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Please note that frame sliders can pose danger if installed incorrectly. They can potentially bend your entire frame in a crash. The frame is designed to withstand certain forces, applied in certain directions at certain points. Load-bearing parts (e.g. engine mount points) of the frame are very strong, but other parts are weaker. If you simply bolt a frame slider to a random point on your frame, all the energy of a crash will be transferred through the slider to that point. Is the frame strong enough to absorb all that energy? Will it bend? Will your mount point break off? Remember, that EX250's frame was never meant for frame sliders, and the above mentioned designs are unproven. Think, before you install.

Remember, that stock turn signals will come in contact with the ground first, so your frame sliders will be useless unless you replace stock turn signals with flushmounts first. Please note that frame sliders can pose danger if installed incorrectly. They can potentially bend your entire frame in a crash. The frame is designed to withstand certain forces, applied in certain directions at certain points. Load-bearing parts (e.g. engine mount points) of the frame are very strong, but other parts are weaker. If you simply bolt a frame slider to a random point on your frame, all the energy of a crash will be transferred through the slider to that point. Is the frame strong enough to absorb all that energy? Will it bend? Will your mount point break off? Remember, that EX250's frame was never meant for frame sliders, and the above mentioned designs are unproven. Think, before you install.

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	Please note that frame sliders can pose danger if installed incorrectly. They can potentially bend your entire frame in a crash. The frame is designed to withstand certain forces, applied in certain directions at certain points. Load-bearing parts (e.g. engine mount points) of the frame are very strong, but other parts are weaker. If you simply bolt a frame slider to a random point on your frame, all the energy of a crash will be transferred through the slider to that point. Is the frame strong enough to absorb all that energy? Will it bend? Will your mount point break off? Remember, that EX250's frame was never meant for frame sliders, and the above mentioned designs are unproven. Think, before you install.		Remember, that stock turn signals will come in contact with the ground first, so your frame sliders will be useless unless you replace stock turn signals with flushmounts first. Please note that frame sliders can pose danger if installed incorrectly. They can potentially bend your entire frame in a crash. The frame is designed to withstand certain forces, applied in certain directions at certain points. Load-bearing parts (e.g. engine mount points) of the frame are very strong, but other parts are weaker. If you simply bolt a frame slider to a random point on your frame, all the energy of a crash will be transferred through the slider to that point. Is the frame strong enough to absorb all that energy? Will it bend? Will your mount point break off? Remember, that EX250's frame was never meant for frame sliders, and the above mentioned designs are unproven. Think, before you install.