M900 Crash protection

CarloL · 19-04-2017, 11:02 PM

What do you recommend , was looking at the R&G Crash protectors but you need to drill the frame

Darren69 · 20-04-2017, 04:54 AM

I have R&G Aero on mine. You don't need to drill the frame, they replace one of the engine mounts.

Takes about 10 mins to fit.

Dirty · 20-04-2017, 08:09 PM

I recommend not crashing

CarloL · 20-04-2017, 08:16 PM

I am not promising anything

StevieL · 20-04-2017, 08:19 PM

Same as Darren, I think the R and G's were £ 30 or so and the long bolt supplied replaces one of the engine mounting bolts, atb Steve

Flip · 20-04-2017, 09:02 PM

Personally I would give it a go at undoing and removing the bolt before spending any money on crash bungs as after twenty years of it probably never having moved since Mario fitted it with the lightest smear of Olive oil you might decide you don't actually want crash bungs after all

Zimbo · 23-04-2017, 12:40 PM

R&G are the only ones I would buy, tried and tested in 3 years of DD racing, protected the tank well and never broke off. You don't need to modify the frame. There are cheaper ones available, but the ones I tested just sheared off ...

Darren69 · 23-04-2017, 02:54 PM

I'm not sure why they don't list the Aeros for the M900? Personally I preferred those to the standard ones, but I'm sure both are just as good. If you can get some for £30 as someone did, then you'll have got a real bargain. I think I paid something like £70!

24-04-2017, 11:12 AM

Assuming it's the same as my s4 you use the new long bolt as a drift to push out the old bolt. Don't try to remove the old one first, the engine will drop and you won't be able to get the new one in.

Darkness · 24-04-2017, 11:37 AM

Check the parts manual to see what's lurking inside those recesses before trying to hit them with hammers.
Mine had Allen head bolts in each of them: the heads were both on the LHS (Near side UK), but the front on had a lock nut hidden in the recess, whereas the rear one has a thread on the frame itself?

19-04-2017, 11:02 PM	#1
CarloL Registered User Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Dublin Ireland Bike: M900 Posts: 298	M900 Crash protection What do you recommend , was looking at the R&G Crash protectors but you need to drill the frame

20-04-2017, 04:54 AM	#2
Darren69 Transmaniacon MOC Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Sutton In Ashfield Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 6,023	I have R&G Aero on mine. You don't need to drill the frame, they replace one of the engine mounts. Takes about 10 mins to fit. __________________ Roast Beef Monster! Termignoni and Bucci - Italian for pipe and slippers! S4 Fogarty, S4R 07T, 748, Series 1 Mirage

20-04-2017, 08:09 PM	#3
Dirty Bockloks Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: London Bike: No Bike Yet! Posts: 4,601	I recommend not crashing __________________ Wounds heal, chicks dig scars, glory lasts forever Beware of eBay

20-04-2017, 09:02 PM	#6
Flip Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Beachtown Bike: M900 Posts: 2,188	Personally I would give it a go at undoing and removing the bolt before spending any money on crash bungs as after twenty years of it probably never having moved since Mario fitted it with the lightest smear of Olive oil you might decide you don't actually want crash bungs after all __________________ You're perfect, yes, it's true- But without me you're only you!

23-04-2017, 02:54 PM	#8
Darren69 Transmaniacon MOC Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Sutton In Ashfield Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 6,023	I'm not sure why they don't list the Aeros for the M900? Personally I preferred those to the standard ones, but I'm sure both are just as good. If you can get some for £30 as someone did, then you'll have got a real bargain. I think I paid something like £70! __________________ Roast Beef Monster! Termignoni and Bucci - Italian for pipe and slippers! S4 Fogarty, S4R 07T, 748, Series 1 Mirage

20-04-2017, 08:16 PM	#4
CarloL Registered User Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: Dublin Ireland Bike: M900 Posts: 298	I am not promising anything

20-04-2017, 08:19 PM	#5
StevieL Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Location: Cromer Bike: M900ie Posts: 127	Same as Darren, I think the R and G's were £ 30 or so and the long bolt supplied replaces one of the engine mounting bolts, atb Steve

23-04-2017, 12:40 PM	#7
Zimbo Too much time on my hands member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Stonehouse, Glos Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 2,079	R&G are the only ones I would buy, tried and tested in 3 years of DD racing, protected the tank well and never broke off. You don't need to modify the frame. There are cheaper ones available, but the ones I tested just sheared off ...

24-04-2017, 11:12 AM	#9
shiny_kit Guest Posts: n/a	Assuming it's the same as my s4 you use the new long bolt as a drift to push out the old bolt. Don't try to remove the old one first, the engine will drop and you won't be able to get the new one in.

24-04-2017, 11:37 AM	#10
Darkness . Join Date: May 2007 Location: Stockbridge Bike: M900 Posts: 1,984	Check the parts manual to see what's lurking inside those recesses before trying to hit them with hammers. Mine had Allen head bolts in each of them: the heads were both on the LHS (Near side UK), but the front on had a lock nut hidden in the recess, whereas the rear one has a thread on the frame itself? __________________ Original and Best since 1993