Bike Crash Test With R&G & McAMS

The guys from R&G and McAMS said we can crash their bike on purpose, all in the name of science.
Thanks to
R&G: www.rg-racing.com/#
McAMS: www.mc-ams.co.uk/
ART: www.artmotorcycletraining.co.uk/
KNOX: www.planet-knox.com/

[@Islander.1]

Wish they tested both sides of the bike. I wanted to see how good the exhaust protector would work.

[@demisx]

There is a reason they chose the left side. Makes this marketing video much better. 😉

[@aka_pierre]

The exhaust protector never really works. It's not just r&g, no one's does. That said, I don't see evotech doing these dump tests. In fact, I don't know anyone who has actually admitted to crashing in evotech sliders.

[@Birky_41]

9:12 for anyone who just wanted to see the crash

[@OneTwoFive0]

Bikes should be fitted with crash protection from the factory, and if you’d like you can remove them.

[@paulocarreiro5855]

9 minutes of preparation and anticipation and it's still horrible when he crashes it!

[@lewiscross7194]

"Lets stop talking about crashing and do some crashing" TTHAANKK YOUU

[@LambChopRides]

Blimey Chris has balls!! Brilliant video guys, suprising how far it slid!

[@ragerider6283]

Very interesting. Without the crash protection the bill would have been thousands & possibly even a write-off if you were unlucky. Makes you think. Also illustrates the importance of wearing proper gear no matter what! Great vid.

[@bella_testastretta]

squids hate this video lol

[@AridersLifeYT]

i did the same thing with my old gear, gave her a final goodbye send off she deserves with a chuckle and a moment of appreciation for how fun it is to practice crashing. regardless of what people say I've always been and advocate for knowing how to crash.

[@pistolpete6321]

Great video guys, really interesting and makes me glad I have R&G protection on my Tuono!

[@jaudicedbrow]

I dropped an MT10, albeit at very low speed, and I was very fortunate that the R&G crash protectors I had fitted saved me from any serious damage - just grazes to indicators and levers. I've since fitted additional R&G products so that I don't push my luck. It's a slightly more expensive package than you are suggesting though. The crash protection fitted to that bike (case covers, aero protectors, lever guards, cotton reels, fork protectors, swingarm protectors, exhaust protector) will set you back £438 delivered. I'm not suggesting it's not a wise investment, just that it's a bit pricier than £250. Nicely crashed.

[@Roy_Godiksen]

Great video! This is a great example of a "slippery road" situation and what to expect if the bike stays on the road.

[@v4forlife]

Brilliant. Proper informative, and I came into this thinking it’s just an ad. Congrats on pulling rank too John. 😉

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

Cheers Wil

[@HEKTIC458]

R&g are the shiz! I cannot speak highly enough of them. Great quality product

[@Arcadiality]

Awesome vid guys. Thank you. Reminds me I need to invest in a proper pair of bike jeans too.

[@VeeFour]

Very interesting. I'd have thought that a front lowside under breaks would replicate the most common type of crash, but that would be a difficult one to simulate without injury. Good effort 👍

[@trionrider]

Awesome video! Thanks for making it!

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

Trion Rider thanks

[@fredeamorph]

Thanks for this vivid demonstration. 👍

[@mrsuperduke6684]

Bloody impressive..... like lcr said how far the bike slid at said 30mph.... wow. But the protection worked.... off to rg website for some more gear.👍

[@digisuboob]

this is the best ad for R&G ive seen

[@anidiotinaracingcar4874]

Extremely interesting! But now, you have to crash it without the protective gear to compare :-D

[@Chris-yy7qc]

Dont forget lay it down on the other side

[@arnobashtar6707]

Agreed, I'm not convinced frame sliders are a good idea. Look how far the bike slid despite the slow speed. All you need in real life is a grass patch or a pothole and that bike would cartwheel itself to oblivion.

[@LunchBXcrue]

@@arnobashtar6707 Well considering most people ride on pavement I would think they are a good idea... I would take it sliding with a chance of flipping over it grinding everything and making a repair 10 times more expensive. Besides its not like bikes without sliders don't ever flip...

