| Author | Message | ||
     Dago |
I received this link from hellbuellies@yahoogroups.com: http://www.yoyodyneti.com/SearchResult.aspx?CategoryID=243 | ||
| Olinxb12r |
That is pretty cool Dago. I think for the entire full fairing (Upper and Lower) it is $400 for fiberglass. That is still pretty cheap. I think the full fairings look good, but I'm afraid that my bike will start to overheat. | ||
| Daman |
It is the same pricing as racingmotorcycles.com | ||
| Firewhirl |
Check out my profile, has Sebimoto full fairing. It does run hotter. | ||
| Redstar100 |
It runs hotter because it was designed for constant speed of racing not stop start of traffic | ||
| Firewhirl |
Even at 55mph there is not enough air flow in my opinion. That's why they call it a race fairing, XB's were not designed to a full race fairing. I plan to modify mine to get some more air flow. Trick is doing it and not making the fairing look like poopie. | ||
| Bbstacker |
From the picture it looks like you would have to do some heavy mods on it anyway. What with cutting out holes for the headlights, blinkers, mirrors and all. | ||
| Shred |
Looks good Firewhirl | ||
| Xb9 |
Firewhirl, do you have a straight-on, frontal view pic of your bike? Does the Sebimoto fairing allow the use of the stock left side air scoop and the stock oil cooler scoop? | ||
| Race_pirate |
Thats the bodywork that Im using. I do not ride my XB on the street so I cannot comment on overheating BUT I have never had any problems overheating while racing or in open practice. Check out my website for a front on view. I have eliminated the air scoop for the oil cooler but have left the cooler in the stock location. Air does flow pretty well thru both sides of the body work, and again I race the bike for a total of 30 minutes max. I also eliminated the air scoop for the air box/rear cyclinder. You can also secure that body work from Trojan in the UK. | ||
| Doitindark |
Race_pirate, nice paint job on the bike!! Looks easy to do and fix if it hit the ground. | ||
| Firewhirl |
There is not enough air flow at low and very low speeds. You can run too hot during commute in mid summer around Wash DC. XB9, yes I am using all the factory components, air scoops for cooler and intake. The fairing does sit against the scoops. I would like to get the scoop that runs along the extended section on left side to pull more air into the cooler and intake. I am also thinking of modifying the fairing on the front sections and front sides to allow more flowing over the engine adn exhaust. Maybe something like you see on a the rear lower quarter panel on a 2004 Z06 corvette. The fairing itself on the exhaust manifold side has gotten so hot I could NOT keep my gloved hand on the fairing for more than half a second. I took some pics last night of the front. I'll post them within the next few days. | ||
| Diablobrian |
In my opinion, if a bike was going to overheat with a fairing, it would be on a race bike, not a street bike. Race bikes run at high rpms nearly all of the time, while a street bike rarely does (comparatively speaking of course). If I recall correctly (please correct if wrong) the amount of turbulence behind the front wheel combined with boundary(?) air that "attatches" to the bike really minimizes the difference between the two as far as cooling is concerned. I would love to see a study with hard data to confirm or destroy my theory. I may have to give it a go (the study) next summer. (Message edited by diablobrian on December 01, 2005) | ||
| Race_pirate |
Firewhirl- For the exhaust side I used a piece of aircraft aluminum speed tape on the inside of the fairing. It helped to keep from cooking the bodywork. I also used it in the belly pan section so the muffler doesnt cook the pan. There are a few companys that sell similar heat shield products. | ||
| Diablobrian |
I wrapped my pipe on my street bike after seeing the race bike burn the right side of the fairing. If your mounts are good and solid it shouldn't be too much of an issue. I was just using the burn as an excuse to do something I had already wanted to do. | ||
| Lucas70374 |
I also have the front fairing from Hals speed shop. It does run a little hotter but nothing to worry about. I have almost 15k miles with the body work on and no problems. I also have stock intake and oil cooler scoop. I have some pictures on here somewhere (front side view) The fairing in the link above is a Race only fairing cause it does not have the headlight cut outs, the street fairing from Hals speed shop has the headlight cutouts, I think that is the ony difference. I would not worry about over heating, trust me I put about 800 something miles in 1 day riding through Texas in the middle of July, with little road constrution. Trust me dont worry about overheating. For a piece of mind purchase the bigger oil cooler from Rich at www.racingmotorcycles.com and that would give you a little better cooling. |
