Battle of the cages poll. Who makes the best and why? - Stunt Discussion Polls Forum

Laura Freestyle · 10-16-2003, 08:22 PM

Post up your actual experiances with crash cages. Not just hear say. What did you actually do to crash and how did your bike make out with your (What company cage?)? Good or bad please post up how things worked out for you. NO ADVERTISING please. I would like to just hear real life stories about your cage and how your bike did through the crash. We all have our own opinions formed from reading various threads about this subject. Alot of our opinions have been formed due to hear say. So please only post up your opinion if you actually have used your cage in action.
All crashes are actually different, depending on how they land. No matter what cage you use, I do believe if it hits just the right point at the right speed then something is going to give on any cage.

squirrel · 10-16-2003, 09:10 PM

i voted 905.. easy to install. good people to work with ... i laid it down acouple of times doin donuts, nothin hard. can't say what would happen after a hard hit. as it was said before, i think if the hit was right nothing would hold up...

SmurfKilla · 10-17-2003, 01:08 AM

FI here.....Had a really bad 12 attempt go bad a few months back and know the bike would of be ruined without it. A really bad high side. Bike has had about 8 more 12 crashes since then. Main problems I have had with my cage and gixxer is that the subframe tabs have either bent or snapped which I had welded back on but only thicker as well as the sliders tend to tweak the forward engine mounts on the gixxer. All in all though best $$ I ever spent as I am sure I would be on another bike by now.
Cheers
SK

Kyle_PBZ · 10-17-2003, 03:12 AM

Ryan builds ours and they take mad abuse. Just ask anyone that has seen him ride.
Not a good pic but it's all I got.

outs1derz · 10-17-2003, 04:42 AM

i have to go MXD. the reason is because i have tried both F.I. and 905 and the MXD cage so far held up the best. the F.I. cage broke my motor mount, and the 905 cage cracked right off and cracked my case cover. i droped my bike pretty much the same way (12's gone bad) and about 2 weeks ago, i droped my bike with the MXD cage on a 12, and everything held up fine. i'm not favoring anyone. i'm just lettin ya know my experience whit all the cages that i've used.

10-17-2003, 05:56 AM

I have not used any yet.

*edited at the request of redline laura*

kc50 · 10-17-2003, 09:50 AM

FI....my F4i has taken some pretty hard hits with my FI cage, and saved my bike from costly repairs and down time. I've bent or broke a couple of mount bolts, so I just keep a few spares on hand. The threads on one of the engine mounts were pulled out....but easily fixed (nut on the back). Most recently the sleeve that is welded onto the slider to accept the cage....broke. Hit really hard and it pulled right through the bolt. I talked to Tim Barnes at FI and I was planning on having to pay for a replacement. He told me they had updated the sliders because of what happened on my bike....so he sent me a set of the extended sliders free of charge. Now thats customer service. So anyway...you'll probably run into a couple snags with any cage, but I've been pretty happy with my Freestyle Ingenuity cage. Lata

Jay Carnes · 10-17-2003, 10:46 AM

I ran a FI cage on my 900rr. I crashed that thing on quite a few occations, shit. I'd crash it for fun. Never broke one case untill the day I took it off & crashed.

That cage held up and took beating after beating. 1 real hard crash, i lost a sit down 12 & the bike did cart wheels down the road. It broke the motor where the motor mount bolt threads in. But how hard the bike hit the ground I was sure the motor would have been in pieces.

So im FI all the way. it held up HUGE.

Jay Carnes · 10-17-2003, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by RedlineLaura
Post up your actual experiances with crash cages. Not just hear say. ....NO ADVERTISING please......

Quote:

Originally posted by Gimix
I have not used any yet. My team is getting them from Moto Xtreme Designs......

Sounds like hear say & a advertisement!

wheelchris · 10-17-2003, 11:21 AM

edited by 99tiller

please refrain from advertising...