[@arnobashtar6707]

Makes for an interesting discussion and I see your point.. but from my experience crashing without sliders. The grinding damage is really not that bad. Plastics are easy to repair with body filler and touch up paint. For minor scrapes you can cover them up with stickers. Aftermarket fairings can be worn and the OEM ones can be stored. The exhaust can be grinded, sanded and polished back to perfection. However if all you ever do is ride in town at low speeds, suck at touchup and you only have OEM fairings for an expensive Ducati. Then absolutely use the sliders.

[@alang1322]

Nice demonstration, definitely purchasing R&G products for my Ducati XDiavel!

[@duaneboulton5827]

Solid effort on the lay down, got some stones and some skill there 👍🏻

[@moviebod]

It's a bit scary. I am a bit too old to bounce these days. Great video.

[@tubingforever]

I'm getting a full R&G kit, so I won't be trying this at home - I'll be trying it on the streets.

[@robsonenduro3316]

I always thought we should all learn how to crash as well our bikes. Do more videos like this.

[@bikedude5911]

Thought they would have done the exhaust side. Especially as the bike was less protected on that side and would have certainly received more damage. I run a variety of crash protection on my bikes, R&G, Xtreem Bike Works, T-Rex, SW Motech. I chose each one for it specific function.

[@chrisbarbz9238]

I wish this was done with a full faired bike. But great test. Thank you!

[@dunstanhawk7367]

As someone about to move up to my first big bike, I can definitely see the benefit of this. Everyone tells me there are only two types of bikers .... those who’ve crashed and those who are going to crash! Probably best to get some of this kit for whatever I buy next.

[@moviebod]

I am in the former category (38 years ago) and hope that I never do again.

[@CeeRTee]

You wanna watch that Alan bloke. I bumped into him in my local Yamaha dealer Saturday and after a 5 minute chat i had somehow spent 160 quid on R&G products.... only popped in for a coffee ;)

[@gustavgod]

Great insights.. thanks!

[@vincentcausey8498]

Very informative. Do R&G do airbags too?

[@SupermotoZach]

Awesome protection from R&G. Thanks to Chris for crashing on purpose lol...gotta get me some R&G stuff for my triumph

[@d_6873]

Just bought r an g engine covers for my fireblade. Well made.

[@AlistairDsilva]

Damm...never seen something like this before...pretty interesting

[@disekjoumoer]

Excellent video. Chris is the man, no doubt about it.

[@brno221973]

Had r&g on my old bike & that went down twice but the r&g protectors did the job both times with zero damage to the bike. Got them on my new bike & hopefully I’ll never need them but for piece of mind I’d never be without them on any bike.👍

[@ShezzerNator175]

As a MT10 owner who recently crashed a month ago this was very hard to watch. I crashed at 60kmh (low sided on some oil mid corner). That sound is pretty memorable and not nice to listen to. I didn’t have any protection on the bike and the bill was just over $8K AUD. Definitely worth all the sliders 👍

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

Sorry to hear that, hope you're OK?

[@ShezzerNator175]

Bike World had my full gear on so had no serious injuries fortunately. I pick up R&G sliders next week with a set of Power RS tyres too. 😊

[@davidkirk9187]

Would have been nice to see how right side performed in same test i have aero bungs fitted on my mt10 and that right hand mount through frame onto cambox leaves me nervous if bolt fails could damage engine ?

[@sonamoto6246]

Nice vid! What we all wanted to see! No major damage at 30mph but I'm guessing loads more damage if higher speed! Moral in the story..... Be carful out there and watch your speed and your surroundings!! 🏍🏍🏍🏍🏍👍🏼

[@JulioVillavicencio-ru2sn]

Thanks for posting. I’ll be on their site looking at protection for 2023 S1000XR

[@jasonaymes7300]

just what I needed to know, been researching this kit and other protection systems, A new biker just out to buy an either a MT-09 or MT-10 subject to test rides & costs. CAN YOU DO ONE ON SECURITY SYSTEMS, Trackers and the like

[@VictoriaStobbie]

Damn, wanted to see that that exhaust guard can do.

