Rear spools and crash protection

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Pegs and muffler stick out further than swingarm spools.....

Logic has no place here.

 

[likebutta]

The pine cone crash? I was gonna roll backwards after completing that turn in the gif; thought I could just roll over the pine cones but one got caught on the front and down I went! lol

Oh wow so that was your accident... I was thinking that tripping over pine cones was maybe a thing.

 

[油井緋色]

Logic has no place here.

Left side has no exhaust and the peg did not save my spool from being snapped off.

I was inquiring because, chances are, the next crash I have will be on the track at a much faster pace. I was hoping to minimize the damage.

 

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Left side has no exhaust and the peg did not save my spool from being snapped off.

I was inquiring because, chances are, the next crash I have will be on the track at a much faster pace. I was hoping to minimize the damage.

There is a reason most track bikes have fiberglass fairings. They are a lot easier to repair and tends not to shatter into a million pieces like the stock fairings. Are you planning a track day or race?

Edit: Think of when you lowside what bits are actually going to touch down and what is doing to be damaged.....and then think what will happen as the bike hits the grass. If you highside you will have other things to worry about like your collarbones.

 

[油井緋色]

There is a reason most track bikes have fiberglass fairings. They are a lot easier to repair and tends not to shatter into a million pieces like the stock fairings. Are you planning a track day or race?

Edit: Think of when you lowside what bits are actually going to touch down and what is doing to be damaged.....and then think what will happen as the bike hits the grass. If you highside you will have other things to worry about like your collarbones.

I'm taking racer5 in July and will try for 3 track days a month following that until October to get a feel for the sport (and how much money raping will occur).

Would you recommend switching to a different set of fairrings for track?

 

[Mina]

Would you recommend switching to a different set of fairrings for track?

Absolutely. They will save you a lot of $ down the road should you decide to surf the concrete on your OEM fairings.

 

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I'm taking racer5 in July and will try for 3 track days a month following that until October to get a feel for the sport (and how much money raping will occur).

Would you recommend switching to a different set of fairrings for track?

Racing is expensive and addictive. Yes I would recommend a second set of beat up track fairings. That is what i did before i got a dedicated track bike. You can find beat up ones relatively cheap. Keep your pretty OEM ones looking nice for the street. Bonus you get to do a full inspection of the bike every time you switch.

 

[油井緋色]

Absolutely. They will save you a lot of $ down the road should you decide to surf the concrete on your OEM fairings.

I'll look into this later in the summer. Thanks for the recommendation.

Racing is expensive and addictive. Yes I would recommend a second set of beat up track fairings. That is what i did before i got a dedicated track bike. You can find beat up ones relatively cheap. Keep your pretty OEM ones looking nice for the street. Bonus you get to do a full inspection of the bike every time you switch.

I know racing is probably going to be addictive but I think its cheaper than getting hit with a HTA172 charge lol

 

[kellen]

I know racing is probably going to be addictive but I think its cheaper than getting hit with a HTA172 charge lol

It's not

 

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Here are two Ontario companies to get you started squidskins.com and armourbodies.ca and there are alot of other choices out there. A full set of track fairings new is still cheaper then replacing just an OEM side and tail.

 

[油井緋色]

Here are two Ontario companies to get you started squidskins.com and armourbodies.ca and there are alot of other choices out there. A full set of track fairings new is still cheaper then replacing just an OEM side and tail.

Thanks. I noticed BlueStreak has the ones from armourbodies...

...time to slowly save up lol Too many wants!

 

[JohnnyP636]

Axle sliders front and rear, or if you can afford chain adjusters with build in sliders...Driven makes a nice set of axle blocks for a reasonable price with build in sliders

The rear stand spool mounts on most modern bikes are not strong enough to withstand an impact, and they just end up snapping off or bending, then you need either a new swingarm or a repair...I have had to weld the mounts back onto about 3 swingarms in the last year alone for this exact reason

On my bikes I dont even run the spools, I put bolts in to work on the bike and use a stand and then I remove them before riding, because even just the spool without a slider on the end is long enough to snap off the mount in a crash

 

[uchi]

I pitched my bike at bogie last year at almost 130 kph and the kapsco spools took some damage and likely saved more expensive stuff from getting broken

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