Originally Posted by Pleiades

I do think its a little too easy to get a bit OCD about protection, you have to draw the line somewhere or you end up with a bike that weighs as much as a car and you'll never pick it up! There's also a lot of stuff on the market that masquerading as protection, but really is just bling as the parts they are quoted as protecting are either strong enough anyway or already protected (most such examples to be found in the TT catalogue!)