[@samueljung2165]

What do you guys think about crash protection bars?

[@ronanrogers4127]

He’s very skilled at dropping the bike, fantastic! But you’d not fix that gear lever by the side of the road, you’d probably have to select either 2nd or 3rd and leave it in that gear. Still able to get on your way, though.

[@Chris-yy7qc]

I think you can still shift it

[@OrmTourist]

Great vid 👍

[@benoitguillou3146]

Someone made my cb1100 fall on its left side by hooking up my left rear view mirror to their car's rear view mirror ...Bike was on the side stand with direction column locked ,thankfully i had crash bars so only the gear lever got nicked ...But doyou think damage could have been done internally withing the direction column locking mechanism ? Are those direction column implements sized and designed to handle such fall overs with zero speed ?

[@Banditmanuk]

I remember someone posting on Twitter a picture of the lovely MT10 saying we are about to deliberately crash this bike. I said " Nooo don't do it (I own an MT10) Someone then took great pleasure in sending me the pic of it's on its side!!! Glad the R&G stuff did its job and the Yam is good to ride / wheelie again.

[@williamclark6641]

People gonna hate but it's small amount of money compared to most bikes and on the off chance one does get frisky with the ground you might just be able to pick it up an continue your journey. No oil, no brakes, no clutch, no journey. Sure it won't stop handle bars being mashed, forks twisted or wheels being bent but every little helps.

[@lamlangthien3882]

damn that was a brutal test

[@JihadHorse]

Blimey that’s bloody impressive m8 I’ll tell ya that

[@RidetheWild]

So good! :D

[@PMolk]

Impressive. You wouldn't catch me throwing that MT-10 down the road on purpose though.

[@Chris-yy7qc]

Me neither. Had goose skin watching this

[@rjanzen3810]

That's a pretty tame slide really. I crashed many times as a teen and half were front wash, with the other slow high sides. Full rear brake low washes are almost non-existent. But understand 100% that the other common types are too risky to test .. and can bend fork and frame. As for the many comments about why they didn't do an exhaust side test. That protector is just for tip-overs. They add zero strength to the inlet pipe or the rear hanger.. those areas will still cop bending damage.

[@bikersquest]

I remember the old vid, the only criticism I have is with my R&G bar ends on my FZ1 being too light vs stock therefore causing a numb hands on the motorway.

[@Nightdare]

Grab a longer bolt and put a good big (heavy) steel spacer between the rubber and the bar end

[@jb372]

How can your temporary repair a snapped gear lever on your way to work? Anyone else carry a spare gear lever?

[@obionemoreslice2479]

Oh I like this

[@Gj0315]

Take balls to do that, a wiggle would scare me on road

[@johndoe-im9fr]

This is the first time i've looked at a mt-10 and said damn that looks good, how did or how can I get the whole bike blue? that looks awesome...

[@Knightlore10]

I’ve seen this bike in the flesh recently. Looks really cool in the McAms livery Think McAms will use as a show bike at events.

[@ivosantos2521]

Very cool

[@mjsalsbury007]

How comes Chris looks like forest gump when he goes for the run across America ?

[@peiyiyu7364]

The camera man is the bravest one😂😂😂

[@MrHugawa]

250 for the protection is definitely worth it... no doubt

[@stephenmcqueen4029]

Chris Northover? Good lad.

[@mike1967sam]

Dude just 2 days ago I tipped over to the right on my brand new Honda CBR, I was able to hold the weight almost until the bike was on the ground and I only got two very minor 1 cm long scratches but it was more my ego than the scratches that bother me.

[@user-tq3ud9zi7w]

Wow that bike slid for ages.

[@mmcguireiphone]

How you temporary repair that on your way to work???

[@moviebod]

I'd definitely have a day off. I can't think of a better excuse than "I crashed my bike". Everyone is expecting to hear that at some time anyway. Win Win.

[@beerdedwanderer]

You don't, you put it in 3rd and ride till you can properly fix the shifter.

