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SuperDomestique said:

84 pages and 3-4 posts per day. I guess I missed it...

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Page 80 on Friday. I also quoted Steven's post where he mentioned this four posts above your post saying Steven hadn't mentioned.

No biggie, just a point of order.

spooky said:

Page 80 on Friday. I also quoted Steven's post where he mentioned this four posts above your post saying Steven hadn't mentioned.

No biggie, just a point of order.

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Point of Order........ let me google that for you!

I emailed Rade to make sure there's 19 useable liters and asked them about the venting. Steven if you paint the bike silver and blue I have a set of blue bevel drive 900 ss transfers somewhere taking up space in my garage. All silver, blue fairing. There is also the bumstop strip, the front fender striping and the tank striping too. And probably the desmo transfers.

andyb said:

Point of Order........ let me google that for you!

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Is this a new sticker for your factory livery?

lots of posts on here talking about colour combinations and stickers......be careful out there...

You could paint it like a Mike Hailwood replica. Red, white and green which had the bevel style logo's also.

My RG tank brackets came, got everything mocked up. It’s likely to be a month this time of year before I can get fairings delivered and painted, and I want to get this thing out on a track before then, so I got out my Dremmel and ‘made’ my full six fairings work lol

In the last pic there is a little gap circled in the top corner of the tank, and I had to trim and a half inch sliver off the side fairing where it’s circled to fit the side of the tank, but other than that you can make the pre-2022 fairings functional with the tank if you don’t mind things looking a bit rough…which I don’t for a one test track day.

1st impressions sitting on it on the bike…ergos were all I hoped for…seat is so wide that even at 6’2” I’m halfway tippy toeing to touch the ground. Can hang way off the bike with just the legs and feel solid, with hands off the bars. Tuck position is great.

With one layer of seat pad you definitely feel lower in the bike more like how a gixxer feels but not as much as a gixxer, with two seat pads on you feel more above the bike the way Ducati’s normally do…I’m not going to adhesive the 2nd set of seat pads on until I get the the track and see how one layer of pads feels at speed.

One negative that might not be a negative at track…at least with my weight on it (220 lbs, 240lbs in gear) the tank/seat has some flex to it. No lateral flex, but when I put my full weight as far back as I can go in the saddle there is a bit of tank flex. For a lighter rider probably not, but at my rider weight it definitely flexes a little bit.

Be careful with that flex. If you notice it at standstill, I’d imagine you’d exert more than that through a corner (I think it’s called a resultant force if I remember correctly from college physics). A g-out cambered corner will put even more stress on it. 60° (combined bike and camber) equals about 1.7 G according to some math nerds on the Keith Code forum. Combine that with a stable long-term temp of only 125°C (257°F), I hope the plastic doesn’t deform Does RG mention anything about weight limits or flexing?

I like the shape at the back of the tank...........but why couldn't they make it to the correct shape of the rest of the bikes fairings etc?

andyb said:

I like the shape at the back of the tank...........but why couldn't they make it to the correct shape of the rest of the bikes fairings etc?

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A quick search of the internets will yield you that answer… no need for practical experience

SuperDomestique said:

A quick search of the internets will yield you that answer… no need for practical experience

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Ah google to the rescue.....instant expert well done.

is it a tank from an R1...

andyb said:

Ah google to the rescue.....instant expert well done.

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Weird how you’re the only one who thinks I’m an expert…

SuperDomestique said:

Weird how you’re the only one who thinks I’m an expert…

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google cynicism, sarcasm and irony.

andyb said:

but why couldn't they make it to the correct shape of the rest of the bikes fairings etc?

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It's made for 2022+ fairings, he mocked it up with -2021 fairings.

andyb said:

I like the shape at the back of the tank...........but why couldn't they make it to the correct shape of the rest of the bikes fairings etc?

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It’s shaped to the 2022+ fairings and fits them, I only had to trim and make mine fit the tank because in the short term I’m using the 2021 fairings.

SuperDomestique said:

Be careful with that flex. If you notice it at standstill, I’d imagine you’d exert more than that through a corner (I think it’s called a resultant force if I remember correctly from college physics). A g-out cambered corner will put even more stress on it. 60° (combined bike and camber) equals about 1.7 G according to some math nerds on the Keith Code forum. Combine that with a stable long-term temp of only 125°C (257°F), I hope the plastic doesn’t deform Does RG mention anything about weight limits or flexing?

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All good points to look out for…with a caveat, a fair amount of weight is distributed to the foot pegs when I’m at lean angle, and it’s largely lateral weight on the side of the tank on the unit itself and there doesn’t seem to be any lateral flex.

I only noticed flex when putting all my weight on my ass in the furthest back position in the seat. Something that in active riding at track doesn’t happen that much…still something to think about. I’m also not convinced it’s a bad thing because a little flex in the chassis can be a good thing. I’m very curious to see how feel is affected on track though, as it was setup I got VERY good feel on what the tire grip was doing with the Motoholders and Raceseats.it setup, will be interesting to see how much feel you get through this setup.

KarlKani said:

My Main gripe about this tank seat thing is that no one has this, no one has ever seen this + they make parts for dirt bikes. Sure Kramer uses a similar one, but also they are not 200hp. What kind of flex will be happening with a 200+ lb rider? There are plenty of tank covers with different sizes and shapes to get a better locked on feel, I have always complained about tank shape on ducati from xx99 to V4 - it has always been one of the first things I do.

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^^^^^^

andyb said:

google cynicism, sarcasm and irony.

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