I agree... powers all the way.. I got one for my 9.. its sick

 

when i was in 8th grade science class i make a bridge out of toothpicks and glue and ran it over with a truck. thats proves nothing.

 

of course it does .... we put the cage on the ground not attached to a bike, and put 7,000LBS of pressure on a few different points of impact on the cage, and few types of metal we tried early on, showed a bend ... (it flexed) ... so we got a few different types of metals and tried those also until we found one that really held up and didn't flex under that kind of pressure ..... that's the one we use now for the cages. this is just one test that we did among the many. and it definitely worked

 

like i said
IVE DONE THAT WITH TOOTHPICKS.. so would a toothpick cage work too then?

 

you aren't understanding my example ....

there's nothing supporting the cage when the weight is applied ... just the bend in the cage (which takes impact of a crash) I hear what you are saying, but there is NO support from anything underneath the bend of the pipe when weight is put on it ..... lots of metals flexed when we tried it. the objective of the exaple is to show that POWERS uses a metal that did not flex when we ISOLATED 7000+LBS of weight onto certain impact points/bends on the cage.

 

how did you isolate 7000 lbs? you can only fit one tire on the cage, therefore only 1/4 of that 7000lbs is transferred. the rest of the weight is on the other 3 tires.

 

everybody is so god damn technical..

yes a lot of us went to OM in middle school, or whatever the hell the balsa wood/tooth pick thing was..


and yes its sweet that you can drive over an engine cage.. I haven't heard anything bad about powers.. FI breaks all the time, at least with our crew.
905 is a lot better, but same thing..

We wreck a ton too... dunno what type of crashes, or how times applies to these cages, but not matter what it is. We'll break them along with the bike... Cages only further prolong fixing the bike... So in the end it still makes sense to get one, obviously.... sorry.. ramble time.

~J J J J J JAY-ROD

 

yeah but to say something like our cages can take 7000lbs of impact because you drove a truck over them is just false advertising. its diferent when you are trying to make a living and people are making false claims to grab a sale. i think just by design, that powers makes a good cage. however, dont make claims about something that isnt true.

otherwise its just a bunch of misinformation given out to the public. mxd's cages can take 10,000 lbs impact because i drove a semi truck over ours before but you dont see me making those claims. and yes i have driven a semi over our cages before. we have also dropped them from over 10 stories but that doesnt mean your bike can fall 10 stories and be ok.

 

i have to say powers has a nice cage for that bike, 905 well we all know that front cross bar is junk. and i have not riden alot with freestyle,

but i am having bik problems with powers right noe on my 750 cage and the new one they are suposed to send me since sep at the holdinit big show in baltimore md. 3 weeks ago i have been trying to get a cage for my cbr 1000 04 and nothing but all excuses and no returned calles same with all my boys out here in orlando, we have to pull teeth to get something. so im about done with them. weilds brake.

slidas is what i have on my 750 gsxr and this cage has been through hell, i droped my bike at 12 and the cage didnt budge but the head cracked. oh well the gage stayed alive. also whats out for the stunt aid cages they are junk. they are to thin and the weilds are not even complete. tell you what hit jeff with mixtremes up and see what he can do for you with powers.

other than that its trial and crash....

 

905

 

FI cage for sure, you'll love it.

 

I'm not tryin' to start no sh*t, but what type of pickup did you use that put 7000lbs of pressure on the cage. I've got a Chevy Duramax diesel 4-door that only weighs 3500lbs.....full of fuel!!!!!!!!!(according to chevy)
I also got hit by a 1200lb state trooper car in the act of a freeway wheelie while doin' about 58 mph and didn't break anything but the front upper on my bike.....I rock the old school FI cage and I bent a motor mount my bike the first day I 12'd my bike and that was because I didn't tighten the bolt all the way like I should have.......I don't have a f4i, but the one I ride has an FI cage and he couldn't be happier......I don't know about the others, but a friend of mine, has a powers on his Gixxer 750 and he can't put his plastics on with that cage.....so I don't know.....just my .....good luck.......
Late..... :YEAH

 

I would go with the 905, I have ran powers and they are weak and the welds crack, but racing 905's cage is rock solid, no welds cracking on them, plus you can't beat there customer service.

 

every cage company has welds that crack. i used to have a 905 and my cage fell apart the first time i went down and it wasnt even fast. so did my boys on his r6, the washers fell of when we were taking it off, he never even crashed. every comany has faulty products. theres too much misinformation about cages around here, its incredible

 

wow it's a close call... the polls are sooo tight. i'll be getting it probly early next year, so i can't wait to see what the polls will be by then.

btw, the whole toothpick/truck thing... wtf? -insert offtopic smiley here-

 

i have dropped my gsxr 1000 from 12's hard and the only problem that i have had was the bar underneath bent and slightly dented my oil filter. no biggie. i heard they have a new design to fix that problem anyways. i will run with 905 on any other bike i get as well. they seem to be the leader in holding up. also, i have never ever heard anyone say that they have broken or stripped out a motormount. it is a great design the way that it bolts up. 905 all the way. :YEAH

 

i got a FI cage on my f4i. I droped it a bunch of times and nothin happened. The slider ends did break though, but bein FI a good company, i got new sliders in a matter of days. Other then that no problems. Only problem i got is it works too good, now ill throw my bike for no reason because i know nothin will happen

 

car ran a red and hit me at 40mph
this is all that happened ....broken exhaust

never had a prob with it....FI is the way to go.

like Patrick said keep evrythin tight and u straight

 

seems to me all the sponsored dudes run F.I,lots of the dudes i know/see that pay for all their **** run 905..i think the 905 cages looks straight badass

 

you can call me a loose vagina.... but i say the FI just because i hate getting my leg under the cage when the bike falls... ive found out that the 905 gives more chances to kill a knee-- both cages are pretty strong tho- cant lose either way