Thinking solo seat

[canuckxxxx]

Omega Man » Wed Aug 20, 2014 1:24 pm[/url]":36ia1scy]
Nice work! I admire you guys that can work with any medium.

~O~

If you would have seen the gong show last night you probably wouldn't be too impressed. First of all the fumes are enough to kill you but knowing that isn't enough to make me wear my mask. Did the whole thing up with the fibreglass and resin and cursing, spilling stuff and everything sticking to everything else. :rant: Then I waited for it to harden up...and I waited. Didn't put enough hardener in :head bang: so then I took the whole sticky mess off, put it in the garbage and gave up till this morning.

Went better this morning.

Brian

 

[Omega Man]

canuckxxxx » Wed Aug 20, 2014 1:41 pm[/url]":fhgspxzj]

Omega Man » Wed Aug 20, 2014 1:24 pm[/url]":fhgspxzj]
Nice work! I admire you guys that can work with any medium.

~O~

If you would have seen the gong show last night you probably wouldn't be too impressed. First of all the fumes are enough to kill you but knowing that isn't enough to make me wear my mask. Did the whole thing up with the fibreglass and resin and cursing, spilling stuff and everything sticking to everything else. :rant: Then I waited for it to harden up...and I waited. Didn't put enough hardener in :head bang: so then I took the whole sticky mess off, put it in the garbage and gave up till this morning.

Went better this morning.

Brian

:smilie_happy: opcorn:

 

[canuckxxxx]

Ansimp » Wed Aug 20, 2014 1:39 pm[/url]":24j01qrp]
Great work :good: Will we soon be able to order Canuckxxxx shortie rear fenders?

Y'know, that is why I am not rich...never even thought of that.

This mould is a little rough. Will just give me a raw fender that I will have to do quite a bit of sanding and filling. But if I made a mould from the finished fender then that might give an almost ready to paint fender. Will have to see.

I don't think making things from fibreglass is very health even if you wear a mask because of the fumes.

Brian

 

[Ansimp]

What is healthy nowdays? :doh:

 

[canuckxxxx]

Well I was away all last week in Vancouver visiting family. So I am itching to get back to the seat/cowl thing. Speaking of itching...my brother-in-law used to make fibreglass boats and gave me quite a bit of the FG cloth. Very nice stuff; the one is the same stuff I had for the fender mould but he had some real heavy duty stuff with real coarse weave. I will try that on the cowl.

Brian

Two types of fibreglass cloth

• canuckxxxx
• Aug 31, 2014

 

[canuckxxxx]

That resin I used for the fender mould is an ugly yellow but if I could get some nice clear stuff and let the coarse weave show through sort of like carbon fibre it might look cool.

Brian

 

[joedrum]

hanging tough ... looks good to me

 

[canuckxxxx]

Well I made the rear fender today. Only 2 layers of FG so a bit flexy but good enough to see how things will line up (I will add a couple more layer later). Also my tail light came last week when I was away. So I thought I would put it on the bike, attach the TL with tape. Had to cut the back of the seat pan off.

I would like to see what you guys think. Do you think the licence plate is at too much of an angle?

Thanks for your indulgence.
Brian

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• canuckxxxx
• Sep 1, 2014

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• canuckxxxx
• Sep 1, 2014

 

[dan filipi]

License plate looks good.

I like the look of the tailight molded into the seat pan like that.

 

[canuckxxxx]

Dan, I just cut the pan hump along the recess and it came out the shape of the TL but I like the way it looks too.

The hump at the back of the seat pan seems too high but I hate to cut it off because it is such a good anchor point for the back of the cowl. I might look at mounting the TL higher nearer the top of the hump.

Trouble is, every time I look at it I get a different idea.

Brian

 

[dan filipi]

The hump seems high now but after padding and covering it might be good?

 

[Ansimp]

Looking good :good:

 

[slabghost]

If you make the rear cowl as high as the highest point of the seat and curve down to the tail light it should look pretty good. As long as the law can read the license plate most places don't really car the angle.

 

[canuckxxxx]

slabghost » Tue Sep 02, 2014 4:24 am[/url]":3njfwdgg]
If you make the rear cowl as high as the highest point of the seat and curve down to the tail light it should look pretty good. As long as the law can read the license plate most places don't really car the angle.

I think that is a great suggestion Slabghost. I was thinking of the front of the cowl starting at the base of the back of the "backrest". Sort of like this :nea: :

with new tail light 3 with low cowl

• canuckxxxx
• Sep 2, 2014

But after what you said I am thinking of having the front of the cowl even with the top of the "backrest" like this. I think it looks better k: :

with new tail light 3 with high cowl

• canuckxxxx
• Sep 2, 2014

 

[dan filipi]

I like the second pic.

 

[Ansimp]

dan filipi » Wed Sep 03, 2014 12:18 am[/url]":2w60a9bk]
I like the second pic.

+1 might even be able to fit an emergency beer in there :salute:

 

[slabghost]

Second pic looks almost like the rear cowl on my 78 KZ. I use that space for a few tools and a pair of gloves. I like the look.

 

[canuckxxxx]

I said that I was going to mount the TL on the fender so I wouldn't have to unplug the wiring every time I take the seat off. But the way the TL sits relative to the hump in the seat pan it would be hard or maybe impossible to slide the seat into the receptacle at the back off the shelter. You need a couple of inches of straight slide. So I think I will mount the TL into the hump of the seat pan. Maybe I can fix the plug so it's real easy to plug/unplug or put extra long wires.

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• canuckxxxx
• Sep 2, 2014

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• canuckxxxx
• Sep 2, 2014

 

[joedrum]

extra wire sounds good

 

[canuckxxxx]

Here is something I learned about fibreglass. I put strips 1/8" thick x 1" wide foam tape on the underside of my fender and then put a layer of FG on top. Sort of give stiffening ribs which make the piece way stiffer.

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• canuckxxxx
• Sep 2, 2014