To Dress or Not to Dress

[brianinpa]

dan filipi » Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:06 am[/url]":2x92kmzu]
What color are you going to paint it?

Gonna match the bike. I hope to match the pin stripe too.

 

[brianinpa]

slabghost » Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:54 am[/url]":1u4of5hl]
Dang Brian now you're giving me ideas. Didn't I tell ya not to do that!?

I guess that is payback for having me thinking about finding a titled frame for my 1980 parts bike. :head bang:

 

[slabghost]

brianinpa » Sun Feb 09, 2014 10:40 am[/url]":1ieenpgt]

slabghost » Sun Feb 09, 2014 9:54 am[/url]":1ieenpgt]
Dang Brian now you're giving me ideas. Didn't I tell ya not to do that!?

I guess that is payback for having me thinking about finding a titled frame for my 1980 parts bike. :head bang:

:smilie_happy: I forgot about that. Did you find one yet? :hihihi:

 

[Omega Man]

That fairing looks great, a real modern aggressive attitude.

 

[brianinpa]

It isn't fully dressed and it isn't completely naked... it's the swimsuit model!

 

[slabghost]

brianinpa » Sun Feb 09, 2014 1:44 pm[/url]":69dq1ruo]
It isn't fully dressed and it isn't completely naked... it's the swimsuit model!

:smilie_happy: Good term! I like that. :good:

 

[Ansimp]

+1

 

[brianinpa]

I subscribe to the theory that if you can't feel it, what's the use, so I wanted a stereo for the Rooster Fairing that I would be able to hear without any problem. I also wanted something without a CD player because i didn't want the extra weight, but I wanted a USP/SD Card reader. Boss Audio is what came to the top of my list. Thursday night, last week I bought a stereo and set of 4" speakers on fleabay, and Saturday (during a snow storm) they were delivered and the order came with free shipping. :shock:

Public Address System

• brianinpa
• Feb 17, 2014

So now I had the stereo, but no hole to put it in, so out came the tools in my lavatory laboratory as I have come to refer to it. First thing was to mark out my cut line:

Step 1

• brianinpa
• Feb 17, 2014

Drill out the corners (Not really necessary, but have you ever cut ABS with a dremel cut-off wheel?):

Step 2

• brianinpa
• Feb 17, 2014

Rough cut to the inside of the line (don't want to take too much on the first pass):

Step 3

• brianinpa
• Feb 17, 2014

And finish the hole off with some filing and sanding until the holder fits snugly:

Step 4

• brianinpa
• Feb 17, 2014

Finally test fit everything and admire the finished look.

The End

• brianinpa
• Feb 17, 2014

Now, if I could only get some warm weather so I could prime it so I could move on...

 

[Ansimp]

Looking good if you want the sweet sound of something else other than a flat 4...

 

[joedrum]

cool good work.... well done

 

[brianinpa]

Ansimp » Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:16 pm[/url]":26devk1j]
Looking good if you want the sweet sound of something else other than a flat 4...

That's why it has a mute button... :mrgreen:

 

[brianinpa]

This break in winter has been helpful in more ways than one. I was able to get out for a ride and I was able to prime and paint. A few things left to do: pin striping, clear coat, and apply some wrap material to the dash and the stereo box. With the next round of cold weather arriving tonight, that might have to wait a few more days/weeks.

Black 1

• brianinpa
• Feb 24, 2014

Black 4

• brianinpa
• Feb 24, 2014

 

[slabghost]

Hurry up! I wanna see the swimsuit model!

 

[brianinpa]

Me too!!!

 

[backlander]

That's gonna b sharp.

 

[brianinpa]

slabghost » Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:55 pm[/url]":2270qrsh]
Hurry up! I wanna see the swimsuit model!

Well V, here is a sneak peak of it while it is "topless." :hihihi:

Right

• brianinpa
• Mar 9, 2014

Left

• brianinpa
• Mar 9, 2014

I had a run in the paint on the fairing. i could have left it go, but I had to fix it. I sanded it out and repainted it, and the entire fairing orange peeled! :head bang:

 

[joedrum]

now that's tough .....vettered 1200

 

[brianinpa]

Saturday I saw an 1100 with a Vetter Rooster Fairing on it riding down the road and it looked bad to the bone. I really want to get this thing finshed now!

 

[brianinpa]

slabghost » Mon Feb 24, 2014 7:55 pm[/url]":whweay0m]
Hurry up! I wanna see the swimsuit model!

Hey V, I am a little closer to being finished! :mrgreen:

Completed Front

• brianinpa
• Mar 30, 2014

Completed Back

• brianinpa
• Mar 30, 2014

 

[Steve83]

Wow - beautiful!