Another Hotbodies F-up

should have sent it back, now you are stuck with it.

luckydevil said:

should have sent it back, now you are stuck with it.

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i agree.

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I should have but got an event coming up on the 22nd. Oh well. I'm just gonna tear it up anyway!!

call me when you are ready from some sharkskinz.

nick - mri

jonesti said:

I should have but got an event coming up on the 22nd. Oh well. I'm just gonna tear it up anyway!!

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IF you would of took a flat screw driver and pryed the fiberglass away when it was hot you wouldnt of had any problems...this from exp. when it cooled it would stay off headers.

I have the armour bodies on now....much nicer stuff...even more flexiable than the sharkskinzs

The hotbodies as a place in the market...when people order it I just make sure they know where that place is....

Nick I blew all my money on that Ohlins damper from ya(aka Timothy Jones by the way)!! LOL. Thanks for the hook-up, it'll be here Mon.! Once I trash these I'll be giving you guys a ring. Can you say IRS check!! Now you tell me Jason J/K. I think I'm just gonna glass up a "oval bubble around it.

fyi... hotbodies DOES have race quality glass that they provide to various race teams... which I have seen on corey eatons ama gsxrs... and it is VERY different from what we get. Oh well. If we are able to get it (not sure)... I am sure the cost is higher as well.

Nick, Please send me a PM with your prices for a full sharkskinz kit.

Thanks,

Lance


also,

Has anyone tried this kit?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=35583&item=2464608001

jonesti said:

So I finally got around to getting my bike track prepped and put on the HotBodies plastic. Fit and finish wasn't to bad.......till I did a test ride. The freakin' lower sits on the exhaust. I got back to the garage and noticed this wonderful smell and smoke. Yeppeee! So I had to cut out a 3X10 rectangle so I won't look like Edwards testing the Aprilla last year(fire, fire)! Now I gotta see if CMRA will allow this since my bellypan will only hold about 2qts. of oil. Either that or I have to fab up a box around it in fibreglass. We get what we pay for!!

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Yea I have even put some heat wrap on the exhaust and it still get's too hot. Someone suggested riviting in a piece of sheet metal to disapate the heat. I can't see how that would work, but I'm up for anything.

Tech, thought bout that also but still too hot. I made a rectangular cut out around the "hotspot." Then take some styrofoam from a hobby shop and sand it into a oval shape that matches the cutout shape and tape it over the cutout(it should be about 1/2inch highto clear the exhaust). Lay some fiberglass cloth down then use a paint brush to cover the cloth in resin. Feather sand the new glassed in area and scrape out the foam when it's hard! Pain in the butt and will probably grind through after the first couple of laps but it should pass tech.

I had the very same problem with my Hotbodies. All I did to remedy the situation was get some adhesive-backed foil-tape (or heat tape...whatever you wanna call it). I got a fairly large sheet (@20"x20") from this guy who happened to have some at the track. He sold it to me for $5. Works like a chizzarm.

The remoulding idea sounds good, but just a tad too much work for me.

I don't have any complaints about my Hotbodies. Fit is a tad sub-par but I have crashed the stuff and it held together nicely. No broken off pieces. Nothing so badly damaged that I couldn't easily repair with a little fiberglass and resin.

I happy. :bounce:

another trick is to drill a small hole where the bodywork is rubbing and install a nut and bolt through the hole. The bolt then sits against whatever is hot and there is an air space in between the bodywork and exhaust.

GPgofast said:

another trick is to drill a small hole where the bodywork is rubbing and install a nut and bolt through the hole. The bolt then sits against whatever is hot and there is an air space in between the bodywork and exhaust.

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I like that one, I'm going to try that. Thanks GP.

My exhaust touches the lower fairing too, but I haven't seen any problems. No burning or anything.

hotbodies is designed for race exhaust, stock exhaust will burn through. use fasteners on the lower where it connects to the upper. dont attach the rear of the lower to the bike and you wont have any problems. i do use heat tape just in case and it works great. dont worry, the lower will hold fine without being attached to the bike. mine held up fine at daytona.

edlaw13 said:

hotbodies is designed for race exhaust, stock exhaust will burn through. use fasteners on the lower where it connects to the upper. dont attach the rear of the lower to the bike and you wont have any problems. i do use heat tape just in case and it works great. dont worry, the lower will hold fine without being attached to the bike. mine held up fine at daytona.

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YOu guys coming up to putnam on the 2 and 3 of april?

How did you do at daytona?

probably not. i am so busy racing. i started 40th at daytona and finished 15th in a six lap sprint. I finished 10th-6thand 6th at vir this past weekend in the sprint races. have you raced any yet???

Im going to race the last part of april some where...dont know where...what races are in april..that will have race schools before it? Might have to tag along with you guys....