Guys and Gals, Srinath is willing to making custom engine guards for our gs500s. They don't make them for the new models so Srinath is the only hope we got (I believe his guards also work for earlier models). I need them for my gs500, but he can only make them if there is an order of at least 20. So please reply to this post to let him know you are interested. I think he has made them before so he is completely legit. I'm sure he will reply to this post to describe exactly what he does, how they work, and the price. Come on make an order, we only need 20.
I'd buy some. Although a guy with the name Srinath sounds a little suspicious :mrgreen: can we trust such a mysterious character?
I would love a set of sliders only im pretty apprehensive about cutting the fairing to install them :x
i have been waiting for enough people ever since this was first mentioned. 4 of us, only 16 more to go. :thumb:
Make that fifteen more to go. I'm thinking of maybe mounting some small driving lights if I can get around the electricals, I like taking long trips on my GS. (I enjoy pain!) Srianth has a good BBB rating, right? :lol:
Quote from: MR_PINKI would love a set of sliders only im pretty apprehensive about cutting the fairing to install them :x
No cutting anything ... not even for fitting frame sliders ... or 3 pointers ...
Cool.
Srinath.
14 more to go! wohooooooooooo!
keep em coming!
wait, am i allowed to use that word?
if we could get everyone that is on the site right now to buy a set we would have enough. come on people break out those checkbooks. :lol:
Hello... I've been lurking for a while, but this is a topic worthy of speaking up for! :) I'd be interested in purchasing one as well, assuming I'm not having to refinance the house for it. Any word on how much it'll cost?
The target price is $50 for 2 pointers, $75 for 3 point and $10 for sliders ... which can be added to 2 or 3 pointers ... Of course steel is going up in $$$ so we wait too long and who knows ...
Cool.
Srinath.
Srinath, do you have any pictures of only the sliders on the GS?
I really want to see how it looks before I buy.
Where exactly are you mounting the sliders on an 04 or are you talking about a motor guard :dunno:
I am yet to make a case guard and cannot do so, the whole thing is going to be cut and bent by CNC laser and bending machines ... making one is going to be $$$ ... The sliders will go in a threaded insert to be put in the case guard ... I haven't cut the sliders either, and will do so after making the guards only ... else they may not fit. Honestly If you must see a pic ... wait for the second lot ... if there is one ... BTW i will not cash your check or take money if paypalled before these are in your hands ... by which time you wont need a pic. Making 1-2 ... is no way to get these made, cos these are going to have to be made sorta like mass production ... I made them by hand and sold 25 sets and no one has said they aren't good, and the next set is going to be much better ...
Cool.
Srinath.
Need Sliders So please count me in. Possibly other guards too, but will have to talk to my friend and see how much he wants to spend right now on parts.
would the engine guards be two pointers or three pointers for a 93 GS?
Quote from: seshadri_srinathThe target price is $50 for 2 pointers, $75 for 3 point and $10 for sliders
Quote from: seshadri_srinathHonestly If you must see a pic ... wait for the second lot ... if there is one ... BTW i will not cash your check or take money if paypalled before these are in your hands ... by which time you wont need a pic. Making 1-2 ... is no way to get these made, cos these are going to have to be made sorta like mass production ... I made them by hand and sold 25 sets and no one has said they aren't good, and the next set is going to be much better ...
Cool.
Srinath.
So, I'm interested in 3 point w/sliders and I'll send you a check if you say it is time. Trying to picture it in my head. Sounds like Mad Max meets the Starboyz. Whenever you need a check, just holla. I'm drop it in the mail.
Could you maybe do a drawing? JK.
I know it's been nary a day since this thread started, but perhaps making this sticky would help? I'm constantly monitoring this thread (yeah, I'm having a slow day), and I'm hoping these guards will get made. Besides, the keychains got a sticky... I mean come on. :lol:
I put my name on the list last time. Keep counting me in for the engine guards and the sliders.
i need frame sliders 4 a 04 500 but dont want 2 cut holes in the fairings
He was saying that the sliders would mount to the motor guard so know cutting of the fairing would be necesary, but im unsure of the looks of a motor guard on an 04 with the fairing, it looks good on naked version but a fairing might make it look strange
Look Strange ... heck I'd say downright ugly ... Sorry guys ... but the honest truth is ... anyhting you put on it is going to look hideous ... of course rashed or broken plastic and torn up cases is worse ... so trade off ???
