paint and other parts that contact the ground.
you said that frame sliders do the trick so he called that out as bogus as it is.
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I said probably not on this bike, but other bikes they definitely do. đź‘Ť Not looking to modify anything, just asked a question as I searched and found nothing.
 
imcool said:
not triggered but this is the issue with this bike, someone needs to come up with a solution :) sliders IMO are easier to make, we can easily get them CNC locally, but where will they go :(
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that is all I was looking to get info on and they don't exist.
 
2023R3GT said:
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probably ok for casually dropping the rocket at a stop light or a parking lot but anything more than that and you ARE going to destroy the motorcycle and total it. this is the flaw with the rocket, the old gens are ok as the distance for the mounting is not as drastic of a lever as this. i would NOT put that on a rocket. Cast aluminum is NOT going to hold up well. every easy to snap them off for what? some paint protection.
IMO these are WORSE than nothing at all. learn how to ride is going to do more than this. ALSO rashed out back end
 
Hollow Man said:
I've searched and only seen some for the older Rocket III
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Here is what I made fornthe differential to protect it. Working on ideas for the front. This is a modified 4" steel weld.on end cap. .300" thick. Retained the bolt pattern for the potmetal cover it replaced.
 

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Mongler07 said:
as stated many times, there are NONE and there is NO way to do it other than some form of a crash bar style. IF YOU COULD modify the frame to take a slider in some way there is NO place to put it to make a difference, the rockets have NO lower frame, what are you going to do? drill and tap the upper frame saddle? sliders need to be AWAY from the legs and in a position that actually do something. IMO if you can afford a $20K motorcycle, you have the insurance and the $ to drop said motorcycle but you should already have the skills to NOT drop the motorcycle, if you do not posses those funds or skills, learn a bit more on a $2000 motorcycle. the older rockets get TOTALED when they crash even in a light tip over due to the casting being damaged. If you want to protect her from just a drop in a parking lot, a proper clear bra on parts that can get scratched is more than enough to protect the paint and other parts that contact the ground.
you said that frame sliders do the trick so he called that out as bogus as it is.
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Agree with almost everything you said except the part about the clearbra protecting from scratches from a parking lot drop - unless one gently lowers the bike to its side, clearbra will likely not prevent a dent or scratch from an uncontrolled drop to asphalt/gravel/concrete.
Also, while skills make a huge difference, accidents happen to the best of us. Some folks ride for decades without ever dropping - and other experienced riders may drop due to annoil slick in the parking lot. Or, your parked bike may get knocked over by a bad driver on a parking lot (who doesn't stop to leave their information).

Stuff happens :)
 
When I was a young buck I could pull up to the light and never put my feet down I would just give my 59 bsa a quick clutch apply and move a couple feet.
Now at 79 my balance is not very good so I have dropped the beast a lot of times once using a plam cruise control on a dirt road the bike just made a right turn heading for some electric stuff so I shut the throttle abd down it went.
Anyway on the early beasts it pays to use the crash bars. Now there has been several that has broken the case by trailering it with the kickstand down probably on the first good bump.
So the few hundred I spent has saved me thousands.
I don't have much crash experience but if I have a bad crash then i will not worry about the case.
Just my opinion
 

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