GERMAN 'specials' builder and parts and accessory designer Team Metisse has launched new X-Pad Racer frame sliders.
Using the patented Metisse Impact Absorber System (M.I.A.S.), owner Horst Edler told IDN that "as many protector manufacturers have changed their slider production to using cheap injection moulding, we at Metisse have gone the opposite way.
"Our X-Pad Racer frame sliders are CNC machined from solid billet POM-plastic, which, for us, is the best and only way to produce a perfect and exclusive product." Finished with anodised fittings, there are 25 colour options of X-Pad Racer protectors available with applications for over 20 motorcycle models.
Made in Germany, Polyoxymethylene (POM - also known as acetal) is an engineering thermoplastic that is used in precision parts requiring high stiffness, low friction and high dimensional stability - making it an excellent material for motorcycle protectors.
In the X-Pad Racer design the visco-elastic impact absorber (blue in the picture) is supported by six stainless steel springs. The result is a fine attack movement and progressive damping, transforming hard impacts into much softer energy.
Model-specific bracketry make fairing modifications unnecessary in most applications, and the 200-plus models that X-Pad Racer sliders are available for include recent models such as the BMW S1000XR/R/RR and Suzuki GSX-S1000.
TEAM METISSE GMBH
www.metisse.de
