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Are all fibreglass fairings crap?
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 9:45 pm
by MrStompy
Im working on this future track bike of my friends.
Trying to fit the fibreglass fairings it came with - previous owner hadnt fitted them and said they came out of america.
these ones seem really crap to me.
the holes dont line up properly, the holes arent drilled big enough,
the front fender goes on crooked etc etc. every thing just seems a little "off"
Im currently chasing a set of track fairings for my zx6 and now im wondering if i will bother. If they are all as crap as these i will just get the shits really bad...
so how is your track fairing? did it go on ok? nice and neat? did it come with all the correct (and enough) fasteners?
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:13 pm
by mitch179
mine .. dont fit so good.. but .. who cares ? ?
man they are track fairings, u get them so u dont care if u bust them up! they dont have to be super pretty and nice fitting!
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:26 pm
by Rossi
probably got the wrong model fairings but as they're for track use ..........who cares.
100 mile an hour tape and cable ties holds most together
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2006 10:30 pm
by Stretchy
If they have been sitting around for a while they can deform slightly.
Even if you buy new stuff it will take some stuffing around to get it fitting right and will need holes drilled.
Your still better off using race fairings than stock fairings.
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:32 am
by 7THSIN
I bought my fairings from 'RaceGlass' and everything was spot on. the Dzus clips were even riveted in place for me.
Some glass fairings are backyard jobs, where a mould has been taken from road fairings, and used to make copies, they're often the ones that need some work to fit properly.
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 1:43 am
by Ment
7THSIN wrote:Some glass fairings are backyard jobs, where a mould has been taken from road fairings, and used to make copies, they're often the ones that need some work to fit properly.
Agreed, some of the cheaper ones are even copies of copies.
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:27 pm
by mrmina
i dont think i have seen a set of fiberglass fairing thats fitted exactly to a bike.
Most of the time its only a hack job, because of the high probablity the bike will stack.
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 5:33 pm
by Burky
An off at 100+km/hr they will look like crap anyway. Out comes the race tape and ties (hey back to crappy fitting glass + the added battle scars).
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 7:12 pm
by MrStompy
i guess one way to limit problems with them is to get them from a reputable source. rather than some unknown mob in america.
hopefully i can find a second hand set for my bike so that atleast the holes and shit line up.
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 7:41 pm
by gizmo
If you want quality go with Racersedge fairings from what I see at trackdays....
If you actually look at the racebikes in magazines, you can notice the panels don't line up properly, I noticed it alot on the OZ Hunda raceteam bikes in Pics....
I don't think that race bikes/cars etc etc really need to be perfect, as long as they are shiny they will look good & with all the sponsors stickers over them you won't notice much anyway....
Mate of mine is a panel beater/Spray painter & he reckons most fibreglass car body kits need heaps of work to look good before they fit them to a car, so it would seem it's just the way fibreglass stuff is.....