Swurve · 10-17-2003, 11:46 AM

I'm standin by Racing905 fer sher. They have blown m away with incredible customer service. I'm talkin about them driving over an hour to pick up my bike to cage it and then bringin it back at 12 midnight. I have broken their cage though while workin on stoppies I 6 o'clocked my bike and jumped off, it fell over on its side and cracked the cage. Again Racing 905 came and picked up my bike and replaced the cage for me for free. They have done this for Outs1derz and Duffman too. They take care of those who take care of them

Jay Carnes · 10-17-2003, 12:06 PM

damn, that is good customer service

TEDDY.B · 10-17-2003, 12:38 PM

i built my own sliders, they were 2.5x just long enough so the case didn't hit. i lost 3 12's and the worse one pulled the bolt out of the motor mount, NOW this one i believe was my fault because i didnt' realize the bolt was only threaded in three threads deep. some crashes the sliders would deform alittle but they held up real good! i'm also making my own cage for my gixxer.

and as for the designs cory(d-aces) comes up with, his bike will never break, the TL is indestrutable!!!
bar through the motor= more strength than any motor mount alone can provide.

MEACHAM · 10-17-2003, 12:41 PM

post the pics

-MXD- · 10-17-2003, 12:49 PM

wait till MXD blows up. i know you will love them. they look pimp and hold up better than all the other cages. i have had a FI cage and a 905 cage. my 905 cage is about to fall off and ive only wrecked once at around 20. the fi cage sucks cuz you cant lean the bike over and speed bumps are a bitch to go over with that thing on. so far ive seen the MXD cage hold up twice on a 12 and me just dumping the bike over about 20 times. not a thing broke anytime. they should be ready to sell all bikes in about a month so keep an eye out. only have f4i and 900rr right now.

AdrenalneJnky · 10-17-2003, 06:01 PM

i have an FI...is holding up great...my buddy hear makes his own, strong as hell too...my FI is working great for now though....

ocat · 10-17-2003, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TEDDY.B

and as for the designs cory(d-aces) comes up with, his bike will never break, the TL is indestrutable!!!
bar through the motor= more strength than any motor mount alone can provide.

i wanna see this cage, someone post a pic

RedlineJimmy · 10-17-2003, 08:43 PM

I love my cage and they are still in the works of perfecting it.

That's try not to advertise or bash the FI cages so that this thread can stay open. Remember...No cage is 100% crash proof.

GSE Mike · 10-17-2003, 09:02 PM

racing 905 .....

I flopped my shit flat on its side from 12.........SOLID

*Erik* · 10-17-2003, 09:06 PM

RedlineJimmy, I like that bolt together design on the bottom there. Makes access/replacement easier I'm sure

View Poll Results: Who has the best cages and why?
Freestyle Inginuity	159	36.98%
Racing 905	154	35.81%
Another company(Who?)	89	20.70%
I make my own(Pics attached)	28	6.51%
Voters: 430. You may not vote on this poll

10-16-2003, 08:22 PM	#1
Laura Freestyle Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: St. Pete, FL Age: Bike: 2002 cbr 954 Gender: Female Posts: 1,822	Battle of the cages poll. Who makes the best and why? Post up your actual experiances with crash cages. Not just hear say. What did you actually do to crash and how did your bike make out with your (What company cage?)? Good or bad please post up how things worked out for you. NO ADVERTISING please. I would like to just hear real life stories about your cage and how your bike did through the crash. We all have our own opinions formed from reading various threads about this subject. Alot of our opinions have been formed due to hear say. So please only post up your opinion if you actually have used your cage in action. All crashes are actually different, depending on how they land. No matter what cage you use, I do believe if it hits just the right point at the right speed then something is going to give on any cage. __________________ Nextel I.D. 161199741 ZOLTAN=GAY ARSE BREAK DANCERS, just ask D-lish [url="http://www.redline-extreme.com"]Redline-Extreme.com[/url] [url="http://www.stuntlife.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=39"]Visit our Redline Forum[/url] Sponsors: [url="http://www.speedrag.com"]Speedrag[/url] [url="http://www.vortexracing.com"]Vortex Racing[/url][url="http://www.redline-extreme.com/metalmasters/"] Metal Masters[/url] [url="http://www.bluekustoms.com/"]Blue Kustom paint[/url] [url="http://www.revlimit.us"]RevLimit web design[/url] [url="http://www.sportbikedecals.com/"]Sportbike Decals[/url] A Special Thanks to Foto(David Avila) for his Pimp foto skills [glow=3]COME VISIT OUR SITE WWW.REDLINE-EXTREME.COM[/glow]

