Fuel tank protection

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Hello Ducatisti,

by recherching on the inet for sliders, i've seen pictures of crashed panis,
where the impact was so hard, that the handle bar broke and the tank was damaged, or even worse the frame broke at the steering angle limiter screws.

I'm a bit afraid, that a slide the aluminium tank grinds on the road and fuel runs out
(a tank costs 1700€ and if the bike burns down its not part of the insurance contract, only wire burns)

How likely do you see the chance that the handlebar breaks a normal slide??
Has anyone mounted tank protectors and after a crash was hindsight glad??

thank you very well for your answers


Greetings Panimike
 
Yes. I used the full tank cover (not sliders) from flamingocorsa and was very glad that I did, after a lowside in the wet. Handlebar broke, footpeg broke, but the tank was immaculate.
 
I'm using the little R&G carbon sliders. I think they're only good for keeping rash off of the tank, they won't stop the handlebars from causing damage.

Friend of mine low-sided at the track hard enough to snap the steering stop clean off, but didn't sustain any tank damage from the bars. His bars kind of skim across the top of the tank now, and I think his set up is pretty much stock...
 
I am using a homemade tank cover out of fiberglass, with thick Kevlar reinforced sides. It's ugly but I am confident it will work in a crash
 
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