GB RACING ENGINE COVER SET

TESTED BY: Bruce MILES: 1100 TIME: 5 months RRP: £161.97 + V.A.T. WEB: www.gbracing.eu

No one plans on crashing, but rest assured it happens. I speak with considerate experience, having hospitalised myself more times than I care to admit to my wife, but on most of those occasions I’ve crashed with my bike(s) sporting GB Racing goodness. It’s been my go-to choice of protection since the company hit the scenes well over a decade ago, and I’m still a big fan of the merchandise, which has only got better with time. It’s what’s fitted to my GSX-R1000 race bike, which I unceremoniously threw at the scenery a few weeks back at over 90mph. At that kind of speed, with a few rumble strips thrown in for good measure, a bike is in the lap of the gods, as it bounces and skits its way undeterminably to a stop. I was dreading seeing what damage I’d done, but was pleasantly surprised to see the only visible damage to my bike was the engine case cover itself (not even the bar-end touched down), which had warn to its wear limit (shown by hole indicators) and had cracked in one area. Who cares? It’d done its job fantastically, meaning I was able to get back out on track and lap up more track-time goodness. I’m not here to preach, but rest assured my bike would’ve been mullered without GB Racing’s protection, so I’d highly recommend you fit theirs or some other brand to your bike. But know that with GB you don’t just get brilliant protection, but a perfectly fitting product, with all the necessary bolts and kits to mount it to your bike. Over many years and many crashes, the GB’s kit’s never failed to impress me, and on this particular spill it had my back once again.