[@elobiretv]

You cant, they are just trying to make it sound like the bike was undamaged and rideable when it obviously wasnt.

[@broderp]

Skip to @9:00. You're welcome.

[@dumbowetpants]

Everytime I've had a crash my gear lever snapped off, wonder if they could make something to try and stop this... 🤔

[@rockafella1690]

Fuck, I was not expecting that. 😳 Genuinely startled. 😂

[@WaffleStomper69]

I don't think it is as much of a risk with sliders but I am always concerned that highway pegs or full crash bars will catch something on the road and high side the bike, potentially throwing you in the air or the bike on top of you.

[@revitralph84]

deym, I thought it was just a simple low speed crash but that was horrible to watch. made me remember my crash.

[@cloggsy1971]

I thought you’d have chucked it down on both sides; would love to know how the exhaust protection faired??

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

Sorry one crash wasn't enough for you, LOL!

[@cloggsy1971]

Bike World LOL, no; I just think there’s more to entail for damage on the exhaust side, than the non-exhaust side. Plus, in for a penny, in for a pound... You may as well knacker a complete set?! 😉👍🏻

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

@@cloggsy1971 We didn't want to take the piss, rider and bike OK after the one...

[@cloggsy1971]

Bike World Completely understand 👍🏻

[@Legendary_Tales]

FIRST!! The question for me is... Does R&G make sliders and other protective parts for American cruisers?

[@GarryMcGovern]

Well done, have a biscuit.

[@Bredaxe]

Man, that's a big empty space for body protection I've always noticed and that's the rib cage.

[@minnsminns]

Ah, but broken ribs gets you out of work trips (that you didn't want to go on) as my boss found out. He hit a dustbin at night... *facepalm*

[@Bredaxe]

@@minnsminns lol, so he says.

[@roninr8199]

I am here mainly to check whether fork sliders are worth. Looks like they are.

[@cyphertheory]

That was a bloody long advert

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

And by you watching we can now buy another private jet, thanks!

[@cyphertheory]

@@BikeWorldTVshow not sure if you are trying to say that wasn't sponsored content, or it was? I mean you literally exist as a business to sell advertising to consumers right? I have not problem with that but let's at least be honest about it...

[@beerdedwanderer]

You do realize it's you that's the product, right?

[@roadwarrior8560]

@@beerdedwanderer rubbish

[@mmdirtyworkz]

@@BikeWorldTVshow even with adblock? :)

[@davidelizabeth4933]

The forced crash was beautifully executed. 👍

[@lipsee100]

but would the exhaust have survived if it had fallen on the other side?

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

lipsee100 it had a protector, might have touched down.

[@Njxya]

Damn! Never thought I would make a comment about sound quality. But, look, I definitely desided to support chanel, to watch it video despite it not funny or really top content, and I long time subscriber. But I just didn't withstand that sound guys. Yeah maybe most people managed but seriously is that so hard to buy bigger mic muffler? Or in other means reduce those ambient noise

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

So, Chris risks limbs and skin to entertain you and you're worried about some background sound?

[@armandblake]

I’m hurting just watching this 😢

[@990Hyper]

Sosia di Enrico Nigiotti !! :-)

[@brewinginc.769]

ahhhhhh the exhaust is on the other side...do it again!!!!!...and next try it on a tall adventure bike!!

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

brewinginc. The side was down to Chris the rider, that’s his favourite... we might see if we can make a series of it.

[@cuanmcquaide8083]

Just such a sad sound when the bike hits the ground 😩

[@wrackz9025]

In my crash experience i had no protection on my Bike and all it had was a broken engine cover and a broken handgrip. Speed was about the same.🤙🏼😉

[@CaiStroudHD]

I did a 40mph crash my bike flipped, I snapped the clutch lever bracket off completely, snapped a foot peg, bent my gear and brake levers cause it flipped. I’m still debating are crash bungs worth it cause they could increase the likelihood of flips in real world use.

[@anidiotinaracingcar4874]

1:30: Shit, I was just about to try

[@xdrive8860]

If I learned anything from this video it's to make sure I always crash on my left side.

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

Yep!

