So the si cage holds up decent, but the sliders are crap.

First, it took forever to hammer the sliders in there (yes, we understand the design, it just wasn't a good fit).

Second, the crash bounced off one side and onto the other. This caused both extended sliders to break off at the splice, leaving half of the thing jammed into the cage, so now I gotta break them up and pull them out somehow to get to the motor mounts)

Extra $40 lasts half a crash, and causes more heartache--not worth it. The sliders are barely ground, they just snapped right off the cage.

 

aluminum sliders :YEAH

 

yeah, went down on the right the first time mine snapped right off. It actually caused the main pipe that bolts to the frame to bend at the end too. Cage took it fine as far as I can tell but yeah the sliders aren't worth it for the price. If they were $5 a piece then maybe.

 

damn i was going to buy an si cage for my rr but now i may reconsider

 

You misunderstand. There is nothing wrong w/ the cage. It's the sliders we are talking about. They don't come w/ the cage. You have to pay like $40 extra for them. Just don't waste your time on them.

 

sliders are def not needed on a sick cage there tuff as nails

 

you guys must be slamming the **** out of the bikes! I had a set of sliders on my f4i and they did their job for about 4-5 months, saved my cage from getting a ton of scratches

 

+1
Regular ones broke in a couple weeks after a few good drops, aluminum ones are holding up strong. If your going to get them get the aluminum ones.

 

i made 2 sets of aluminum sliders at work and all they get are some scratches and ive highsided really hard and still holding up like new.... aluminum is soft so it absorbes the impact and just kinda mushrooms a little..

 

are you really african?? it doesnt matter, even ethiopians know about sliders total nonsense... lol

 

i don't even use sliders.......works fine without them

 

You dont have to hammer the sliders in. You have to loosen the allen bolt a little bit more. All the sliders are test fitted into a mount to make sure they slip in. As far as them snapping off, I personally have never had a set break off. I wreck quite often as well. Every wreck is different so I guess it depends on how the bike falls. They normally just get ground down or mushroon on big hits. If you want stronger ones, get the aluminum next time.

 

The materials alone cost more than 5.00 a piece.

 

i dont run them on my f4i, but i had them on my 636 and they lasted forever! you must be dropping your bike pretty hard!!!

 

SI cages are the best on the market, period. That suck that your sliders didn't work out. Personally, every product that I have ever gotten from Ian is bulletproof. I hope that this thread doesn't discourage anyone from getting an SI cage. If they get anything else, they are getting 2nd in quality at best.

 

i just got a SI cage w/the extended sliders and i dropped the **** outta mine the first night i put them on and mine held up just fine.

 

i would not use any other cage! si is the best cage on the market period!!!

 

My boy alex and myself both have SI cages, we both had the sliders. We have snapped 3 of them clean off. I just left mine off I can see the point here, not going to spend $35. everything we drop the bike.

 

sliders are plastic and will break eventually.

 

sliders are pieces of ****. No offense to Ian but they are a gimick used to get 40$ out of people. They are not needed and in a way are worse than the regular cage design because it adds leverage to the cage by extending that mounting point. This in turn will transfer more torque to that mount which is a bad thing.

It also doesn't let the bike lay all the way down which can cause it to bounce up and flip over during a crash verses falling on it's side and just laying there.

I have had an SI cage for my f4i since ian first started selling them (what is that, 3 years now?) and i've never had a problem with running the cage by itself. My DB bars don't touch the ground in crashes so you cant say the sliders help save bars...the normal cage already does that.

basically, sliders are pieces of ****.

Those that said use aluminum sliders...what do you think happens to aluminum when it smacks the ground? same thing the plastic does, it breaks. they suck too.