Fitted. As always, excellent quality and service from Evotech. And yes, I know I need to Hoover the floor!
Not sure I would be happy bolting it to the block, miss your footing and lay the bike down could potentially destroy the engine.
I had an email conversation with Evotech, they said most of their crash bungs bolt to the engine and that they’ve never had any problems. The guys at my Ducati dealer don’t seem to think it would be an issue, and highly rate Evotech kit, they do a heck of a lot of research so know what they’re doing. If it goes over and cracks the engine case, they’ll get the bill, but I’m not going to sit around worrying about what ifs!
Just seems a lot of money rich for something that potential will do more damage, the span of that bracket also makes it weak. I’m going to call Gerry @ evotech tomorrow and see what he says.
Anything more than a topple over at near standard still, I can't see what damage they would prevent..mine tipped over in a petrol station (my fault) and the things that touched down were the pillion peg, both upper and lower side panels and the handguard. The lower side panel took most impact. I fitted the Ducati engine guards soon after.
Yeah, have a chat with him and see what he says. I can’t see Evotech developing something that could potentially cause more damage, they’d be crazy to.
Seeing them in the flesh, I’d say they would definitely protect the engine, and should prevent the panels from touching down. The handguard still would, probably the peg, but that should fold up anyway. It would be good to see some development videos, to see what is fully protected. If I didn’t have a bad back, I’d get some extra carpet and lay the bike down in the garage, to see exactly, but there’s no chance I’m trying that right before a trip!
All crash bungs bolt to something, unless they bolt through. If the impact is heavy enough, they can potentially cause more damage than they prevent. Twisted frames, broken engine mounts and yes, cracked cases. Worth remembering that a load of Gen 1 RSVs got written off because the rear brake lever would dent the frame if you dropped the bike. So nothing is perfect. Good for tip offs and overs. Anything more and you’d claim on the insurance?
Even the Ducati engine guards bolt to the engine. I suspect the Evotech ones are designed to bend and absorb any impact that way. Nothing will prevent a sliding bike from damage. The pillion peg hanger prevented my exhaust from taking a fair bit of the impact.
Evening all, I'm picking up a PP next week but only have a day to get used to it before off to the Eiffel forest, Nurburgring and then Assen. Any tips or shortcuts to get used to it before I go. Coming from a 1200s dvt & only ridden big twins for the last 15 years. I'm only 5' 8" so any tips for the vertically challenged . I've ordered a Ventura rack as I'm so used to the bags - might be tempted to get a top box time permitting Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated Cheers
It's taller though its nowhere near as top heavy. You will almost certainly be OK unless you stop on a camber.