Cool.
Srinath.
Quote from: seshadri_srinathLook Strange ... heck I'd say downright ugly ... Sorry guys ... but the honest truth is ... anyhting you put on it is going to look hideous ... of course rashed or broken plastic and torn up cases is worse ... so trade off ???
Cool.
Srinath.
Does that mean you made some? And, do they look strange on '89-2002, or do they only look strange on F models?
On the 04 ... I didn't make them yet, but they will not help the looks any I am sure ... The previous lot I made looked OK on the 89-02 ... But I dont anticipate that with 04's ... the fact that it was pipe and didn't ahve sharp points or edges and corners ... helped last time, now ... Its going to be cut from flat bar and have a insert in it etc ... OK the sliders will cover that ... but if no sliders ... Its going to not be pretty ... The 04+ is very pretty ...
Cool.
Srinath.
Bump. I know someone looking to get case savers for his GS. Let me double check.
-Kel
Quote from: KeloranBump. I know someone looking to get case savers for his GS. Let me double check.
-Kel
Keloran, it is obvious from your avatar that you're not really from Canada.
Count me in I need some sliders, by the way how hard are these things going to be to install?
I have an 04 GS500F..I think I read that they would be ugly (or even not available?), but maybe new ones would look better? Or at least even fit? Please inform if the 04 would be a 2 or 3 point and yeah I wont ask to see photos yet ;o)
I really just want the sliders, but think the cage is needed first...correct?
-Matt H
My design is that 3 point or 2 point will take sliders, and install will be easy ... no need to support the motor, you will have to take off fairing to fit the front 2 ... but once they are on you can fit the fairing back and fit the third and fit sliders ... I am so sorry I can show it any other way, pics mean 1 has to be made and the guys need 25 or so to make it feasible. I will do a cardboard one if possible before I start so y'all know what it will look like. I am just getting flanges started ... so this is the next large project. I am waiting to catch the late entries so no one that got wileyco is left wihtout flange. Weird dancing with ebay ... :x
Cool.
Srinath.
I'm willing to be patient, Srianth, while you get your situation worked out.
But this topic won't wait--this thing was on page 5 before Keloran bumped it. See my earlier post in this thread about how the keychains got a sticky, but this one didn't? I was sorta half-joking then. Now I'm serious. STICKY! TOPIC! NOW! :mrgreen:
Quote from: Jake DQuote from: KeloranBump. I know someone looking to get case savers for his GS. Let me double check.
-Kel
Keloran, it is obvious from your avatar that you're not really from Canada.
:lol: It's the "South Park me"! Of course I'm from Canada. Frost can vouch for me ;) Well the avatar is a little inaccurate now. In November I chopped off my hair and put red streaks in.
I already have a set of the case savers. I love them. :thumb:
-Kel
I would like a 3 point engine guard set for a 2000 GS500E.
I got a set of the first batch of guards that srinath made and they look great. I can't (thankfully) vouch for how they hold up in a wreck, but they look good and fit well. :thumb:
Quote from: raylarrabeeI got a set of the first batch of guards that srinath made and they look great. I can't (thankfully) vouch for how they hold up in a wreck, but they look good and fit well. :thumb:
Pics?
I trust that they will be great, Srianth has a rep. However, maybe more people would be interested if a pic went up showing how well the first batch turned out (with the assurance that the next batch will be better). I just want to reach that minimum batch size so Srianth can get cracking.
i want some, but no rush i am patient.......hurry, hurry, hurry,hurry,hurry
I believe Tonydiaz did crash test it :x ... worked fine ... The first batch was sold out over a year ago ... many people posted pics then ... now its old hat ...
Cool.
Srinath.
Pics in thread:
http://www.gstwins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10522&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=40
And the following page of that thread:
http://www.gstwins.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10522&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=60
Look for post by Crash, near top of page, he has links to pics of the case savers on his bike.
-Kel
Srinath, I like the three point case guard on Cal's bike.
If you made those, I'd be down like Charlie Brown. Especially if they came with a slider on there.
Is that near what you are planning?
