| Author | Message | ||
     Rodrob |
First the good - (and sorry for the typo in the title) Monday, I ordered the new version of the Flexiglass race farings that reverse the air flow and lose the fans. I got hem today. Very fast! I had heard that the new version was narrower and easier to install. I unpacked them and inspected. I found some minor shipping skuffs to the primer. Nothing serious. There are a few minor flaws, but nothing that won't be fixed in painitng. And these things are light! I started on the right side for no particular reason. the hardest part of the installation by far, is the disassembly and removal of the radiator. Once the radiator was removed, I drilled holes in the inside scoop where appropriate for mounting to the K bracket. It's obvious where to drill. That got me to here -   From here it was a little tedious, but easy to drill the holes for the outside uppers.   After hearing how difficult the orriginal kit was to install, I was expecting a struggle. But this was a piece of cake, And the fit is great. But.... The left side was a different story. Once I got the radiator off - No matter how much I tweeked and torqued, the two parts just wont line up, even witout the radiator inside.    The right side went on so easy and fit so good, the problems with the left side just doesn't make sense. I speculate that I was sent the inside scoop from the old stye bodywork by mistake. I will talk to Flexiglass first thing Thursday to try to get it sorted out. (Message edited by Rodrob on January 13, 2011) (Message edited by Rodrob on January 13, 2011) | ||
| Jdugger |
You have to fit the whole thing at once. Neither side will be perfect, but making one side perfect will surely make the other side completely off. Welcome to race glass. | ||
| Mountainstorm |
Nice looking profile to the scoop. That will look sharp once you get it sorted. | ||
| Rodrob |
You have to fit the whole thing at once. Neither side will be perfect, but making one side perfect will surely make the other side completely off. Not in this case. Independent of the right side, the left parts don't mate at all, and leave no room for the radiator. Something's amiss, | ||
| Rodrob |
Spoke with Trevor. I did in fact get the wrong left side scoop. He is air mailing me the correct one today. A real gentleman. | ||
| Fastbikes |
Looks good so far, please add new pictures as you go. | ||
| Rodrob |
Once I got the correct left side part, installation was a snap. Everything fit perfectly. (note - the windscreen fairing is not from plexiglass. It's a one-off carbon fiber piece from Taylormade Racing)      I ran at Willow Springs over the weekend and will post a complete evaluation in the next couple of days. So far so good. (Message edited by Rodrob on January 17, 2011) | ||
| 01lightning |
that looks sharp! | ||
| Fastbikes |
Sweet | ||
| Duggram |
Robrod, thank you for this thread. I bought the same fairing but haven't had time to work on it. I agree with your assessment of working with Trev, he's a good person. BTW one thing I can see from your front shot is that the top fairing can now be trimmed up to make it more narrow. It just wouldn't have looked right to do it with the stock pods. I also got a new top fairing. I can use my old (road rashed) top fairing to see how it looks trimmed up. One thing that Erik Buell Racing stresses about the 1190RR fairing is that it is more streamlined and allows the bike more top speed. If it looks ok and might help with top speed I want it. | ||
| Rodrob |
I was thinking the same thing. Once I get my track only bike built, I will give it a try. | ||
| Duggram |
Does this mean that you are using the bike in the pictures on the street? How do the ram-air panels work as far as keeping the engine temp within operating temp range? Without the fans doesn't it get a bit too hot? | ||
| Rodrob |
I'm not using them on the street, although I did ride it around for a while to check it out. I bought these for my track bike which is still under construction, but I had a race on Sunday so I had to run with my street bike again. As long as you are moving, the cooling seem to work OK. But it gets hot quickly once you stop. Definitely not for stop and go commuting. | ||
| Mrcjoy8 |
Did you use the stock exhaust with this. i want to use this on the street would it be ok | ||
| Rodrob |
Did not use stock exhaust. Use on the street at your risk. See above. | ||
| Nattyx1 |
What is more infuriating than being in your garage, late at night after a long day, installing the parts you paid for and then waited patiently for... and find that Tab A won't get anywhere near Slot B etc.? Of course, they're CLOSED when you're trying to make this work, and if you're like me you first think, "Ok, what am I doing wrong..." which sends you down a maddening spiral of self-doubt and frustration. So to all purveyors of parts to America's doit-yourselfers: GET THE DAMN BOX PACKED CORRECTLY first time, every time. INCLUDE EVERY fastener, nut, washer, tab, tie, bracket (perfectly and accurately shaped/drilled), etc. Make the install photos detailed and legible (not crappy b/w photo copies of previous bad/low-rez printouts of crappy cellphone pix that by the time they get to the garage, they look like Rorschalk inkblots). Make the entire package so well thought-out and delivered that your arthritic half-blind grandmother could do the install. Do NOT hire illiterate halfwits to work in your shipping department because it saves you a few bucks an hour since "anyone can assemble, pack and tape-closed a cardboard box." In fact, ANYONE can ruin your reputation, embarass you and your company, and cost you future business. So to the point here, "Trevor" might be a "true gentleman" in your eyes for making good on his original promise (implicitly: send you what you ordered and paid for). But what about the time you wasted and the frustration you experienced? To me, he OWES you something for that because he (or his employee) CAUSED that. And making good on that (with a partial refund or something...) would be exemplary "true gentleman" behavior. | ||
| Buell101 |
Right on! |
