Unlike me, some of you guys have engineering skills like Vandal, so any of you ever fancy making your own cages?

The whole process looks easy on Biker Build-off

 

I made the one on my R1 but believe me unless ya have loads of spare time just buy one. Your right its not rocket science to make but they do take time and we have tube benders and notchers here so its easy for us. They would be worth making if ya had to make a batch but it takes time to set the tube bender etc for each bend if ya making just one.
On my 636s tee rex,toddy and me just ordered them from hai.
Trust me there is more work in making them than you think.

 

Yeah, I id expected it would be better to buy one, for many reasons.

Watching Biker Build-off gets me all excited and sit on the settee day dreaming about fabricating bespoke parts

So i surpose you could do it if you wanted to, but youd rather be practicing :YEAH

 

We made one for my boyz gsxr one time and the **** didnt hold worth a **** after about 4-5 hard drops.... Believe me its easier and alot less painful to just go with a pre-fab....TRUST Unless you got lots of each free time and mad welding skills and **** load of metal fabs tools......GOOD LUCK

 

oh, im not going to try it, just wondered why engineers didn't build their own.

Good reply though...

 

As vandal said its hard and you will not have a proven design which may cause problems later.

Any way there will be a supplier of cages in the UK soon so get the overtime in:YEAH

No more 6 to 8 weeks later

 

who do tell more

 

Probably Chris Walton now he's on Hai's team

 

YES, about time too

 

I made my own cage as my bike was an old nail 1989 CBR600 and I couldn't find one. It was a right pain in the **** to be honest, Its not that hard to do but like people are saying it takes time. You only find out where the weak points are when you crash too breaking welds and bending things.

 

You must have noticed that H A I do not have many if any cages in stock hence the long wait

 

Long wait? NEVER!

 

i think i've just hit 4 months!!!!!!!

 

Hope my round bar don't take 4 months

 

yeah but ive been REALLY unlucky!!!!

 

mines finally came way-hay more incentive to throw her back together