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Motorcycle Forum / General / Sportbikes / May 2006Race body work preferences?
Well; details are in (financially) on repairing the existing body work & it's not worth it. I've been happy with my Air-Tech body work - it's been strong & survived lots of crap tossed at it. However, their customer service just, well ;sucks. I'm looking at a few options hotbodies GP SharkSkinz Anyone have any others they prefer? Any opinions if you own one of these? Remember, I'm talking race body work; not replacement street. Thanks -j --- AntiSpam/harvest --- Remove X's to send email to me. > > Well; details are in (financially) on repairing the existing body work & it's [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > --- AntiSpam/harvest --- > Remove X's to send email to me. Hotbodies bodywork sucks. So brittle, it will crack in your hands while trying to prep all the thousands of pinholes out of it. Worst fit and finish. Hecho en Mexico. Too bad, as they pay contingency. GP is good stuff. Pricey and sometimes hard to get. (Like Airtech) Great fit. Sharkskinz is sort of the De Facto bodywork out here. Also pay contingency. Pretty flexible and decent quality. Pricey. Good fit and finish. Can take a week or more to get. Cheetah is the new favorite in the group I race with. Nothing we've found is more flexible. Great fit. Requires very little prepaint prep. Last few sets were just scuff and shoot. No contingency in CCS SW. Shop around, prices vary. Common bikes ship instantly.  SignatureGopher Greg '77 CB750K Stock '78 CB750K AHRMA '00 ZG1000 Stock '96 Ducati 900SS Former track bike '01 GSXR750 Current race bike **********pull 'mychain' to reply*********** ("I've abandoned the idea of trying to appear a normal, pleasant person. I had to accept myself as I was, even if no one else could accept me. For the rest of my life I would continue to say precisely the wrong thing, touch people in the raw and be generally unpopular. I had a natural gift for it" W. F. Temple) >Hotbodies bodywork sucks. So brittle, it will crack in your hands while >trying to prep all the thousands of pinholes out of it. Worst fit and >finish. Hecho en Mexico. Too bad, as they pay contingency. Luckily; this was lowest on my preference list. >GP is good stuff. Pricey and sometimes hard to get. (Like Airtech) Great >fit. There's a shop in Florida that has a set and can get it to me late next week. >Sharkskinz is sort of the De Facto bodywork out here. Also pay >contingency. Pretty flexible and decent quality. Pricey. Good fit and >finish. Can take a week or more to get. Thanks; I'm leaning towards the GP >Cheetah is the new favorite in the group I race with. Nothing we've >found is more flexible. Great fit. Requires very little prepaint prep. >Last few sets were just scuff and shoot. No contingency in CCS SW. >Shop around, prices vary. Common bikes ship instantly. I'll take a quick look. Thanks for the info -josh --- AntiSpam/harvest --- Remove X's to send email to me. >>Hotbodies bodywork sucks. So brittle, it will crack in your hands >>while trying to prep all the thousands of pinholes out of it. Worst [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > Thanks for the info > -josh I'll pipe up with Greg. I'm not in the same group, but I dance around at the periphery of the same group as I don't race. I just live vicariously through them on their website. I can attest to the quality of the Cheetah bodywork. Very durable, light and flexible. The ONLY complaint I have is that the primer is displaying VERY minor cracks. I personally don't care, and I also expect that if I had painted them instead of embracing the primer gray, it probably wouldn't happen. Steve SignatureSteve Keith - in reverse order of procurement: 2003 GSXR750 - Track Queen 2002 Blue Daytona - Retired from track duty after low-side 1983 GS1100ED (GS2) - eBay, rode it to PHX from San Jose via the PCH - sweet! 1993 GSX1100F Fat Kat 1983 GS1100ED (GS1) My wife says: "Buell rhymes with Stool" >I can attest to the quality of the Cheetah bodywork. Very durable, light >and flexible. The ONLY complaint I have is that the primer is displaying >VERY minor cracks. I personally don't care, and I also expect that if I >had painted them instead of embracing the primer gray, it probably >wouldn't happen. I'll keep thinking about cheetah -- the fastest I found was over 4 weeks out -- I went with GP which will be here by the weeks end. Cheers -josh --- AntiSpam/harvest --- Remove X's to send email to me. > > > > Well; details are in (financially) on repairing the existing body work & it's [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Thanks > > -j > Cheetah is the new favorite in the group I race with. Nothing we've > found is more flexible. Great fit. Requires very little prepaint prep. > Last few sets were just scuff and shoot. No contingency in CCS SW. > Shop around, prices vary. Common bikes ship instantly. Another Cheetah vote here. SignatureTweak >> Cheetah is the new favorite in the group I race with. Nothing we've >> found is more flexible. Great fit. Requires very little prepaint prep. >> Last few sets were just scuff and shoot. No contingency in CCS SW. >> Shop around, prices vary. Common bikes ship instantly. >> >Another Cheetah vote here. Well; I got word that the GP is now 2 weeks out... (instead of being delivered this week) and the cheetah is about the same $ and is also 2 weeks out. so I'll probably cancel the gp & go with the cheetah -- I keep getting positive things about it; and nothing negative. thanks -j --- AntiSpam/harvest --- Remove X's to send email to me. >> I'm looking at a few options >> hotbodies >> GP >> SharkSkinz have you looked at Armour Bodies? >>> I'm looking at a few options >>> hotbodies >>> GP >>> SharkSkinz > >have you looked at Armour Bodies? Well; I was in a hurry -- but that's been dashed. I was looking at sets I could get in 2 weeks or so. I just checked -- over a month to get armour bodies. i'm going with GP or cheetah. --- AntiSpam/harvest --- Remove X's to send email to me. >> >> Well; details are in (financially) on repairing the