Suzuki factory crash bars vs. frame sliders

[Twisted]

As safe as those guys think they are if the bike goes down you are going where the bike goes in that cage lol.

[gsJack]

The factory engine guards are a convenient place to mount forward pegs so you can stretch a leg occasionally on those longer 400-500 mile GS500 days, I had them on my 02 GS for years but they are off now.  Don't do those long days anymore and the guards got very rusty from the salt water riding year around here in NE Ohio.