[@adamstratford6740]

Fucking hell i thought Forrest Gump was rescued from that deserted island 😂

[@raymorris952]

Question, why is this stuff so bloddy expensive? For what is basically mass produced moulded plastic!

[@frizenfreeze]

Try getting the castings right. Lets see how you maintain the cost.

[@robertkacala]

you can always start your own company if you deliver cheaper products :)

[@fornicateu2]

There are other companies/people doing crash protection products you can find them on bike forums, I've bought a couple of undamaged fairing protectors from a breaker on ebay and some 12mm threaded bar for my bike just got to put it together next time I remove tank n fairings for a service at the end of the month.

[@frizenfreeze]

@SunzOffski so why not try and see it yourself?

[@AMAsomeday91]

I haven't personally tested it, and frame sliders are a bike saver on the street, but I've seen in club racing that on the track they can dig into the dirt and flip the bike. Thoughts? I crashed a 916 without sliders on the track at 110 mph and it just dug in and stopped. I think it would have flipped when it hit the dirt if sliders were installed.

[@GarryMcGovern]

Though of course it CAN happen (I'm a club racer and track instructor for a laugh!), but I tend to tell those at track who ask about it, that I would liken it to the argument for and against wearing seatbelts. Where the idiots who argue against wearing them try to argue that you more likely to be 'thrown free', than be trapped inside. Yes, of course that IS a possibility, but the balance of probability tips massively towards you being better off with a seatbelt on, and with sliders, you are also massively better off having them on too. But it's not the dirt that would cause a bike to flip (if it was to dig in at all), but the curb that would flip the bike, but to be brutally honest - if a bike is sliding that quickly when it hits the curb - there's enough between wheels, pegs, can, etc., to catch a curb and cause a flip, so I never go out on track without them (as I can't afford to keep replacing panels when I dump it!!) Hope that helps. ;)

[@AMAsomeday91]

@@GarryMcGovern luckily the track I crashed at didn't have curbs, then it would have been a totally different story. Thanks mate

[@robertkacala]

whish to see under the engine cover and front bobbins, pls next time use cheaper bike ;) and do more tests with more speed

[@AoP893]

Looks like it might of just went through on the engine case to mark the original cover? Still impressive:)

[@155mustang]

Yeah that case cover was def scarred. But that’s maybe $800 to replace plus a gasket and you can do it yourself.

[@Yorcen]

+ Mirrors.

[@nickh3809]

Some research... a 20 mph purposely lowsided.. all worked out perfect.. so what did we learn... absolutetly nothing seeing as how this isnt even close to real life 😂 No flips.. no 'oh shit' amature grabbing the front brake & wiping out.. So basically... if you drop your bike in the garage, your covered. Anything else, hope for the best 😎 Road debris.. medians/barriers/bumps.. disappointing this could have been so much cooler & much better publicity.. as long as its actually a quality product and not more snake oil that already floods the bike market with overpriced junk 👍👍 But seeing as how u actually did a test in general.. im willing to bet your product is superior to 90% of products available to the public. I'll give you that. Thumbs up

[@TheMrJohnnyp]

exactly what i was thinking. if you fall off your machine and it rolls over a few times this isnt gonna help. last month i crashed and the insurer never even bothered to fix the bike. Sadly motorcycles involved in accidents usually take a big hit.

[@raphaelauteuil8502]

30 mph.

[@DonGH97]

What about the other side guys ? ;) i want to protect my full akrapovic system lol

[@goodmantruth8185]

Could you do it faster next time?

[@silky5366]

To be a fair test, I would like to see it dropped on the exhaust side also and then compare total damage. 👍

[@BikeWorldTVshow]

We didn't want to push our luck!

[@demisx]

The damage would’ve been much worse and you’d less likely purchase this product.

[@JoeRocket-sf6qs]

Jesus Christ man Ive put my bike ass over kettle at least three times and I consider myself anal about wearing gear but this guy is nuts.

[@nickfifield1]

This or crash bars ?

[@BlazinXioN]

ouch,......

[@mark675]

Chris trying to look like jesus? 😄