Not exactly. These will have to be flat bar bend and drilled. That round section will not squeeze between the fairing and motor. The rest of the concept is similar. The thing will be in 2 pieces on each side. The front to motor mounts will have one running up and down between them. I'll have the third bolt to the middle of that and the slider is going on that same spot where they bolt together. Like I said ugly ... but fairing limits the use of tubing, flat bar isn't nice to look at, sliders are going to stick out and look like crap (like they dont on other bikes) but the goal is protection really. If we get a good projection with the bar, the sliders can be lower profile and hence be less ugly. Maybe I'll try to match it to the ones on the market so those CF tip things they have will fit on it. But no promises. You can always slap carbon tape on them. Heck carbon tape the whole thing. Oh ... Yea I can powdercoat them in silver to match the motor or flat black to match the frame ... but then again ... its powdercoating ... not invisibility paint ... so dont expect any miracles in the looks department. :lol: Lemme get the flanges made, then we do this.
Cool.
Srinath.
here's an idea of what Srinath's last batch of two point guards look like.
(http://home.comcast.net/~williamethan/suz/suz013srinathbar.jpg)
and here's the Srinath case guards and the Srinath handlebars.
(http://home.comcast.net/~williamethan/suz/suz015wrider.jpg)
good stuff. i haven't tested the case guards but i'm very happy with everything.
cheers,
will
Havent been able to find them.
I'm still interested in the three pointers. Last questions, one for Srinath, one for Indestuctable Man.
1) What if you have a silver frame and black engine? Need the case saver to be black.
2) It seems your case guards fit will with the chin fairing. Do you think the three pointers will fit just as well (should be unaffected)?
Quote from: Jake D2) It seems your case guards fit will with the chin fairing. Do you think the three pointers will fit just as well (should be unaffected)?
my chin fairing is very much a custom (read: hack) job. it doesn't interfere with the case guards at all. it is cut from the lower fairing of a fully faired bike (no idea what bike it's off).
i'm not sure how other chin fairings attach, but i would guess that they mount to the same engine bolts the case guards mount to and that there might be problems.
i would guess that some ingenuity and/or some skill with a dremel might overcome those problems, but i'm really not sure.
cheers,
will
count me in if this is still going. any up dates?
From what I understand (if I understand)...
On an 04F these can be installed but the fairing cannot be placed back on?
If the fairing can be put back on how do the sliders come out?
And lastly.. Howabout frame sliders by themselves. Some dude is selling some on eBay but I hear they are CRAP!! Tahnks.
If I made them and I might cos its not that time consuming (for me) its design and spec it and laser guys headache after that ... :lol: ... then I make sliders (whihc is just plastic rods cut and drilled ... ) the 04 fairing will fit with all of this in place ... with no holes needing to be drilled in it either ... pretty much take off lowers fit these and put lowers back on ...
Cool.
Srinath.
Quote from: seshadri_srinathIf I made them and I might cos its not that time consuming (for me) its design and spec it and laser guys headache after that ... :lol: ... then I make sliders (whihc is just plastic rods cut and drilled ... ) the 04 fairing will fit with all of this in place ... with no holes needing to be drilled in it either ... pretty much take off lowers fit these and put lowers back on ...
Cool.
Srinath.
What would the sliders bolt to without the case guards? Or are they not designed like that yet?...
The sliders are not a separate item ... atleast not in my design. You can have 2 or 3 point guards without or with sliders ... sliders wihtout guards ... nope ...
The bike got nothing that will take a slider wihtout a hole in the fairing even if you managed to make/find one ...
Cool.
Srinath.
count me in, i am looking for a pair of sliders for my 04 gs
I responded back in April that I'd like a set for my '04... but as it's been a few months I wanted to shout out again. I'm thinking the 3-point guard with frame sliders is what I want, assuming it'll all fit the '04.
I don't care if it looks bad on my pretty bike. My s/o just crashed this past week and the cost of repairs would have been a lot worse if his '05 Yamaha FZ6 didn't have sliders... so I know I need 'em too!
Let me know when and where to send money, and I'll do it. I wanna be one of the first to get one this batch. ;) Thanks!
OK I get the damn bars out of here and the flanges get sent ... that will open up my day ... I'll start on these then ... Mean time ... get ready to order ... I would have to get like 50 sets ... OK fine 30-40 sets ... then we go for it ...
Cool.
Srinath. :)
I still want a 3 point for a 2000 GS500E.
If the offer is still available, I'm interested in a 3-point set with frame sliders for an '04 GS500F.