Bags on or off...

[Speed3]

I have frame sliders on mine that would help in a oh-crap drop with perhaps little damage with the bags off vs on. At speed I am not too sure if the bag or the exhaust can would cost more in a minor slide? I think I would go without them and chance the can. Sliders may be a good quick addition. It's a sturdy frame.
my 0.2 cents

Slider work great great for slow speed tip overs. For highspeed stuff, they still work good but I've seen a few bikes slide and the minute the slider hits the dirt, it sticks in and pole vaults the bike in the air. Just something to think about...IMO I would run them.

 

[Soloew]

Thanks for all the replies! I appreciated the different points of view. I took the course, left the bags on and didn't have any issues (aside from getting started a little late due to all the gawking/shock/and questions like "hey wheres your clutch lever??" haha ) it was a great experience.

If you take the bags off & dump your bike, you're just going to scratch/crack a different part of the bike. 6 of one & 1/2 a dozen of another. Don't be lulled in to thinking that you're saving the bike if something happens because you aren't.

Actually, I'd think that the bag would be easier to paint/replace than the subframe... or whatever it is that you'd hit without the bags on.

<!--quoteo(post=789324:date=Sep 16 2010, 09:13 AM:name=Soloew)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Soloew @ Sep 16 2010, 09:13 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=789324"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I am about to participate in a motorcycle safety track day put on by some rider coaches from the California Superbike School here on our flightline in a few hours, and was wondering if most would remove their side cases or leave them on. The training is supposed to focus on proper cornering at (realistic) street and highway speeds...All opinions/suggestions welcome, thanks!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

I'm sure they will have you take them off,but it's always been my opinion that you should train the same way that you fight.

These were the 2 main reasons I left them on, my thinking exactly.

FYI,

If you keep the bags on and go down they're toast but you could add these as shown below on the right in a 1988 photo. (lol)

<div align='center'><img src="https://www.usautoparts.net/bmw/bmw/history/1988.gif" border="0" class="linked-image" /></div>

Haha! thanks I know a few people who could actually use that

<!--quoteo(post=789324:date=Sep 16 2010, 10:13 AM:name=Soloew)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Soloew @ Sep 16 2010, 10:13 AM) <a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=789324"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div><div class='quotemain'><!--quotec-->I am about to participate in a motorcycle safety track day put on by some rider coaches from the California Superbike School here on our flightline in a few hours, and was wondering if most would remove their side cases or leave them on. The training is supposed to focus on proper cornering at (realistic) street and highway speeds...All opinions/suggestions welcome, thanks!<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Does the AF consider the FJR a "sport bike" as the term applies to their latest stab at protecting us from ourselves?

No (thank god) :lol: that was one of the main things I was looking at, with the way things were going it was getting harder and harder to ride a "sport bike" thanks to some idiotic people who can't control themselves, plus because of my age I am consider in the highest risk category (25 and under).

 

[SwollenRaccoon]

Same theory applies on the street! Do you take them off on the street just because it might tip over?

Personally, I like the way the bike handles with them on. If I were going for speed though, I would take them off.

The same theory would apply on the street if I pushed the bike as hard when I ride on the street as I have at the 4 track days I've been to.

 

[bikerkash]

Never have anything extra on your bike that can be removed for a number of reasons. Track schools have their own rules about your personal gear as well as bike prep so they will guide you though what needs to be done. It appears you are new to track riding, my advice is to do track schools brfore you do track days. Track days are somewhat of a free for all with much looser rules than track schools and can be intimadating. There are always guys at track days that will use you for "target practice".

 

[tercol58]

I thought I might get some good feedback from this post was pretty hard to make my final choice. Well now I still have two bikes I will always want after.