Talon Cage wall thickness?

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BiGPimP

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Anyone know yet the wall thickness on these cages? I was looking at an X at my local dealer. The metal gusset at the top of the a-pillar seemed a bit thicker than a soda can. I found a weep hole on the underside of the top tube where the b-pillar meets and shined my light up in there. Seems awful thin. I know that with larger diameter, you can use thinner material and get the same strength(moment of inertia). Just wondering if anyone can chime in.
 
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In theory you could use thinner material.

In real life the thin wall is easy to dent. The dent reduces your strength exponentially.
 
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I didn’t write down the measurements but it the pioneer 1000 uses three different wall thicknesses in the cage. And all of them are thin. Possibly the same way with the Talon

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I chopped 4.5” out and sleeved them with the longest piece I could fit in all 6 pillars....
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Did you use a 1.5" OD DOM tube for sleeving the pillars?

Anyone look into beefing up the attachment points where the cage meets the frame?