Abusing the TT head protectors

[John Armstrong]

Has anyone ever had to use / abuse these http://www.touratech.com/shops/008/product_info.php?cPath=3_41_308&products_id=6608 in a bike / earth contact scenario that involved toppling over / sliding along the road?

And if they did, how did they perform?

 

[slimbo]

Has anyone ever had to use / abuse these http://www.touratech.com/shops/008/product_info.php?cPath=3_41_308&products_id=6608 in a bike / earth contact scenario that involved toppling over / sliding along the road?

And if they did, how did they perform?

tbh they are going to do better than not having them there!!!

4mm ally and solid!!

but dont take my word for it i work there .. but they are quality!!

 

[John Armstrong]

tbh they are going to do better than not having them there!!!

4mm ally and solid!!

The better than nothing is certainly valid, but if it's too solid might it cause more damage?

 

[ahutcheon]

Mine have survived a few off-road tipovers (and a "look, I can push this parked bike over" last week). Doesn't take too much force to distort them slightly so the black rubber spacer on the back touches the head cover (a few mm of bending). I found them easy enough to bend straight the first time, haven't bothered since.

I'm happy that they don't shatter like the OE plastic parts (which are "use once", at least on tarmac. No experience in a slide, how long does 4mm of alloy take to wear through? Off-road, I'm aware that the top half of the head cover is unprotected, so the wrong kind of rock could punch a hole through where the head protector doesn't.

 

[John Armstrong]

I can relate to the "use once" plastic covers

 

[Vern]

They break the front or rear 6mm mount out of the cylinder head when they go down properly. I've had quite a few people asking about welding it up for them.

Look pretty I suppose, which is most important these days

 

[Timolgra]

They're little more than cosmetic

 

[John Armstrong]

They break the front or rear 6mm mount out of the cylinder head when they go down properly. I've had quite a few people asking about welding it up for them.

Look pretty I suppose, which is most important these days

Gone down properly, would anything have prevented similar damage. Also, was the engine still usable in spite of that damage?

They're little more than cosmetic

Better than the plastic?

 

[Steve the Kiwi]

been there.... road polished mine....

is this what you want to see?....

60km/h drop and slide for 30-40 metres down the road.
Having seen a mates rocker cover after he dropped his bike at low speed on a diesel spill in a petrol station and smashed his cover completely, making it unrideable.... I'd say they work as they should!. They did shave a bit of ally off the rocker cover but that is purely cosmetic. I still have the same protectors and roocker cover on my bike 18 months later ( though i did just about tear it off and bent the shiite out of my handlebar yesterday riding offroad on tourances after rain

 

[MikeP]

Better than the plastic?

For TT-haters, even papier-mache would be better.

The couple of times that mine were tested, they did what they were supposed to do (I do think that the Steptoe version offers best protection though).

 

[John Armstrong]

is this what you want to see?....

60km/h drop and slide for 30-40 metres down the road.
Having seen a mates rocker cover after he dropped his bike at low speed on a diesel spill in a petrol station and smashed his cover completely, making it unrideable.... I'd say they work as they should!. They did shave a bit of ally off the rocker cover but that is purely cosmetic. I still have the same protectors and roocker cover on my bike 18 months later ( though i did just about tear it off and bent the shiite out of my handlebar yesterday riding offroad on tourances after rain

They seem to have done their job well, I'm not sure the plastic ones would have made much difference to the state of the rocker covers if they'd have been on for your drop.

 

[davegs]

Rocker covers

My recent attempt a wearing out the M25 resulted in the plastic being obliterated and a large hole in the oil filler rocker cover!. £113.50 for a new cover so it these stopped two su8ch holes iot would be wort it, but would prefer a couple of steppers head pieces.
Dave GS

 

[NI Phil]

Protection afforded by plastic covers ClickHere

 

[Steptoe]

They break the front or rear 6mm mount out of the cylinder head when they go down properly. I've had quite a few people asking about welding it up for them.

Look pretty I suppose, which is most important these days

I've had to repair a few with the same problem as well.
The long front spacer between the head and the guard acts as a good leverage point on the bolt hole = crumbled mounting hole. .

 

[John Armstrong]

Protection afforded by plastic covers ClickHere

Nice how the plastic helps cover the hole that's been ground into the cover

 

[NI Phil]

Nice how the plastic helps cover the hole that's been ground into the cover

Unfortunately I was using the wrong oil and it leaked out anyway