poinographer
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Wait a second.
Even if the pucks protrude further horizontally than the radiator shroud that does not mean they will be of much use in a crash because the typical low-side crash sees the bike falling over at an increasing angle, not simply dropping parallel to the ground.
Picturing your bike from the front or rear, think of a triangle with the tire contact patches being the vertex and the tangent points of the radiator shrouds forming the angled sides. The pucks are not further from the CR's vertical centerline than (the extension of) those angled sides. Thus, as the lean angle increases the radiator shrouds hit the ground before the pucks The vertex of this 'lean triangle" changes slightly as your footpegs (or axle-sliders, if you have them) make contact with the ground, but the concept remains the same. The radiator shrouds are just too far "out there."
Furthermore, even if the puck did hit the ground first (during a vicious high-side, perhaps), the bike would roll onto the radiator shroud immediately thereafter.
Have you ever seen a crashed motorcycle coming to rest with its wheels pointed skyward or with the bike balanced perfectly on a frame puck? I have not. haha
Your bike is going to end up resting or sliding on (at least) three points, and one of those contact points is almost definitely going to be a radiator shroud.
Even if the pucks protrude further horizontally than the radiator shroud that does not mean they will be of much use in a crash because the typical low-side crash sees the bike falling over at an increasing angle, not simply dropping parallel to the ground.
Picturing your bike from the front or rear, think of a triangle with the tire contact patches being the vertex and the tangent points of the radiator shrouds forming the angled sides. The pucks are not further from the CR's vertical centerline than (the extension of) those angled sides. Thus, as the lean angle increases the radiator shrouds hit the ground before the pucks The vertex of this 'lean triangle" changes slightly as your footpegs (or axle-sliders, if you have them) make contact with the ground, but the concept remains the same. The radiator shrouds are just too far "out there."
Furthermore, even if the puck did hit the ground first (during a vicious high-side, perhaps), the bike would roll onto the radiator shroud immediately thereafter.
Have you ever seen a crashed motorcycle coming to rest with its wheels pointed skyward or with the bike balanced perfectly on a frame puck? I have not. haha
Your bike is going to end up resting or sliding on (at least) three points, and one of those contact points is almost definitely going to be a radiator shroud.
