Jesus fekkin' Christ man, would ya just grow a pair and tell her she doesn't NEED to understand! She just needs to do what she's sodding told and stay still when you're parking or you'll find yourself a woman who WILL!!!!!Majority of the time i have almost dropped mine is bc when my wife is on the back when i'm trying to park, and she suddenly shifts over or something and about makes me spill it. I tell her all the time not to do it when i am trying to manuever the bike, but she just doesn't understand.
i know what i'll do, next time she shifts ever so slightly back there at a stoplight or something, i'll put the kickstand down and jump off the bike throwing my helmet 50' across the street and start screaming at her that she's a dumb b***ch, would that make u feel better???????
it is a tough decision. I'm sure cuts offer better protection in a real slide, but like most, i didn't want to hack into my fairing. I have heard a few say they are junk and will take out the radiator in a slide, but i just wanted something to protect against tip overs or a low speed slide, which these will do. If i lay the bike down doing 50-60mph no slider is going to completely save it and the last thing i'm gonna be worried about in a bad crash is my fairing getting scratched up. Another reason i like the no-cuts is if i want to remove the sliders for some odd reason to give the bike a cleaner look or somethin, u can never even tell they were there, where as with cut sliders u will have a gaping hole if removed