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Old September 14th, 2011, 10:41 PM   #117
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Originally Posted by alex.s View Post
fiberglass gets too heavy before it becomes structurally feasible. you might be looking for carbon fiber. but even CF is not strong in the same ways something like a structural frame component is. its strong against compression... its not strong against torsion. if you crashed CF fairings they would still crack and break. the only thing that wouldn't really break would be structurally reinforced framework... ie- a naked bike with a crash cage. motorcycles don't have cages and airbags and crumple zones for a reason... just don't crash the bike and you don't need them.
Well, I can't give up now! Gotta at least try it right?
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