Sliders.

                Among the things I have bought for my bike I would say that the SpeedyMoto under body frame sliders are the most important because they help to keep my frame and engine intact in case of a crash. The way that the frame sliders work is that they attach to the frame of the bike and stay right against the fairings so the incase of a crash the impact will be delivered evenly to the plastic instead of the frame because the sliders hold the plastics taught. Normally the fairings would just break instantly in a crash but with the sliders holding them in place it allows them to take the majority of the impact. The instillation of these frame sliders was fairly simple but did require some creative thinking. To start off I had to remove the left and right fairings. After they were off I had to remove the rod the holds the engine to the frame. To do so I had to hold the one end in place with a socket wrench and turn the other side with the same size socket wrench. Well, turns out I had two socket wrenches but only one of the correct size, so I looked around the garage for a few minutes, found a drill bit that look like it would fit into the one end of the rod and locked it in place with a pair of pliers. This worked perfectly and after a minute of spinning I had the nut off the right side of the rod. Next I had to take the rod out of the frame and it got about three fourths of the way there before it was abruptly stopped. After assessing the situation I realized that with the rod out of the right side of the frame the weight shifted and made it so the holes on the left side no longer lined up. Thinking about a solution to this problem for a few minutes, I pulled the car jack out of the trunk or my car, got my dad to help me balance the bike and lifted the bike a few millimeters to free the rod. Then we quickly put in the new rod while the bike was still on the jack and then lowered the bike back to the ground. With the new rod in the frame and engine I attached the rubber sliders the each end of the rod and secured them into place. With the sliders now in place the next thing to do was to put the fairing back on. Everything went back together perfectly and the new frame sliders were hardly noticeable. After this little project I had spent $130 and an hour of my free time but my bike is now much more secure on the streets since the frame and engine are now protected. 

Fairings.

New Rod, left side.

New rod, right side.

With slider, right side.

With slider, left side.