03-26-2012, 10:19 AM
I did two of them on my gixxer. One was 25mm diameter and 2.5 thickness.
The biggest issue is always the bottom where two sides of the cage mount together. First i welded two plates to go side my side. That bent fast and started to brake the frame after a while.
Second cage i built was 22mm diameter and 3.5mm wall thickness(that is as thick as i gets lol). Bottom issue i solved when i welded two plates on each side of the bottom cage bars and a third plate went on them to hold them together. When i crashed hard and the cage bent a lil, i just took the third plate off and put new one with new holes on it so there wasnt any pressure on the frame or the cage. Still have that one on the gixxer:
The biggest issue is always the bottom where two sides of the cage mount together. First i welded two plates to go side my side. That bent fast and started to brake the frame after a while.
Second cage i built was 22mm diameter and 3.5mm wall thickness(that is as thick as i gets lol). Bottom issue i solved when i welded two plates on each side of the bottom cage bars and a third plate went on them to hold them together. When i crashed hard and the cage bent a lil, i just took the third plate off and put new one with new holes on it so there wasnt any pressure on the frame or the cage. Still have that one on the gixxer: