Race plastics - need recommendation

Need recommendations for race plastics. Currently looking at BikesPlast's fairings from Houston Superbikes. Thanks all!

Stowski

Buy Armorbodies from Woodcraft. That's all you should need. They're the best and if you try and yardsale the bike, they're repairable...don't get the abs plastic stuff, it's a waste

I'm buying from Motoxpcambi.

I got a set from Motoxpricambri for my RSV4. Fit is pretty good a little wrestling with the tail but overall good. Paint and decals are pretty good, a step down from elite paint, not perfect but it's a track bike. Good price unpainted and painted kits.

^^^ These are fiberglass

I just ordered the Motoxpricambi with elite paint job in the anniversario livery. I'll post up pics when I get them. One reason I went that route was that they come with fluid holding belly pan (mandatory for racing) and they require no special brackets other than the IMU mount.

Motoxpricambi are thin. All mounting points are reinforced to make up for it. Not a fan, I've installed 3 sets on friends bikes already (I did one this week).. friend payed more for the nice paint job and it was sub par up close. They sent him a 1299 headlight fairing for his 1199 set he ordered + it was cracked from shipping) they told him to kick rocks.

Installing a Motoxpricambi track kit right now on my 1299. Overall it's a decent kit (i opted for the elite painting), but it's not to the level of fit/finish as the stock kit.

It looks like it is just fiberglass with a sticker wrap and then cleared over. It doesn't have all the tabs like the stock stuff, so fit is a bit janky, but not overly terrible. The front clip proved quite challenging to get installed right with the provided air intake. I opted for the IMU mount on the stock fairing stay.. definitely should have just got the MWR or Motoholders setup instead. A fair amount of fabrication was required to get the air ducts to fit and not be jammed into the IMU.. (got to be careful as the IMU can be finicky if it is not fully isolated with rubber mounts on everything).

Now, granted it is the track kit which is sans headlight/tail light assembly, so take it for what it is. I got the tail with the stock seat config. It bolted up just fine and was the easiest to install. The ducts in the tail were just open and looked kinda "meh", so I snagged some small, black epoxied mesh screen and fab'd em up behind the ducts and epoxied them in place. Looks waaaay better.

If I didn't have my head up my ... I would have gotten an aftermarket fairing stay and saved myself alot of trouble f'ing around with the stock ..... I spaced it and then the fairings took like 45days to arrive, which didn't leave me any time to source the fairing stay before heading to the track next weekend.. /sigh

The fairings are pretty thin, but reinforced at stress points. I'd pay a little more to get some more resilient fairings next time around. They seem a tad on the fragile side..

Was dead set on MotoXP- after MotoX's post, I'm having some reservations. I would much rather go with ease of installation, quality, and product support than looks (i.e. white bodywork with red tank).

What do you guys think of the DP set versus Woodcraft/AB?

I've seen a Carbonin set of race plastics on a 1299 locally and they looked like a good setup. Don't hear about them much. Hustle Hard Racing uses them on all their racebikes. Their R1 that I checked out more thoroughly looked like a great kit. The 1299 I didn't get as much time to crawl around and see how beefy it was. But assuming it was made to the same standards as the one on the R1, I would definitely give them a go. They also sell them, probably some pics on their FB of a 1299, but I'm too lazy to search.

Edit: Now that I look at their FB page, I didn't realize how many of our local guys are running their bodywork. It's legit stuff.

Any aftermarket fairing kit is going to require some degree of tweaking to get it perfect. It's not factory bodywork and your expectations need to be realistic. Ask 10 people about any fairing manufacturer and 5 will tell you it was great and the other 5 will tell you it was a PITA.

Overall, in terms of the 1299, MotoXP has gotten a lot more praise than criticism and so far they've been great to work with so that's what I'm going with.

Will report back down the road after I receive them and ultimately get them installed.

just installed some armour bodies on my 959. overall good fitment but there are some reasons i'd get motoxpricambri next time.

Also sharkskinz just released their tail, full fairings coming soon

Sharkskinz would have been my move but I didn't want to wait forever. I considered the Armor Bodies but when I spoke to them they said there was no belly pan for the kit.

Thought I post this up since I just finished the install on the MotoXP fairings. >>>Hi-Res images here.<<<

MotoX183 said:

Thought I post this up since I just finished the install on the MotoXP fairings. >>>Hi-Res images here.<<<

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Looks great, thanks for sharing.

Love the pile of tires in the garage.


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SoCalDucati310 said:

Love the pile of tires in the garage.


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Good indication of priorities being in the right place.

MotoX183 said:

Thought I post this up since I just finished the install on the MotoXP fairings. >>>Hi-Res images here.<<<

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How was the install? Did you use all the OEM brackets?

NW1299 said:

Good indication of priorities being in the right place.

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The tire changer and balancer I bought have definitely already paid for themselves..

cpettit said:

How was the install? Did you use all the OEM brackets?

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Copy/Paste here.. had sent this to another member.

I got the windscreen, tank, IMU and DZUS fasteners options included (basically everything). However the windscreen fasteners that came with the kit were waay bigger than the screen eyelets. I could have used them, but I would have had to not only drill out the nose, but also enlarge the windscreen eyelets. Probably could have been done, but there wasn't a ton of material left to work with, so I opted to just re-use the stock ones.

I didn't need any extra fasteners from Ducati. The ONLY thing I need extra was some flange nuts to go on the 2 bolts where the outer IMU mounts attach. basically it used the threaded clip that was on the old fairing, but doesn't exist on these. Also, you will be short 1 Dzus fastener if you only opt for the 10 pack, since the left side lower uses for 4 instead of three. You will need/want an additional kit. You can get it from them or just order some 17mm Dzus fasteners yourself. I know they sell the black chrome ones instead, if you want them to be a little more incognito. I'll probably pick up a set of the black ones off Amazon or w/e.

As far as fitment, honestly, the hardest part was the nose/intake ducts. The duct doesn't actually attach to anything. It's supposed to slide into the neck/frame and then the front clip just pushes up against it.. However, it doesn't fit. Once you have the headlight assembly off and can see into the air filter, the tract has two eyelets hanging down into the opening. These are just the tip of the iceberg with regard to the fitment. I basically cut out the entire top side of the square end of the intake that goes into the neck, as a relief opening, which allowed it to slide back into place. It's tricky getting the depth where you want it and required me to cut some, then refit the nose, then cut again, refit etc. etc. until I got it where it needed to be and still held the intake in snug. Once I got the depth about right, the nose angle needs to come up a bit, but the intake would come into contact with the IMU, which is bad. IMU won't like any vibration, which is why it is rubber isolated 2x over.

If I had enough time, I would have just waited and got the Motoholders or even better the MWR fairing stay which has the ducts built in..


The side panels and lowers are really dependent on the nose being in its proper position, but once you have that, they are fairly easy. The lowers are a little tricky where the overlaps are underneath and the mid side tabs. I just opted for zip ties on the mids and the bolt on the front overlap, with a zip tie for fallback/safety.

Anyway, GOOD LUCK! Just remember it's track body work and it's not perfect, but gets the job done of saving the expensive stock stuff from damage.