Remove fairings while learning?

[cheshirecat]

Clear protective film works quite well - get the thick stuff. Also protects from all the stuff the bike gets hit with, (except for bricks, oil drums, disintegrating truck tyres etc)

[sgtp]

Well good news, I got the gpx home without a scratch in this lovely rain and gusting wind tonight, so I underestimated my awesomeness.

Well, sliders are out for this bike. They dont make kits that fit the earlier years. I bought a 2007, and only 08-11 kits are turning in in my searching; I dont care to fabricate my own. This protective film sounds interesting. I might try that. Cheers for all the info, guys&gals...

[p.dath]

Well good news, I got the gpx home without a scratch in this lovely rain and gusting wind tonight, so I underestimated my awesomeness.

Take it easy tiger. New riders over-estimating their riding abilities causes many an off.

[Slyer]

Nah, don't put anything on them. Waste of time on a GPX, the engine barely sticks out so there's not a lot to protect.
Personally I run fibreglass front fairings which will take a lot of punishment.
Focus on not dropping it.

[sgtp]

http://faq.ninja250.org/wiki/I_want_..._frame_sliders
This link gave good info not to bother with sliders on this particular bike.

And yeah, at my ripe old age of 32, I am not about to take any risks this early in my riding history. I read about that lady in the Wiariapa who had an off and ended in the ditch for 3 hrs with a broken neck. Thats a good reality check if you need one.

[CookMySock]

And yeah, at my ripe old age of 32, I am not about to take any risks this early in my riding history.

I thought the same, and only managed to tip the bike over everrrr so gently gently on its side in the garage when I thought the stand was down.

So six months later after getting my full license I went into "I know what I'm doing mode" and left the road and hit a culvert. I stood up and walked away from that, and burned eight of my nine lives in one fell swoop.

I read about that lady in the Wiariapa who had an off and ended in the ditch for 3 hrs with a broken neck. Thats a good reality check if you need one.

Burned 8.998 of her nine lives I'd say. A horrible lesson, but there has been much worse.

[oneofsix]

I thought the same, and only managed to tip the bike over everrrr so gently gently on its side in the garage when I thought the stand was down.

So six months later after getting my full license I went into "I know what I'm doing mode" and left the road and hit a culvert. I stood up and walked away from that, and burned eight of my nine lives in one fell swoop.

Burned 8.998 of her nine lives I'd say. A horrible lesson, but there has been much worse.

yep if you want a reality check check out this thread http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...post1130018269
I don't know her apart from her posts on KB but it sounded like she had her head on right and still came a cropper.

[CookMySock]

Yeah mate thats horrible. Chix skin hair and bone on tar seal is always a terrible terrible thing.