10-17-2003, 04:42 AM	#5
outs1derz Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: L.A., Cali Age: Bike: CBR 900 Gender: Posts: 154	i have to go MXD. the reason is because i have tried both F.I. and 905 and the MXD cage so far held up the best. the F.I. cage broke my motor mount, and the 905 cage cracked right off and cracked my case cover. i droped my bike pretty much the same way (12's gone bad) and about 2 weeks ago, i droped my bike with the MXD cage on a 12, and everything held up fine. i'm not favoring anyone. i'm just lettin ya know my experience whit all the cages that i've used. __________________ "Don't take life seriously because you can't come out of it alive."

10-17-2003, 09:50 AM	#7
kc50 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Columbus, OH Age: 27 Bike: 02 954 track ho Gender: Male Posts: 718	FI....my F4i has taken some pretty hard hits with my FI cage, and saved my bike from costly repairs and down time. I've bent or broke a couple of mount bolts, so I just keep a few spares on hand. The threads on one of the engine mounts were pulled out....but easily fixed (nut on the back). Most recently the sleeve that is welded onto the slider to accept the cage....broke. Hit really hard and it pulled right through the bolt. I talked to Tim Barnes at FI and I was planning on having to pay for a replacement. He told me they had updated the sliders because of what happened on my bike....so he sent me a set of the extended sliders free of charge. Now thats customer service. So anyway...you'll probably run into a couple snags with any cage, but I've been pretty happy with my Freestyle Ingenuity cage. Lata __________________ learnin how to stunt all over again

10-17-2003, 10:46 AM	#8
Jay Carnes I Have Too Much Free Time Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Diddleboro , MA Age: 29 Bike: 07 Gixxer 1k, 01 F4i, 05 KLX110, 05 CRF "88" Gender: Male Posts: 12,705	I ran a FI cage on my 900rr. I crashed that thing on quite a few occations, shit. I'd crash it for fun. Never broke one case untill the day I took it off & crashed. That cage held up and took beating after beating. 1 real hard crash, i lost a sit down 12 & the bike did cart wheels down the road. It broke the motor where the motor mount bolt threads in. But how hard the bike hit the ground I was sure the motor would have been in pieces. So im FI all the way. it held up HUGE. __________________ $5.00 a month & all i get is this crappy signature.

10-16-2003, 09:10 PM	#2
squirrel Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: frackville,pa Age: 43 Bike: 03 buell firebolt,99 gixxer 750,01 400ex Gender: Male Posts: 390	i voted 905.. easy to install. good people to work with ... i laid it down acouple of times doin donuts, nothin hard. can't say what would happen after a hard hit. as it was said before, i think if the hit was right nothing would hold up...

10-17-2003, 01:08 AM	#3
SmurfKilla Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa Canada Age: Bike: GSXR1000 Gender: Male Posts: 1,813	FI here.....Had a really bad 12 attempt go bad a few months back and know the bike would of be ruined without it. A really bad high side. Bike has had about 8 more 12 crashes since then. Main problems I have had with my cage and gixxer is that the subframe tabs have either bent or snapped which I had welded back on but only thicker as well as the sliders tend to tweak the forward engine mounts on the gixxer. All in all though best $$ I ever spent as I am sure I would be on another bike by now. Cheers SK

10-17-2003, 05:56 AM	#6
Gimix Age: Bike: Gender: Posts: n/a	I have not used any yet. edited at the request of redline laura

10-17-2003, 11:21 AM	#10
wheelchris Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: STL Age: Bike: 02 F4I & 03 CBR 954 Gender: Male Posts: 675	friends bikes down in STL. edited by 99tiller please refrain from advertising... __________________ STUNT OR DIE

10-17-2003, 12:06 PM	#12
Jay Carnes I Have Too Much Free Time Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Diddleboro , MA Age: 29 Bike: 07 Gixxer 1k, 01 F4i, 05 KLX110, 05 CRF "88" Gender: Male Posts: 12,705	damn, that is good customer service __________________ $5.00 a month & all i get is this crappy signature.

