Plastics blowing off?!

[gsx1300rr]

I just finished stretching 6" & lowering 2" rear 1" front last night. My 1st fast ride the side fairings & the lower panel blew off at 150ish. Has anyone ever heard of this happening before??
This was also the first time I went that fast after having a liquid/air plenum installed so some of the inner fairings had to be removed. Does lowering it increase air flow/turbulence? I don't know what to think about any of it....

Any help is greatly appreciated. Also, does anyone know of any sponsors that sell plastics?!

[TWT racer]

uh..? Wow I've never heard of plastics flying off man

[sixpack577]

That sucks man. I had the whole left fairing blow off a ZX7 I used to have, topped out in 6th, so about the same speed. It took me a while to find, and the distance it traveled from where it came off was amazing.

[jellyrug]

I can only guess.

Sure there was not a fitment issue?

[fiend]

Hit up Justin at Honda east for your plastics. I think he is on vacation this week but will help you out.


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[MO-BUSA]

you say you took some of the inners off? which prob put a lot of air pressure on the outters at 150, has to be what happened, i wonder what other turbo guys are doing???

[outlawbusa]

Seen similar on the Gen II

https://www.hayabusa.org/forum/top-speed/150961-ever-been-fast-enough-blow-your-clothes-off.html

[gsx1300rr]

It's just so demoralizing. After all this time/work/money to get it to this point, the plastics blow off. Any ideas on preventing it in the future?
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[BA BUSA]

It's just so demoralizing. After all this time/work/money to get it to this point, the plastics blow off. Any ideas on preventing it in the future?
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You weakened the inner structure of the fairings. It happens on turbo bikes when you start removing support panels at the front of the bike.
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[motochris]

:wtf:...man sorry to hear about the blow off...must of scared the Dahebegebees outta ya.

[Busa1166]

Shouldn't happen something was done wrong. I have seen plenty of full fairing turbos going fast. Never heard of a Busa flying apart at 150 mph. Hopefully our LSR guys will chime in to help..


or maybe the gen1's were meant to go faster

[Heartbreaker]

I had the exact same thing happen on my Gen II. It's a bad design and the panels have to be perfect or they will blow off.

[RussellJ]

or maybe the gen1's were meant to go faster

Hey, that's not very nice. You shouldn't tell the Gen2 guys the harsh truth. Just keep letting them think they are faster

[Hectic]

Are you sure all the Hardware was in? I've seen plenty of turbo bikes going faster than that with no issues.

[notright]

I was always having to resnap the underpinning and right side fairing on my 08 after anything over 150. it never came all the way out though.

[outlawbusa]

Hear about this a lot on Gen II's running top end.

Mine was nice and tight before the run.

[dadofthree]

They're taping the gap between the nose and lower fairings at LSR, but that's a little north of 150ish

[Got-Busa?]

I think it has more to do with the install. I think some people are breaking tabs when they take them off and then they don't stay together when riding. Run some clear tape along the seems if you want a little extra safety but they do have to be installed correctly.

Did you remove anything in the pics because it looks like a bolt is missing on the rear lower??

[lil charlie]

That sucks, Ive seen some that have come off but I always assumed it was not installed correctly....Who knows.

[ssg_petty_210]

i have never seen this happen