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flappytrack fairings

Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 1:45 pm
by duncanoakes
i have just fitted track farings to kr1s

the lower fwring doesn't have the mount that locates the fairing just below the radiator and after a quick road test the fairings do appear to flap around a little, not really from head wind, but crosswinds,

Firstly, is this normal for race fairings? do they need to be a really static fit,

maybe i should just be bodging a mount for under the rad,

any advice from some people with a similar experience would be useful,

thanks duncan

Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 11:21 pm
by JanBros
never had that central mounting point on my track-fairings, and never had any problems .

Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 11:59 pm
by duncanoakes
Hi Janbros

thanks for the response, do the fairings appear to move around then?

the ones i have fitted are glass fibre as I think most are, I am just worried that they may break up if they are consistantly flexed to much

Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 12:41 pm
by the-elf
I have never used the under rad mount on my race fairings. I've only broke them from falling off, although they do get cracked during close overtaking :lol:

Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 6:44 pm
by JanBros
duncanoakes wrote: I am just worried that they may break up if they are consistantly flexed to much
nothing to worry about, you'll probably do the same as Elf and me : damage them from falling off before they can crack :mrgreen:

Posted: Tue May 05, 2009 7:16 pm
by Charles
What's a good supplier of track fairings? Possibly not too expensive?

cheers,
Charles

Posted: Wed May 06, 2009 7:24 pm
by mgtkr1
never seen race plastic with that mount either. have now got diffrent bodywork so need to work out mount ect myself. never enjoy fitting bespoke bodywork or bodywork designed for another bike. ARD, race products, BB plastics do good quality race bodywork. ARD definitly do a set for the kr1s. theres normally race bopdywork on ebay.

Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 6:26 pm
by spannerman
mgtkr1 wrote:never seen race plastic with that mount either. have now got diffrent bodywork so need to work out mount ect myself. never enjoy fitting bespoke bodywork or bodywork designed for another bike. ARD, race products, BB plastics do good quality race bodywork. ARD definitly do a set for the kr1s. theres normally race bopdywork on ebay.
mine are ard and are ok i have used rad bracket to fix the bottom i bent the origional pin 90 degrees put a bolt through it and drilled a small hole through the belly pan and put a nylock nut on fairings now solid. ade

Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 6:51 pm
by kwackman12
spannerman wrote:
mgtkr1 wrote:never seen race plastic with that mount either. have now got diffrent bodywork so need to work out mount ect myself. never enjoy fitting bespoke bodywork or bodywork designed for another bike. ARD, race products, BB plastics do good quality race bodywork. ARD definitly do a set for the kr1s. theres normally race bopdywork on ebay.
mine are ard and are ok i have used rad bracket to fix the bottom i bent the origional pin 90 degrees put a bolt through it and drilled a small hole through the belly pan and put a nylock nut on fairings now solid. ade
Never thought of that Ade =D>

Posted: Wed May 27, 2009 7:11 pm
by spannerman
you do need to pack it with a few nuts or washers but it works well and also alows you to remove the top fairing leaving bellypan in place while messing about ( thats a technical term my wife uses ) . ade.

Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2009 9:15 pm
by fred
for charles ,ive had a race products fairing on the road for 3 or 4 years,think its about £195 n £29 for screen ,there in market raisen near cadwell. oh yea ,you make your own front fairing mounts or glass fibre normall mounts ,never fixed the belly pan to awt exept the upper fairing,1 icy crash and a quick repair and its holding together well ,gell coates crazing round stressed areas tho,my bike gets abused tho

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 10:17 am
by Charles
thanks Fred =D>

cheers,
Charles