Carbon fiber - Ducati.ms

Bonzo17 · Jan 12th, 2012, 7:53 pm

I've been looking to replace some of my black plastic parts with carbon and was curious if anybody has used anything from tekarbon?

avaipan2 · Jan 12th, 2012, 10:38 pm

it would help to know what bike you have...i'm also curious about this, so thanks for posting. you beat me to it.

paulmm600 · Jan 13th, 2012, 3:58 am

looks very cheap, if you want cheap c/f might be worth a try, alot of the cheap chinese stuff is wet lay over fibre glass, pretty heavy but it can look nice.

Bonzo17 · Jan 13th, 2012, 8:29 am

I have a 1098 and have looked at alot of cf, I saw the tekarbon is made in California and doesn't look bad from pics on the website. I def want a real made correct cf but $350 for a set of airduct covers is nutz. Tekarbon seems priced more reasonable, I guess just like anybody when it's something that small and plastic looking for bang for the buck!

avaipan2 · Jan 21st, 2012, 10:57 pm

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Originally Posted by Bonzo17

I have a 1098 and have looked at alot of cf, I saw the tekarbon is made in California and doesn't look bad from pics on the website. I def want a real made correct cf but $350 for a set of airduct covers is nutz. Tekarbon seems priced more reasonable, I guess just like anybody when it's something that small and plastic looking for bang for the buck!

yeah carbon fiber is ridiculously expensive. it's still fairly new technology. for example an exhaust cover out of CF (the little triangular piece that goes on the right side) is about $200! i'll probably start with a front fender because that's the first piece of CF that i'd like to add to my bike so i'll get a feel for the Tekarbon then and i'll see if it's worth it or not.

N.E S4 · Jan 22nd, 2012, 8:02 am

There is a German company that has really high quality carbon and price is just right. I got a few parts from them. I forgot the name you'll have to google it.

Gonz0 · Jan 22nd, 2012, 8:27 am

I bought a heel guard from From them and it is a real nice piece.

Ceij · Jan 22nd, 2012, 9:30 am

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"There is a German company that has really high quality carbon and price is just right. I got a few parts from them. I forgot the name you'll have to google it."

Was it Ilmberger? Ilmberger

Another German company that make high quality carbon parts is Lieb-Speed:
Lieb-Speed.de
Shift-Tech carries Lieb-Speed parts and Guido is great to work with and has already dealt with the import fees etc (for those of us in the USA).
Guido also gives members of this forum a discount, ask him about it:
Shift-Tech

ttpete · Jan 22nd, 2012, 11:13 am

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Originally Posted by Ceij

Was it Ilmberger? Ilmberger

Another German company that make high quality carbon parts is Lieb-Speed:
Lieb-Speed.de
Shift-Tech carries Lieb-Speed parts and Guido is great to work with and has already dealt with the import fees etc (for those of us in the USA).
Guido also gives members of this forum a discount, ask him about it:
Shift-Tech

I've been dealing with Shift-Tech for awhile, and Guido gets a lot of his carbon from Lieb-Speed, which is really nicely done and thin. He discounts 10% and ships free to members here. Most pieces are in stock, and a few have to be special ordered and take a couple of weeks.

Bonzo17 · Jan 22nd, 2012, 3:11 pm

Thanks for the help. I saw another company online houston superbikes doesnt look bad either might be worth a shot.