SuperBike Magazine

Part of me didn't want to spoil the looks of the GSX-R by adding great clunky lumps of plastic on the side but not doing so is a bit like walking around saying, “I never crash me.” Inevitably you will then go and crash. In effect then they're like two lucky talismen bolted to the side of the bike and, in this tear drop shape, they're not too "clunky" either.

So here they are all fitted outside the sunny SuperBike office. After two years of running long termers which needed a hole cutting out the side of the fairing to fit bungs, the GSX-R couldn't have been quicker or easier. Undo one side at a time and replace with the bung as per fitting instructions (with a dab of grease on the thread), tighten and the job's a lovely old one.

Check out www.rg-racing.com to see what other crash protection you can get for your bike

For more info on my long term test GSX-R1000 go to http://www.superbike.co.uk/bikes/current/superbike__Suzuki_GSXR1000_K7_long_termer_news_117247.html