Track Plastics

[Mr Lefty]

cool... yeah I've heard the fitment of them is also quite a bit better.

[DLIT]

I drilled through the center of their indents and I had no problems at all, didn't have to make any adjustments. Quality shit.

[Mr Lefty]

Good to know... I'll look into them... got a long while before I need them.

[Trip]

Seriously, I wouldn't buy expensive track glass. Find something under $500. They all hold up pretty well nowadays. Hell my e-racing china crap is one of the best rated for the 600rr. Several people including myself have had nasty wrecks and they hold up just find. Remember you are buying these for one purpose, to save you money. You aren't saving money if you go out and buy expensive glass and wreck the piss out of it.

[DLIT]

If you want your bike to look good, buy the top notch stuff, the finish is excellent, as well as the durability. It's up to you, Ebbs. I like my shit clean so I had the wife (g/f then) buy me Attacks for our 4-year anniversary. Otherwise I woulda bought 'em myself.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by DLIT

If you want your bike to look good, buy the top notch stuff, the finish is excellent, as well as the durability. It's up to you, Ebbs. I like my shit clean so I had the wife (g/f then) buy me Attacks for our 4-year anniversary. Otherwise I woulda bought 'em myself.

Ain't nothing wrong with the e-racings man, I have seen my shit compared to other brands and it's just as good quality and fitment. I have seen people complain about the gixxer mold on eracings though. 07-08 600rr is perfect though. The hot bodies shit is the worst I have seen, I wouldn't buy hot bodies.

I bit it at 108 mph high sided, shit held up awesome, better than I could expect for that kind of wreck. Durability was much more than I can ask for, for what I spent. As far as clean, that's just who you get to paint it. Any painter worth his salt can get em clean.

[DLIT]

The e-racings I saw looked like shit. He also lowsided that day and they held up good. I'm talking about the finish straight from the factory. Smooth as glass on the higher priced shit. if you got the money, get the better stuff. if not, get the cheaper stuff and do more prep work if you want a solid paint job.

[ceo012384]

Originally Posted by DLIT

Attack, Cheetah, the Woodcraft brand (CEO has 'em) and a couple others I forget. I have Attack and they're tits. $800, but they're worth it, they don't brak down in a wreck and if it's just a lowside, chances are good you can use them again no problem.

Yeah mine are Armour Bodies. Woodcraft sells them and I think they were giving out free sets of frame sliders when you buy a set recently.



Personally I wouldn't buy the cheap shit because, from what I have seen (and trip will disagree since his seem to fit ok and held up well in his wrecks), the fit is poor, it's heavy, it's not flexible, you'll have to do a TON of prep if you want it to look good, and the fiberglass is cheaply put together.

If you take a shitty upper and flex it all over the place you'll hear crackles and pops like rice crispy treats and the flex isn't very good.

You pick up Armour Bodies (best bang for the buck IMO) or Sharkskinz and the flex is crazy and makes no noise at all.

The painter I went to fully agreed with me on all of this pretty much...

Basically, sharkskinz has no equal. Nothing compares. If you have the cash, go for it.

A very small step down in quality and a decent step down in price will get you Armour Bodies, great deal for what you're getting.

You can keep going down from there if your budget requires. Eracings is cheap both quality and money-wise from the sets I've seen, but you do get bang for your buck.

[Mr Lefty]

well Armour Bodies doesn't make anything for my bike... damnit... that's gonna be my biggest problem i think.

[Trip]

I have seen poor fitting e-racings, especially on the gixxers, I wouldn't get e-racings for gixxers and I think ontwo would agree with me on that. Mine are very light, but I agree on the flex. Flex of these is very poor, but since they fit properly, I don't have to flex them much. I would get these again in a heartbeat though. I am very happy with the quality they were after getting them painted, not so much anymore cause I gave them a good beating. I will probably have em repainted in the offseason after I patched them up and clayed the scratches though.