New Sliders Installed!!!

Dr. Geekenstein,

$100 is my price point, so if you can do it for that, I'm in!

BTW, if you want some help next weekend, I'll be in the DFW area.

Thanks,
FT
 
Im in too. Helll thats over 1/2 off. No need to get too cute with them, however making the mount would be uniform for all busa. You could make different "endcaps" the part that the ground would actually hit. But count me inn.

ICE
 
Me too!
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hi new to the board. been lurking for awhile and decided I needed to sign on. found this thread and am very interested in knowing where the group buy stands . have really enjoyed this board and hope to be able to contribute.
 
There was a link to another thread earlier about a group purchase but I think that fell through as the shipping costs are insane.

Someone else mentioned fabbing up something similar which is what all the current "bids" are for.

I don't see anything happening either way. The amount many people are willing to pay for them is laughable...anywhere from $25 to $100.

At this point if you want a set you'll need to pony up the cash and buy them from Bike Design.
 
Aight where are the fabricators on this site that can hook a bra up?

ICE
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I like them...we all like them....even though I already did the cut myself too ;-( I think they will actually be better protection due to the crossbar.

So I am going to get together with my bud that has virtually a complete fab shop in his huge garage...welders, mill, lathe, etc....and see if we can come up with a homemade version that may even turn out better (due to my anal attitude...good in cases like this :-). If we can do it for say....$100 or so, would there be enough interest then ?
oh hell yeah!!!!


JP
 
Seems to me that you could actually take those pics to a metalshop and have some custom made for a lot cheaper. They don't look like there is really all that much to them. Simple design. They do look good though, but I feel they are a bit expensive. I'm not cheap, I just figure if one person can build something, someelse can build it better. Not that it is a cheap product by any means. You could probably have them made for less then $50 it is just little peices of metal cut and welded. About $5 in parts. All you need is steel, bandsaw,drillpress, and a welder and your set.
 
Time for a reality check here.

I'm an electromechanical field tech for a large fabrication company. In order to get in with the company and obtain my card I had to put up with 5 years of education in fabrication, layout, metallurgy and all forms of welding. I've been with this company for 13 years so I'd like to think I have a decent background on the subject.

The material there might have added up to $5 bucks in 1920. ¼" thick stainless does not come cheap. The replacement motor mount bolts, pinch bolt and spacer is not something you can run to ACE hardware and buy. Those are going to be custom made out of the correct tensile strength material. The connecting bar stock needs to be drilled dead center and then tapped.

All the bracket parts need to be cut to perfection, ends ground down, drilled out and then welded to perfection. Even with a jig made up that's going to take a lot of time.

Once you get that all worked out you now need to find a set of off the shelf good quality sliders to install on your brackets.

If I bought second Busa I would still order another set eventhough I have the means to make a duplicate copy of what I already have. My time is money and I don't work for WallyWorld wages. In other words it would be cheaper to buy them than bother with the hassle of making the brackets, outsourcing the engine mount bolts/spacers and buying good sliders (not the $20 shiny ebay bling crap that keeps your bike sliding down the highway).

If anybody pulls this off for $100 a set it will be out of the goodness of their heart due to the fact they'll be taking a huge loss once labor is added in.

Hope I didn't come off too harsh here, it's just that I think too many people are getting condition to the mass produced "made in China" slave labor junk out on the market these days.
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Not made of gold but no more drilling that oh so precious plastic. Convience thing you know people pay for convience
 
I installed a set on my busa this past weekend. My local supplier is in teh process of becoming a dealer / Distributor here in the US.I got the front Sliders as well as the rear sliders and i must say I'm impressed! I told him to sharpen his pencil and figure out what these things are gonna cost people because once I post it on this board he's gonna be busy! His eMail addy is bigkawi@tampabay.rr.com Tell him Moose sent ya lookin for the Benelux Bike Design Busa Sliders.

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