cages cages and cages what you need to know about safety
07-08-2010, 06:30 PM
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cages cages and cages what you need to know about safety
What Freestyle Ingenuity does and thinks about when building cages.
1. Our cages are not in the way of the rider.
2. A cage should not change turning or leaning radius and if it has to it should be a minimum change.
3. When the cage is on the bike it should look like a factory component.
4. Strong as well as transfer the impacts to offset stresses on the motorcycle.
5. All components of the cage should be individually replaceable to cut costs of maintenance.
6. When any cage sustains damage, removal to replace any damaged parts should be easy. This also insures that with severe cage damage you can remove the cage without damaging the motorcycle or having to cut the cage off the bike.
7. Lightest weight
8. Made from the best materials. The tubing is 4130 Chromoly, Side Struts are 1018 cold drawn steel, sliders made from solid bar of 12L14 steel and all Hardware is grade 8 or greater.
www.ficages.com
1. Our cages are not in the way of the rider.
2. A cage should not change turning or leaning radius and if it has to it should be a minimum change.
3. When the cage is on the bike it should look like a factory component.
4. Strong as well as transfer the impacts to offset stresses on the motorcycle.
5. All components of the cage should be individually replaceable to cut costs of maintenance.
6. When any cage sustains damage, removal to replace any damaged parts should be easy. This also insures that with severe cage damage you can remove the cage without damaging the motorcycle or having to cut the cage off the bike.
7. Lightest weight
8. Made from the best materials. The tubing is 4130 Chromoly, Side Struts are 1018 cold drawn steel, sliders made from solid bar of 12L14 steel and all Hardware is grade 8 or greater.
www.ficages.com
07-08-2010, 09:53 PM
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Re: cages cages and cages what you need to know about safety
F.I. cages were the **** back in the day when it was the only option. Now they are just ****. Sorry but I'm not a big fan of broken stator/ clutch covers and motor mount bolts all of what F.I. cages give you on a hard drop. Cage maintenance? what the hell is that? it should be a bolt on and forget about it thing like all the others...
Sorry but that's just how it is....
Sorry but that's just how it is....
07-08-2010, 10:55 PM
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Re: cages cages and cages what you need to know about safety
FI cages are perfect for minty street pieces or track guys..i wouldnt change a thing..they just arent good enuf for hard lot abuse..FI should just design/build a "stunt" cage and keep the old designs as the "street" cage...
07-09-2010, 01:30 AM
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Re: cages cages and cages what you need to know about safety
**** you FI cages you ate my right motor mount.
Some might say its my fault for not keeping it tight but i compulsively check over my bike and my bolts were always tight.
FI cages just suck
Some might say its my fault for not keeping it tight but i compulsively check over my bike and my bolts were always tight.
FI cages just suck
07-09-2010, 01:38 AM
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Re: cages cages and cages what you need to know about safety
tell it lets you down then you are kicking yourself in the *** for buying it
They hold up to small falls, maybe you can get lucky and take some big hits, but it's pretty easy to see from a design stand point that other cages are designed to be way better for taking repeated hard falls
They hold up to small falls, maybe you can get lucky and take some big hits, but it's pretty easy to see from a design stand point that other cages are designed to be way better for taking repeated hard falls
07-09-2010, 10:48 AM
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Re: cages cages and cages what you need to know about safety
So I'm also going with junk but I have owened one when I first started lasted all of three weeks on my 636 but I also would consider that we all check both sites here your saying its great there ur asking for help on the shitty design...... it sucks for stuntriding but great for squids who get there bike and forget to put there kickstand down...
07-09-2010, 12:23 PM
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Re: cages cages and cages what you need to know about safety
ahhhh...the hate life....hahaha your all ajtellins....lol now please bang yourselves to wall
i have never had an fi cage and i never will unless they come up a better design... my impaktech is about as good a design as i have saw yet!!
i have never had an fi cage and i never will unless they come up a better design... my impaktech is about as good a design as i have saw yet!!
07-09-2010, 01:22 PM
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Re: cages cages and cages what you need to know about safety
What Freestyle Ingenuity does and thinks about when building cages.
1. Our cages are not in the way of the rider.
6. When any cage sustains damage, removal to replace any damaged parts should be easy.
www.ficages.com
1. Our cages are not in the way of the rider.
6. When any cage sustains damage, removal to replace any damaged parts should be easy.
www.ficages.com
second, i highly disagree with #6. when mine bent i had to cut it off with a saws all, gouging the **** outa my frame.
lastly, i won't be buying another
07-09-2010, 02:14 PM
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Re: cages cages and cages what you need to know about safety
Track???? I could barely take a turn and the bitch would hit the ground
07-09-2010, 02:20 PM
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most track guys take the hoop off and just run the main sliders when dragging knees... 
