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After a simple garage tip over cost me about 600 bucks in crushed left side plastics I decided I needed frame sliders for my 2005 Sprint ST. I thought I was beyond this type of mistake in my riding career…I was WRONG WRONG WRONG! I’ve had frame sliders on my previous bikes and was stupid not to put them on this one. Also I didn’t like the look of the current selection of aftermarket systems. But since I learned Triumph ST’s fair poorly when tipped over I decided I need some type of frame slider despite there appearance and as usual decided to build some parts of my own.

Here are the final parts I ended up with. The Sliders them selves are built by Supply-N-Demand, LCC an ebay store athttp://stores.ebay.com/Supply-N-Demand-LLC. They are 5” x 1 ¾” variety with replaceable plastic caps. Also they come with a stand off machined into the bottom that I cut off. The red aluminum bars are pieces I fabricated; I need these to allow the sliders to come out below the silver trim in fairing. I believe they will work better here and look better as well.

The offset bars are 4 1/4” x 1 1/2” x 5/8”. The mounting holes are 2 ¾” from center to center. The clearance hole for the engine mounting bolt is 0.242” dia. and the slider mounting hole is 0.172” dia. tapped to M10 x 1.25.

They are made from 6016-T6 aluminum and I figured there bend strength at 1400 lbs using simple beam equations. The finish is from an 80 grit belt sander and then painted with red anodized color paint I found at pep boys.

This page is best viewed in the journal style; see upper right corner of web page.

After a simple garage tip over cost me about 600 bucks in crushed left side plastics I decided I needed frame sliders for my 2005 Sprint ST. I thought I was beyond this type of mistake in my riding career…I was WRONG WRONG WRONG! I’ve had frame sliders on my previous bikes and was stupid not to put them on this one. Also I didn’t like the look of the current selection of aftermarket systems. But since I learned Triumph ST’s fair poorly when tipped over I decided I need some type of frame slider despite there appearance and as usual decided to build some parts of my own.

Here are the final parts I ended up with. The Sliders them selves are built by Supply-N-Demand, LCC an ebay store athttp://stores.ebay.com/Supply-N-Demand-LLC. They are 5” x 1 ¾” variety with replaceable plastic caps. Also they come with a stand off machined into the bottom that I cut off. The red aluminum bars are pieces I fabricated; I need these to allow the sliders to come out below the silver trim in fairing. I believe they will work better here and look better as well.

The offset bars are 4 1/4” x 1 1/2” x 5/8”. The mounting holes are 2 ¾” from center to center. The clearance hole for the engine mounting bolt is 0.242” dia. and the slider mounting hole is 0.172” dia. tapped to M10 x 1.25.

They are made from 6016-T6 aluminum and I figured there bend strength at 1400 lbs using simple beam equations. The finish is from an 80 grit belt sander and then painted with red anodized color paint I found at pep boys.