Lightweight fairings where?
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Rojo
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Crashed - Gen 2 replacement fairings, OEM vs aftermarket | General Bike Related Topics
Truck towing a trailer merged into me without looking causing a crash. Whole left side of bike (including the nose) is pretty well toast fairing wise. They're totaling the bike and I may keep it but getting OEM painted fairings won't be an option as it is one of the rare YMG paint code Majestic...
All the stock fairings combined don't weigh 20 lbs, it's probably around 10-12, if that.
And carbon fiber is typically half the weight of abs plastic, but that's ballpark, as there are variances in thickness across manufacturers.
If you want real cf fairings, cool, just don't expect a huge overall weight loss...just a huge price.
I did put a real cf front fender on the '18 Gsxr a few months ago, the abs plastic weighed 2 lbs, and the Moto-Composites cf weighed 1 lb.
My guess would be 5-6 lb weight loss max with cf fairings.
Maybe someone here can weigh their oem Gen2 fairings, and you can get weight specs from the manufacturer of the cf you want, and you may want to check with a few companies.
Magical Racing also makes/made cf Gen2 parts.
Let us know what you find out.
And carbon fiber is typically half the weight of abs plastic, but that's ballpark, as there are variances in thickness across manufacturers.
If you want real cf fairings, cool, just don't expect a huge overall weight loss...just a huge price.
I did put a real cf front fender on the '18 Gsxr a few months ago, the abs plastic weighed 2 lbs, and the Moto-Composites cf weighed 1 lb.
My guess would be 5-6 lb weight loss max with cf fairings.
Maybe someone here can weigh their oem Gen2 fairings, and you can get weight specs from the manufacturer of the cf you want, and you may want to check with a few companies.
Magical Racing also makes/made cf Gen2 parts.
Let us know what you find out.
michael parris heuberger
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Hi. I saved about 12-14 lbs as I went with a CF 3 gal CF tank and I painted them so they do not look like CF.
Ok I will definitely I'm about to start purchasing my parts and start my journey
Hmmm damn that's too small of capacity for me. I really like the almost 6 gallon aluminum tank.
Rojo
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Carbon fiber updated | General Bike Related Topics
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