girlee
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posted September 04, 2007 11:11 AM
To be or not to be .. fairings that is
When ya' ll do Track days do you pull off your fairings/ plastic ?
  
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princesskiwi
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posted September 04, 2007 11:55 AM
I haven't ever.
You need to get frame sliders on your bike.
I ground down the bolt on my right side during my slow speed crash.
I went to put frame sliders in after my crash and it turns out that they replace the now ground down bolt.
I can't get the bolt out.
The bolt holds my engine in place, so things could have been a lot worse...
I am sure it will come out with a bit of technology - but that is a winter project and for now I am riding it with only one frame slider.
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girlee
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posted September 04, 2007 12:41 PM
That is what I think but of course TM and I are at odds on it 
He says sliders won't help and that there will be plenty of people at the the track with out plastic ....
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Lucky Lo
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posted September 04, 2007 05:04 PM
Frame sliders definitely! I dropped the 6R.... doh! and "almost" no damage to plastic at all. Whew.... would of been a different story without the sliders! I've got Shogun, but there's lots available. I believe worth the investment and ALL the riders that run the canyons here have them (pretty much) ... must be something to it...?
How 'bout keep your bike up
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posted September 11, 2007 07:06 AM
FYI Don't use the aluminum ones, I've seen bikes start sliding on aluminum sliders than flip over for no apparent reason mid slide, as if the slider 'caught' on the pavement. Too high friction with aluminum I guess. Oh yeah, if you got a choice, order whatever sliders have the most material sticking out, because at higher speeds the sliders will wear down REALLY fast and then its your fairings sliding. Saw it in person last week, 50-60 mph lowside on rough pavement, scraped his "carbon" slider flush with the fairings, ruining a few grand worth of fairings and custom paint on his 636. He was bragging last month about 'searching all over for the lowest profile sliders out there' because he believed the plastic was so slippery and hard it couldnt wear down. I hate being right like that.
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Lucky Lo
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posted September 11, 2007 06:13 PM
 Edited By: Lucky Lo on 11 Sep 2007 19:16
Even with frame sliders, when you low "slide" at the track at 90 and slide over 100 yards there's not much left of the plastic! Actually, when it sailed off into the desert is where most of the damage occurred, but look at the rear brake lever! It's down to about a 1/2 an inch! LOL
Invest in good gear Girlee friend... the best you can get! Bikes can be replaced 
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girlee
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posted September 12, 2007 05:44 AM
I agree ! You should see the helmet from my get off last year! I could only imagine if I had not had it on !
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Sticks_n_Stones
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posted September 12, 2007 05:51 AM
you were a helmet to get off??!! wow that must be something to behold...
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Lucky Lo
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posted September 12, 2007 07:49 AM
Hey... S'n'S... It's a girl thing! All that vibration can be very.... ummm,  moving 
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posted September 12, 2007 12:03 PM
Edited By: Sticks_n_Stones on 12 Sep 2007 13:03
To each there own. I still want pics!!
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posted September 13, 2007 09:44 AM
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To each there own. I still want pics!!
Then ask nicely.... I got 'em :d
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Lucky Lo
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posted September 13, 2007 11:00 AM
Oh please! Oh please!!! I want to see them!
but I do hope they're of your better half... 
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Sticks_n_Stones
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posted September 13, 2007 11:35 AM
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To each there own. I still want pics!!
Then ask nicely.... I got 'em :d
wow you're in trouble when your man is willing to hand them out for you! He's either really proud or really vindictive or both.
BTW you too are grandparents??? She mentioned it in another post earlier.
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Tool Man
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posted September 14, 2007 09:35 AM
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Oh please! Oh please!!! I want to see them!
but I do hope they're of your better half...
Which half do you wanna see ??
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posted September 14, 2007 09:41 AM
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Oh please! Oh please!!! I want to see them!
but I do hope they're of your better half...
Which half do you wanna see ??
Now he's braggin about his 1 incher.....
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Tool man
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posted September 14, 2007 03:04 PM
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Oh please! Oh please!!! I want to see them!
but I do hope they're of your better half...
Which half do you wanna see ??
Now he's braggin about his 1 incher.....
Hey no braggin here.... Besides I'm married to one of these fine women and the other I consider a good friend. So go throw a stone in some other direction,,,stick boy 
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Sticks_n_Stones
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posted September 15, 2007 07:30 AM
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Hey no braggin here.... Besides I'm married to one of these fine women and the other I consider a good friend. So go throw a stone in some other direction,,,stick boy
Aww just playing toolman, I wouldn't screw with a guy whose a welder! Cuzz I'm not a fan of having my rims welded to my axles.....
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Tool Man
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posted September 15, 2007 07:50 AM
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Hey no braggin here.... Besides I'm married to one of these fine women and the other I consider a good friend. So go throw a stone in some other direction,,,stick boy
Aww just playing toolman, I wouldn't screw with a guy whose a welder! Cuzz I'm not a fan of having my rims welded to my axles.....
Oh my :d
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posted November 25, 2007 12:16 PM
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When ya' ll do Track days do you pull off your fairings/ plastic ?
Race body for me, can't get away with street plastics. Tracks such as Daytona and Homestead-Miami International require the full underpan and such
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