existing body work & it's >> --- AntiSpam/harvest --- >> Remove X's to send email to me. > >Hotbodies bodywork sucks. So brittle, it will crack in your hands while >trying to prep all the thousands of pinholes out of it. Worst fit and >finish. Hecho en Mexico. Too bad, as they pay contingency. It works great if you coat it with Herculiner. When crashed/sanded down the next time, slather more over the cracks and abrasions. Better than bondo. The pebbly finish drives chicks wild, too (ribbed for her pleasure). No worries about little pinholes or surface imperfections, either. Hope that helps. -------------------- Daniel Bannon NW WA State USA Skunky old Blackbird Less-skunky old ZX636B -------------------- OK -- Cheetah is happening. The one I bought has the closed tail section (vs open for stock seat). How stable are these? when bolted to the frame -- are they as solid as the stock/bolted to the frame seat? I've never had this kind becuase I didn't want to make a seat.... but I guess I will now. --- AntiSpam/harvest --- Remove X's to send email to me. > OK -- > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > --- AntiSpam/harvest --- > Remove X's to send email to me. There is a fg or plastic bucket you attach to the subframe under the superbike tail that is the support. (Every mfg except Airtech, they don't offer it for most kits) With this, they are very stable, with out, you will break the bodywork. As far as the seat goes, I use a piece of wet suit material, cut to shape. Bevel the edge with my belt sander and glue down with 3M '77'. Works good for me. I've made the support out of 16ga and 1/8 strap when the bodywork wasn't available with one. Works fine, just heavier. SignatureGopher Greg '77 CB750K Stock '78 CB750K AHRMA '00 ZG1000 Stock '96 Ducati 900SS Former track bike '01 GSXR750 Current race bike **********pull 'mychain' to reply*********** ("I've abandoned the idea of trying to appear a normal, pleasant person. I had to accept myself as I was, even if no one else could accept me. For the rest of my life I would continue to say precisely the wrong thing, touch people in the raw and be generally unpopular. I had a natural gift for it" W. F. Temple) > > OK -- > > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > 16ga and 1/8 strap when the bodywork wasn't available with one. Works > fine, just heavier. Where do you get that material? SignatureTweak >There is a fg or plastic bucket you attach to the subframe under the >superbike tail that is the support. (Every mfg except Airtech, they [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >16ga and 1/8 strap when the bodywork wasn't available with one. Works >fine, just heavier. Thanks for the input. When talking to them, I heard "no brackets" -- and I assumed that was the fairing bracket -- but now I wonder if they meant for the seat as well. I'm getting tapp'd out on cash -- so maybe I should just order the open tail and use the stock seat to avoid YAP (yet another purchase). *OR* do you know if hte cheetah *does* come with this sub-frame for the seat? Thanks -j --- AntiSpam/harvest --- Remove X's to send email to me. >>There is a fg or plastic bucket you attach to the subframe under the >>superbike tail that is the support. (Every mfg except Airtech, they [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > --- AntiSpam/harvest --- > Remove X's to send email to me. Hotbodies comes with it. My Cheetah set was ordered with the superstock tail so I could use the factory seat on this set. It's just a simple square tub with a flange to rest on the subframe. A block of Balsa would work or Pine (it weighs more) The brace isn't rocket science as you will see when you get your bodywork. Hell, on Airtech, I've just layered in two more plys of E-glass and resin to make up for no brace. If you want, I'll shoot some pics this weekend of the various shite I've used for this purpose. (If you spend more than $5 making one, shame on you!) SignatureGopher Greg '77 CB750K Stock '78 CB750K AHRMA '00 ZG1000 Stock '96 Ducati 900SS Former track bike '01 GSXR750 Current race bike **********pull 'mychain' to reply*********** ("I've abandoned the idea of trying to appear a normal, pleasant person. I had to accept myself as I was, even if no one else could accept me. For the rest of my life I would continue to say precisely the wrong thing, touch people in the raw and be generally unpopular. I had a natural gift for it" W. F. Temple) >two more plys of E-glass and resin to make up for no brace. If you want, >I'll shoot some pics this weekend of the various shite I've used for >this purpose. That'd be cool -- thanks. >(If you spend more than $5 making one, shame on you!) Noted! I need no more shame. -j --- AntiSpam/harvest --- Remove X's to send email to me. >>two more plys of E-glass and resin to make up for no brace. If you want, >>I'll shoot some pics this weekend of the various shite I've used for [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > --- AntiSpam/harvest --- > Remove X's to send email to me. look here http://users3.ev1.net/~79flh/1/superbikeseat.html Couldn't find the wood block, it must be under something else now! SignatureGopher Greg '77 CB750K Stock '78 CB750K AHRMA '00 ZG1000 Stock '96 Ducati 900SS Former track bike '01 GSXR750 Current race bike **********pull 'mychain' to reply*********** ("I've abandoned the idea of trying to appear a normal, pleasant person. I had to accept myself as I was, even if no one else could accept me. For the rest of my life I would continue to say precisely the wrong thing, touch people in the raw and be generally unpopular. I had a natural gift for it" W. F. Temple) >look here >http://users3.ev1.net/~79flh/1/superbikeseat.html >Couldn't find the wood block, it must be under something else now! Image doesn't show up for me... but thanks! --- AntiSpam/harvest --- Remove X's to send email to me. > OK -- > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I've never had this kind becuase I didn't want to make a seat.... but I guess I > will now. Dunno, mine is the open one. SignatureTweak |
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