Sliders for a Honda CB650R? Type of sliders? Location?

[jwardmagic]

I recently bought a 2000 Honda CB650R and want to buy sliders for it. However, I'm not sure what kind of sliders to get (handlebar sliders? Fork sliders? Swing arm sliders? All of them), or what brand, and whether I can fit them myself or would be better getting a mechanic to do it (I have enough of the tools to do it myself but unsure how fiddly a job it is)?

I'd really appreciate your help and thoughts. Many thanks.

[Stu]

Hi and welcome to the forum 

 

What it the reason you are buying the sliders? is it just in case you drop it? if so just go for some frame protectors and don't bother with the rest 

 

Reason being is that the rest don't really do a lot in a drop/crash

[bonio]

Yeah, that's my experience too.

I have advanced qualifications in dropping bikes, and frame sliders or engine bars have saved me every time.

Depending on your bike, bar ends might give you some protection, but they've never been any help for bikes I've had. I wouldn't bother with sliders for the swing arm or forks or wheel hubs; they're just for decoration.

As for brands, R&G are fine, but I was more impressed with the sliders from CNC Racing; they were a lot more solid as well as easier to fit. And yes, it's an easy enough DIY job. If you're tightening them on the engine mounting bolts, don't do what I did, which was to use R&G's torque settings; use the manufacturers. I ended up finishing a 600 mile ride home, with both sliders and both bolts behind me somewhere on the motorway.