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Why tape up lights??

   
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Old 09-30-2007, 04:13 PM
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Default Why tape up lights??
When I see pics of people's bikes at a track they tape up every light. Head lights, blinkers, hell even the rear brake light. Why??
 
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so the plastic doesn't shatter and fly apart, sorta like we duct tape our windows before we put plywood over before a hurricane, so the glass is more or less all in one place if it breaks.
 
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Old 09-30-2007, 04:19 PM
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^ yep gotta be safe on the tracks
 
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Old 09-30-2007, 04:29 PM
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Default RE: Why tape up lights??
I totally knew that.


Do you get in trouble if you wreck and spill fluids?
 
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Default RE: Why tape up lights??
you should put watter wetter in your bike so if you spill it wont be on the track all day ( like coolant would)
 
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Old 09-30-2007, 08:52 PM
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you should put watter wetter in your bike so if you spill it wont be on the track all day ( like coolant would)

http://www.racerpartswholesale.com/redline3.htm
"Water Wetter is a unique wetting agent for cooling systems which reduces coolant temperatures by as much as 30°F"
Looks like some good stuff!
 
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Old 09-30-2007, 09:25 PM
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Default RE: Why tape up lights??
A lot of tracks require you to tape them over so that if they shatter, they don't leave debris all over for them to clean.
 
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Default RE: Why tape up lights??
I just rode the bike for the first time in a month since this tracking process began. I put 1/2 bottle of water wetter and the rest distilled water in it and it ran in the 170's here in the heat. Not too bad.


 
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Old 09-30-2007, 10:34 PM
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I bought lockhart phillips headlight mesh, Least for the headlights, just one less thing i gotta do
 
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Old 09-30-2007, 10:35 PM
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Just unplug them, sorry
 
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