just wonderin if anyone has figured out a good solution to not crack the head/break the motor mounts off the 03-05 r6. i looked into getting a tygershark cause i know they have the spring sliders on the cage. seems like a great idea for soaking up alot of impact but they dont make a cage for this bike. maybe im worrying too much about this but i have seen it happen on 2 r6's already. anyone try and make some spring sliders or anything?

 

come on, someone has had to have tried something to solve this problem (besides not stunting an r6)

 

dont drop it

 

Mine has been the same way for yrs i just welded up some bar's to bolt to the other motor mounts

 

im not sure but i think its really only FI cages that have that issue.

 

keep your cage tight and you shouldnt have problems

 

the front motor mount is on such a thin part of the motor that any cage can brake it , i thought some on was making a cage that moved the contact point up higher on the frame but i can't remember who it was ...

 

something like that would be nice. i've been trying to get my hands on a set of tygersharks spring sliders and somehow put then them on my FI cage. tygershark wont sell them to me

 

i have made a few crash cages for r6's but i never made a jig , if you were closer and could bring me your bike i could make you one but thats no help for you right now ...

it's hard to tell from this picture but i made this one so the contact point was higher up on the frame , i use a thick plate that bolted to the motor mount but went up and sat against the frame with alot of gussets , feel free to have some one locally copy it if you like ..

it's an older model but the same concept would work for your bike

 

the front of that cage wraps around the front of the frame too , that helps keep the force of a crash away from the motor mount

 

so i would probably be better off starting with an SI cage to hack apart. i dont think my FI's gonna cut it

 

i don't know what the si one looks like and i agree the fi isn't gonna cut it

 

this cage doesnt look real strong in the 1st place. the mounting points are almost in a straight line and i dont think the top left 1 is a main mount to anything

 

hard to tell from the picture and like i said i never seen an 66 si cage in person

 

ATOWN CUSTOMS makes a nice cage for the R6!

 

where can i see pics?

 

http://www.myspace.com/atowncustoms

 

definitely looks beefier than my FI. you should do something like what OMR was talking about ^^^

 

there really isnt much room on the frame mount tab on this side to put a plate

 

ya there is , i would put the contact point right in the lower front corner of that plastic fin thing