Case savers.... done...

[The Buddha]

OK they are done. I might do some light grinding to help the fit today, weld splatter is sometimes getting in the way, they go off to the powder coating place maybe tommorow or the day after, and I order bolts to fit them on... OK I'll put pics up tonight, and as soon as I get a $$$ from powder coating... I'll take orders and send them out as soon as they come back from the powder. Now the handlebars... OK that's a whole other story. I'll post when they are done.
Cool.
Srinath.

[raylarrabee]

are you taking orders now, or when they get back from powder coating?  I couldn't figure it out from your post, sorry...

[The Buddha]

When the powder guys tell me how much $$$.
Cool.
Srinath.

[seamax]

Can we get then non-powder coated so to keep cost down?

[crash]

uhm... what's a case saver?  

[The Buddha]

Case savers are steel tube bent into a tight U shape... that you bolt on the bike... so when you crash it takes the brunt on the impact.
And seamax... they have light rust on them... non powder coated is going to be rusty. Besides powder coating is ~$5 a set, and painting it will not come out as nice.
Cool.
Srinath.

[goat]

they are bars of metal that attach to the frame. They are mostly like what is in this auction except that srinath is changing them some (different steel etc)

They help prevent engine damage in the event of laying down your bike[/url]

[crash]

well that certainly sounds like a good idea

srinath, are you still offering them? how much and perhaps a pic?

[goat]

OK I'll put pics up tonight, and as soon as I get a $$$ from powder coating... I'll take orders and send them out as soon as they come back from the powder.

[jnosal]

Are case savers like what Kerry has on his bike? See the photo in the following thread:
http://www.gstwins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10536

Note the black frame around his engine.

jnosal

[pizzleboy]

Canadian orders:

Please check out this thread for info:

http://www.gstwins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10524

[seamax]

Can I get a pair powder coated red?

[Kerry]

Are case savers like what Kerry has on his bike?

Check out the "leg protection bars"? thread for pictures of various types of "engine guards", including the ones that Suzuki USED TO make for the GS500   .  I think Srinath's units will be close to the Suzuki design.

[The Buddha]

These are like the suzuki ones, not the ones Kerry has.
Seamax - they have 10 types of Red, and you need numbers for powder coating to be feasible. These are getting black, a low gloss black. At 50 (25 pairs) that costs me close to $5 a pair. Start changing colors and it will be $75 minimum per color. The money they charge me now is mostly labor. They spray black very often in large batches, and on new fabbed pieces (not mine, mine have a bit of rust) they do very minimal pre treatment. So in essence I am getting the pieces without paying for a color change cos I am piggy backing on a large batch they are doing. Put in some weird color and its a $75 in addition to the ~$5 per set. I'll put up a pic soon, I know I have been promisng... but I have to sit at the PC an get it down loaded and then get it on a disc and move it to the lap top which is the only one that can go online... and I have no time... Today we are starting on the handlebars... I might have to get some PC time snuck in there... else I might never have pics. Anyway things are going forward, pictures or not... so I guess I'll get to it when I can.
Cool.
Srinath.

[The Buddha]

OK I just have to buy bolts now, but The case savers should be $50 a set and shipping. Includes 12 inch long grade 8 bolts, some nylock nuts, Pretty much ready to bolt... However I would say you should get yourself a stack of washers... and locate the case savers where if you crashed the end plates wont hit the frame... The suzuki stock ones will hit the frame too, and they gave bolts with it that were just plain too short... Me and Davipu ended up wrestling with it for a good 1/2 hour, and ended up using tapped stainless rods. You also want to have the case savers sticking out just enough where it will protect the cases, and still not hit the ground in peg draggin corners. OK OK going to be hard... but had to say it (Frost). Also if you crash and I'd say crash hard, you will bend your bolts... They were bent into a banana on davipu's... and he didn't even have case savers. If the bolts get bent, you want to have something to hold on to and pull or cut or otherwise take them off. In any case I like to place them so that the end plates dont sit between the frame and engine. That space is too tight and if they were to twist... they'd end up damaging the case anyway. But I guess the stock one is that way so ... Anyway I'll put up instructions, and send a set with the pieces.
Cool.
Srinath.

[davipu]

so they look like the ones in these pics of my bike.  they are almost at the bottom of the page

[Kerry]

so they look like the ones in these pics of my bike.  they are almost at the bottom of the page

Did you mean to reference the What I Hauled To Work Today thread?

[The Buddha]

Pretty close. The only thing is my bends are much more wide. they managed a 90 degree bend in under 2 inches of metal. Mine are 4 inches. So the bends are a bit wider so its slightly different.
Cool.
Srinath.

[Hajinomoto1]

I'll def. be in on a set....Let me know the total shipped (90807)...and I'll paypal it right out.

Thanks Brad

[davipu]

yep, shure did, just didn't remember to insert the link.