Nick2k
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posted June 25, 2010 04:52 PM
Who else has had this happen?
Disclaimer first:
I did NOT do this! I let my friend ride it, and he scraped a peg AND the fairing.
I weigh about 185, he is probably more like 250. My guess is there was not enough pre-load for his body weight, plus a whole lotta leaning!
So, anybody go a new fairing piece for me? Other than these scrapes, the bike is pristine and I want to keep it that way.
  
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madnessracing
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posted June 25, 2010 05:08 PM
If you dont want to spend money just buy a sticker for now!
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Stu64
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posted June 25, 2010 05:21 PM
Thats why NOBODY but me rides my bike.
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Superman T
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posted June 25, 2010 05:27 PM
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If you dont want to spend money just buy a sticker for now!
& replace your fairing bolt
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Nick2k
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posted June 25, 2010 05:32 PM
Good catch on the fairing bolt....been meaning to do that.
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FastestBusaAround
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posted June 25, 2010 06:49 PM
Ur friend can lean her pretty good!
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INTIMIDA2OR
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posted June 25, 2010 08:09 PM
Mine used to be almost worn through on both sides and both my midpipes were ground down.
I don't let my bike scrape anything anymore since I had my Lower fairings painted to match the bike.
I still ride as fast or faster but I hang off a lot more now.
Still even though your rider had some weight on him , that bike was leaned way over  
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dogg24
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posted June 25, 2010 08:24 PM
Other than being ripped off at the dealership, where is the best place to get OEM replacement fairings?
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Nick2k
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posted June 25, 2010 08:25 PM
He rides a 1999 'Busa, we swapped bikes so we could compare.
He said he felt like he was catching a lot more wind, and that the clearance was a lot lower on the ZX (thus the dragging peg/fairing).
I wasn't impressed with his busa. It has over 40k miles, and felt sluggish and sloppy compared to my practically-new ZX-14.
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INTIMIDA2OR
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posted June 25, 2010 08:28 PM
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Other than being ripped off at the dealership, where is the best place to get OEM replacement fairings?
The FleBay is pretty good .
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INTIMIDA2OR
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posted June 25, 2010 08:30 PM
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He rides a 1999 'Busa, we swapped bikes so we could compare.
He said he felt like he was catching a lot more wind, and that the clearance was a lot lower on the ZX (thus the dragging peg/fairing).
I wasn't impressed with his busa. It has over 40k miles, and felt sluggish and sloppy compared to my practically-new ZX-14.
Basically he loved it but didn't want to admit it .
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posted June 25, 2010 09:46 PM
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He rides a 1999 'Busa, we swapped bikes so we could compare.
He said he felt like he was catching a lot more wind, and that the clearance was a lot lower on the ZX (thus the dragging peg/fairing).
I wasn't impressed with his busa. It has over 40k miles, and felt sluggish and sloppy compared to my practically-new ZX-14.
be willing to bet your suspension is too soft and one of the reasons he drug hard parts. Normally that don't happen if the boingy bits are set up correctly.
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BenzTech
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posted June 26, 2010 06:31 AM
That L/side lower fairling is about $170 from dealer. I had to replace my r/side on my 07 SE. Also if you replace it, you will need to purchase 2 foam pads for the inner part of the fairing. They are about 10$ a piece
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scottfarm
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posted June 26, 2010 06:56 AM
If he was a true friend, he would replace it with a new piece. If he did that to my bike I would kick his ass.
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Big_T112
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posted June 26, 2010 07:41 AM
I buy all my Parts from Babbitt's online. I looked up the lower and it's $114 from them. if I got the year right. all OEM discount parts
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Nick2k
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posted June 26, 2010 08:32 AM
$114 is also what I found.
In the meantime, I'll keep watching ebay or hope for a good Samaritan with a nice used one.
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INTIMIDA2OR
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posted June 26, 2010 10:53 AM
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If he was a true friend, he would replace it with a new piece. If he did that to my bike I would kick his ass.
That's what I was thinking lol! 
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eklipse636
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posted June 26, 2010 11:08 AM
As soon as your buy a new one, 5 will be on eBay for $20!
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INTIMIDA2OR
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posted June 26, 2010 11:09 AM
That's the way it happens all the isn't it lol?!
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Nick2k
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posted June 27, 2010 10:23 AM
Also thinking about smoothing it out and getting a can of aerosol paint from color-rite. Anybody else given this a "shot"?
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Douglas Home
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posted June 27, 2010 05:14 PM
Can he do that to my bike so it looks like I realy hammer?
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Rook
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posted June 27, 2010 08:28 PM
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Can he do that to my bike so it looks like I realy hammer?
Yeah-- In a sense, that scrape is sorta cool. You might want to keep that a while. JK --not cool! I agree with other comment up there asking why TF this D__--wad isn't offering to pay for new fairings. It wasn't even an accident.
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MADKAWZX14
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posted June 27, 2010 08:28 PM
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Thats why NOBODY but me rides my bike.
+1
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Rook
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posted June 27, 2010 08:42 PM
I've only repaired small pitting to my lowers. I'd say you will need to do some sand papering with the ultrafine grit paper made for automotive work. You will need to make the surface perfectly smooth again. Then spray your color. You could hit it with a spray of primer first because you are down to bare plastic. I am not sure on this but I bet that colorright 08 SE red comes in an undercoat and a overcoat. Probably going to be a little tough to match the OEM color. Might be better to just repaint the whole lower. Then a nice coat of clear. If you don't want the hassle, I always hear lowers are fairly cheap.
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BobC
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posted June 28, 2010 02:31 AM
 Edited By: BobC on 28 Jun 2010 10:53
Back when I had a ZX-11 a friend lent me a modified set of stock exhausts which were "straight through". We went on a track day and I thought I was just scraping the right footrest but it turned out to be the corner of the right-hand exhaust can too, chamfered right down.
I was mortified and apologised to the owner, he thought it was great though and another friend immediately wanted that exhaust for his bike. Something about street-cred' or pub bragging rights.
Why not leave the scraped fairing lower on the bike and keep the replacement in your garage? People try really hard to get rid of chicken strips, this is better.
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