Hi all, I recently posted a wanted ad for a tank cover, but managed to get a Sebimoto Kevlar one off eBay, and I thought I’d post a few pictures. And say what it’s like versus the fiberglass one I have. First off it’s class looking and it’s a shame that most of it will be covered, It is also super light and I was surprised by how much lighter it felt, downside to that is it has far more flex than the motocarbons one I have, so I’m not sure how it will last, but feel it’s worth trying out.
The inside of the motocarbons I was using, heavier but a lot better quality None of this is being done for weight saving, I just wanted to keep the bodywork I have and was using the spares the bike came with for a new paint scheme but needed a tank cover and got this off eBay for around the same price as a new fiberglass one.
I've got the same one for my blade for trackdays, there's quite a bit of flex on the sides bits where you're knees go on mine. look cool though .
I must say that it is a rather 'novel' look - somewhat like my great-great grandfather's herringbone jacket!
The full 'grandfather's herringbone' effect , it's back in Repsol trim at the mo (makes it go faster )
They were pretty well finished off when I got the bike, got one slowish trackday (1st one on this bike) out of them and that was it so didn't really get much of a chance to see what they were really like
I don't half mind that. Unique. What made you return it to Repsol? (except for the 'perceived' speed advantage, of course)
Made it easier to insure for the road if it was in the original road trim with lights etc. Still got the Carbon/Kevlar stuff, I got a chinese kit too as it made it easier to swap over for trackdays as the bikes an 08-11 but the race fairing is 12 onwards. if it went back to just a trackbike i'd use the carbon/kevlar stuff. Think I paid about £360ish to insure the blade (with all the mods declared) and my ZX-7R on a multi bike policy, but they wanted about £600 just for the blade if it had the race fairing on and was on a 'Daytime MOT'.
I was wondering about that flex alright, as it seems to have a good deal more than the motocarbons fiberglass one I took off, but hopefully it won’t be too bad/annoying, but I won’t find out until next summer ! Yours looks awesome, it’s a nice effect the way it’s done on your bike ! That said Repsol body work is great looking too !! So many choices ha ha
Got my body work back for my painter, next step is graphics (hrc scheme) This is what the tank cover now looks like
