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Looking for track plastics
- Thread starter stormcat
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A while back, I was contemplating on tracking my gsx-r and came across DUA for bodywork.
They are local and apparently their bodywork is top notch.
They can pre-paint them for you at an additional cost and I think they only carried basic colors. i.e. red, black, white, etc.
http://www.duamotorsports.com/index.php/en/procuts-eng/bodywork-eng
If you decide to buy them and have them painted yourself... for the love of God, don't spray bomb them.
They are local and apparently their bodywork is top notch.
They can pre-paint them for you at an additional cost and I think they only carried basic colors. i.e. red, black, white, etc.
http://www.duamotorsports.com/index.php/en/procuts-eng/bodywork-eng
If you decide to buy them and have them painted yourself... for the love of God, don't spray bomb them.
locally, I have had at least 4 sets from www.squidskins.com
freedomfighter
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they are sold from a canadian guy but made in china.
wish I could find some pricing
STG in Detroit sell colored race plastics. Blue Streak (Tony) is where I got mine from(Fiberglass) and painted them myself. Canadian tire Duplicolor. That way when I fall I don't cry about my 500$ paint job. Lol. Tony's Prices where fair and service is impeccable.
Rob
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Assuming that everything out of china is junk is very short sighted. The DUA stuff is top notch and so is the AB that is also made in China.
If you want super fancy painted fairings you can ask Auctmarts1 on ebay or http://www.auctmarts.com and they'll make you a set of bodywork without the headlight, brake light and signal holes. They do complete custom paint for no extra charge, or they have an insane amount of ready to go designs. Make sure you remind them to throw in some free heat shields.
-Jamie M.
-Jamie M.
That is the Chinese stuff you want to avoid.
Have you had the auctmarts stuff? I've installed two sets for people and they are the best out of the chinese stuff.
-Jamie M.
plastic race fairings......let me know how that works out
Squidskins comes fully painted/decal'd?
Can you let me know why? I run OEM on my bike and track it, why is fiberglass so much better?
-Jamie M.
None of the aftermarket fiberglass race fairings come painted. Some come "one colour" with the pigment in the mould but that's the extent of it.
Fiberglass fairings are lighter than ABS.
Fiberglass generally doesn't splinter into a million pieces in a crash. ABS cracks and breaks, and the resulting pieces can have sharp edges. (This is particularly true if the blend of ABS that is being used is not the greatest quality ... and anything that comes from China, comes with a big fat question mark in this regard.)
Fiberglass parts are user-repairable without too much difficulty. ABS is very difficult to repair and bring to a condition comparable in strength and appearance to new.
If you are going racing, there is a tech requirement that the lower fairings have to retain the engine's fluids (oil and coolant). OEM-style fairings do not allow for this.
The proper race-kit bodywork won't have the headlight holes, or the holes for the turn signals, or reflectors, or passenger seat, etc.
The fairings on my track bike have been crashed on and fixed (by me) at least 5 times.
I will grant that a large reason in the past to use fiberglass fairings, is that they were much less expensive than the OEM plastics. That's still true, but the made-in-China ABS fairings change this. Fiberglass fairings will still be lighter and easier to fix after a crash.
Fiberglass fairings are lighter than ABS.
Fiberglass generally doesn't splinter into a million pieces in a crash. ABS cracks and breaks, and the resulting pieces can have sharp edges. (This is particularly true if the blend of ABS that is being used is not the greatest quality ... and anything that comes from China, comes with a big fat question mark in this regard.)
Fiberglass parts are user-repairable without too much difficulty. ABS is very difficult to repair and bring to a condition comparable in strength and appearance to new.
If you are going racing, there is a tech requirement that the lower fairings have to retain the engine's fluids (oil and coolant). OEM-style fairings do not allow for this.
The proper race-kit bodywork won't have the headlight holes, or the holes for the turn signals, or reflectors, or passenger seat, etc.
The fairings on my track bike have been crashed on and fixed (by me) at least 5 times.
I will grant that a large reason in the past to use fiberglass fairings, is that they were much less expensive than the OEM plastics. That's still true, but the made-in-China ABS fairings change this. Fiberglass fairings will still be lighter and easier to fix after a crash.
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