The weirdest thing happened to my crash bungs...

MattP · Post by **MattP** » Fri Jan 10, 2003 2:58 pm

I need some help tracing a link I followed from this site to where I bought some crash bungs. But first, here this...

Being a rain or shine rider I got caught by the snow on Weds and ended up on my butt, loosing traction on ice.
The good news: it was all of 5mph and the recently fitted crash bung did the job, saving the body work. No other apparent damage except for a trashed indicator.
The bad news: I was amazed to see, that despite the ultra-low speed and a relatively soft impact on ice, the rod had bent

!!!!! God knows what would have happened in a more demanding situation. Although it seems to have bent where the rod enters the frame, I'm wondering if it caused any stress in the engine.

Surely it's not supposed to do this so I want to give the manufacturer a call and I've lost the details... it came thoroughly recommended from one of you guys...
Matt

Post by **firestorm_al** » Fri Jan 10, 2003 4:48 pm

Are they the R&G ones??

http://www.rg-racing.com/

Al

stormcloud · Post by **stormcloud** » Sun Jan 12, 2003 11:36 pm

Something to consider:
By bending, it may have absorbed impact that would have been transferred to the bike if it had been more rigid.

Sort of like helmet padding, car crumple zones etc.

I know what you mean about higher accident speeds, but hard impacts put a lot of stress on components no matter how strong they are.

Perhaps they'd do better protecting bits as the bike slides along the ground, but I dont know really. Be interesting to hear what the mfr says.

Cheers, hope you're OK + back on the road soon.

MattP · Post by **MattP** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 12:15 am

Yep. This bung set was R&G, thanks for the memory jog. I've looked the bike over and ridden since the ice cleared and there's no apparent damage, not a scratch or a wobble. i'm just wandering how I'm going to get the wombles out now, looks pretty solidly jammed in. A word of caution before anyone else thinks of fitting them.

So now I know they're R&G, but i didn't buy them direct. c'mon guys, rack those minds... what's that link??

thanks for the help so far

WayneM · Post by **WayneM** » Mon Jan 13, 2003 10:38 am

Hmmm. Was it me that recommended em?!

I've dropped my bike twice now (?!) with them on - both slow slippery stuff type drops and each time I've given myself a pat on the back for putting them on. How did you notice the bent rod - was it visible or did you try and remove the rod?

Unfortunately I cant help with the link - however the R&G one is

http://www.rg-racing.com/

Cheers
WayneM

MattP · Post by **MattP** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 2:09 pm

Hi Wayne
You could see it was bent, very visible indeed. I just don't get it - there's not a scuff on anything else as I fell on impacted snow and ice. Weird.

Matt