10-17-2003, 12:38 PM	#13
TEDDY.B Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: area 612 Age: 27 Bike: your bike Gender: Male Posts: 1,676	i built my own sliders, they were 2.5x just long enough so the case didn't hit. i lost 3 12's and the worse one pulled the bolt out of the motor mount, NOW this one i believe was my fault because i didnt' realize the bolt was only threaded in three threads deep. some crashes the sliders would deform alittle but they held up real good! i'm also making my own cage for my gixxer. and as for the designs cory(d-aces) comes up with, his bike will never break, the TL is indestrutable!!! bar through the motor= more strength than any motor mount alone can provide. __________________ AIM--> gixxerted [COLOR=red]*2001 f4i for sale. 8k mi few scratches, red/wht. $5000[/COLOR]

10-17-2003, 12:41 PM	#14
MEACHAM I Enjoy Posting At StuntLife! Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: up and down the east coast Age: Bike: 750 Gender: Male Posts: 2,598	post the pics __________________ www.HOLDINGITBIG.com

10-17-2003, 12:49 PM	#15
-MXD- I Enjoy Posting At StuntLife! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: cali Age: Bike: 00 750, 03 750 xr50 Gender: Male Posts: 3,564	wait till MXD blows up. i know you will love them. they look pimp and hold up better than all the other cages. i have had a FI cage and a 905 cage. my 905 cage is about to fall off and ive only wrecked once at around 20. the fi cage sucks cuz you cant lean the bike over and speed bumps are a bitch to go over with that thing on. so far ive seen the MXD cage hold up twice on a 12 and me just dumping the bike over about 20 times. not a thing broke anytime. they should be ready to sell all bikes in about a month so keep an eye out. only have f4i and 900rr right now. __________________ www.mxdcages.com www.socalstunts.com www.sicriders.com www.mikey-d.net www.stuntersinc.com tony - faultline/fsp dont be a cheap bastard, contribute your $10 to stuntlife today

10-17-2003, 06:01 PM	#16
AdrenalneJnky Group Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Merrimack NH Age: 25 Bike: 636 Gender: Male Posts: 2,054	i have an FI...is holding up great...my buddy hear makes his own, strong as hell too...my FI is working great for now though....

10-17-2003, 08:43 PM	#18
RedlineJimmy www.Redline-Xtreme.com Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Tampa, FL Age: 30 Bike: 04' 636 Gender: Male Posts: 3,196	Metal Masters for me... I love my cage and they are still in the works of perfecting it. That's try not to advertise or bash the FI cages so that this thread can stay open. Remember...No cage is 100% crash proof. __________________ Check it Out: www.Redline-Xtreme.com http://www.myspace.com/redlinejimmy

10-17-2003, 09:02 PM	#19
GSE Mike I Enjoy Posting At StuntLife! Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Clearwater,Florida Age: 27 Bike: 600 Gender: Male Posts: 2,576	racing 905 ..... I flopped my shit flat on its side from 12.........SOLID __________________ check it out: Racing905.com godspeedextreme.net

10-17-2003, 09:06 PM	#20
Erik Super-Thread-editor Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Back in Indiana,(Muncie) Age: 26 Bike: 95' YZF600R(it still runs!) Gender: Male Posts: 7,354	RedlineJimmy, I like that bolt together design on the bottom there. Makes access/replacement easier I'm sure __________________ Super-Moderator: Private Message for help/concerns If you act like a moron, we'll probably treat you like one too