I found Cool Shite for you on craigslist thread.

[marvellous]

Hey BB... http://bend.craigslist.org/mcy/789576412.html

[duc_fan]

Ooh, dang, wish I had 11 g's...    That's purdy, especially with the black bodywork over the red frame.

[duc_fan]

I've been watching for parts for my soon-to-be track weapon... but before settlign on track configuration, Dad and I were looking for street legal bodywork.  I found this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=230280606436

With 20 minutes to go, it has ZERO bids.  $500 + $40 s&h.  For resprayed OEM plastics.  That's bloody cheap, especially if that paint is any good.  If I wasn't looking for track-specific fiberglass, I'd have a bid in on these.

Still tempting... if I ever wanted to resell it as a dual-use street/track bike, it'd be aweful nice to have a set of painted street bodywork.  Alas, I don't have extra money sitting around to splurge on luxuries like street bodywork for a track bike.  The bike itself is goin' on credit for the short term...

[NEIKOS]

You ass . . . isn't that cheaper than track skin?  Buy it and use it for the track . . .

[duc_fan]

You ass . . . isn't that cheaper than track skin?  Buy it and use it for the track . . .

Cheap track skin is $300.

Good track skin is $800-$1000.

This was $540.

OEM plstics will last until you go down once.  Then they're pretty much a write-off.  Dunno about cheap track skins, but some of the paper-thin garbage I've seen wouldn't hold up even in a simple lowside.

Good track skins will pay for themselves after one lowside, because good fiberglass can be repaired.    I distinctly recall looking over Elias' SS with the patched fiberglass, still usable after multiple times down, and IIRC those were Sharkskinz or another reputable brand.

[MendoDave]

Cheap track skin is $300.

Good track skin is $800-$1000.

This was $540.

OEM plstics will last until you go down once.  Then they're pretty much a write-off.  Dunno about cheap track skins, but some of the paper-thin garbage I've seen wouldn't hold up even in a simple lowside.

Good track skins will pay for themselves after one lowside, because good fiberglass can be repaired.    I distinctly recall looking over Elias' SS with the patched fiberglass, still usable after multiple times down, and IIRC those were Sharkskinz or another reputable brand.

+1 on that fiberglass is the way to go if you plan on throwing it down. I just run the CBR in primer. 

[desmosome]

Dan,

ride eeeeeeet naked

= no body work (OEM or track skin)

= less money

= less shit to brake

= rat bike

= rode bike

= track bike

= cool

[duc_fan]

Can I ride it on track days sans bodywork, or would I need some kind of bellypan?  'Cause I gotta say, I'd be seriously tempted to skip the bodywork, at least for a little while.  That lops another $800 off the $3560 estimate, bringing the price down well below $3k.  Scha-weet!   [moto]

I have a street bike, so this CBR wouldn't even have lights, unless Dad wanted to use it on the street, in which case we could put together something like that you've got pictured there.  Dunno if he'd want to ride a cobbled-together nekkid CBR (he has slightly higher standards than I do in that regard), but it's an option.  If I was riding it on the street, I'd want it to look immaculate.  Hence why I'd rather not destroy my SS. 

[ryandalling]

Majority of the bikes out on track days do not have belly pans.

[Visolara]

Belly pans are not required.  Most if not all the track day providers have a section for what needs to be done to a bike for track days.  In most cases, its simply tape up the glass, and take your mirrors off.  Some have more requirements then others, for instance, NESBA requires you to run a number on your bike.  This can be in duct tape, electrical tape, or an actual race number.

[NEIKOS]

I feel the "need" to hit the track this year . . . 

[krolik]

I feel the "need" to hit the track this year . . . 

How 'bout you just hit the road instead?

[NEIKOS]

You'd miss my wit and charm 

[krolik]

You'd miss my wit and charm 

I would?

[NEIKOS]

Yep.