Tank Slap - Motorcycle Forum

Ducati love them and Yamaha toyed with them last season and it now seems Honda have joined the party.

How long before we see these on road bikes

I imagine a few carbon companies are already designing some for road bikes.

H2 has them

Kwacky wrote:I imagine a few carbon companies are already designing some for road bikes.

Exactly what I was thinking

You can buy them for cars so I suspect it won't be long for the bikes.

I've seen that before.
They've nicked that idea........



That looks exactly like the Duct tape I have on my track fairings, to try to stop the crack growing.





/goes off to write a PM to Kwacky about finding a good copy write lawyer..

Unless you are doing around 200mph I can't see they have much worth to your average rider.

Looking at today's Losail times I can't see the Honda needs them anyway.

Pointless, stupid and dangerous for a road bike, IMO

nsr500 wrote:Pointless, stupid and dangerous for a road bike, IMO

You should be in marketing All joking aside that's probably the appeal to some muppets.

Blade wrote:

nsr500 wrote:Pointless, stupid and dangerous for a road bike, IMO

You should be in marketing All joking aside that's probably the appeal to some muppets.

Very true.: I have a brake guard on my (mainly) trackbike, and due to my occasionally "overly enthusiastic" riding it serves a purpose.
But I see loads of road bikes with them these days, and even with matching ones on the clutch lever (still can't work that one out.?? )

StMarks wrote:

Blade wrote:

nsr500 wrote:Pointless, stupid and dangerous for a road bike, IMO

You should be in marketing All joking aside that's probably the appeal to some muppets.

Very true.: I have a brake guard on my (mainly) trackbike, and due to my occasionally "overly enthusiastic" riding it serves a purpose.
But I see loads of road bikes with them these days, and even with matching ones on the clutch lever (still can't work that one out.?? )

they stop you from bashing your knuckles on wing mirrors

re : wings/winglets I cant see how the would be helpful except as Duke says you are doing 200mph also I cant see them working when the bike is leaned over as surely downforce at that angle would only push the front wide unless the wing changed angle

What sort of twot would have a brake lever guard on a road bike?

ha ha ^

To be fair they all look like the bits sticking out on most road bikes already, what are they now, oh yeah indicators...

They must work and anyhing above 80/90 I bet there creating down force. There are far more dangerous things being put on bikes. Last year I saw a hayabusa every bolt was replaced with a sharp point as big as a finger nail this also included the bar ends which were massive sharp points. He had carried this theme all over the bike. I would not like to get hit by that bike it looked cack and dangerous

rocket wrote: it looked cack

That's because it was a Hayabusa
The "stoopid spikes" couldn't really make it look worse, just different.!

Talking of which, what's happened to Binno?

Sold his chrome machine to pay for nappies.

I like Hayabusas!!......For what they were designed, which was fast speeds over long distances....but yes, the "pimped out" ones make me want to hurl.