I tried to avoid this thread. But curiosity got the best of me. The OP mentions Keith Code's book. That's for racing. Really? If you like the way these look, fine. If you want to protect your paint, fine. But if you are riding the "twistys", God I hate that non-word, so hard that you need grippy knee pads on a CB1100, you need to get a different bike. You are going to hurt yourself and/or someone else. You need to get a different bike AND go do track days or racing. Get off the public roads PLEASE!!!