Ok so first time I ever do this so I am bound to make mistakes!
Heres a few more pics
Pic 1
Rough shape
Started shaping the ‘thing’ by cutting an angle in the front and rear with a hacksaw
Pic 2
Rough shape rear view
thing from a different angle
Pic 3
Wet foam
The filler foam has not completely set (more than 12 hours later!
Pic 4
Rough shape on bike
Testing the shape on the bike
Pics 5,6,7,8
Starting to look like something extra foam added
Starting to look like something extra foam added side view
Starting to look like something extra foam added front view
Yet another picture of extra foam added
Batteries on the camera conked out so alot of shaping got done in between, decided I wanted to round the tail more so added more foam to get a single uninterrupted curve
Pics 9, 10, 11
Nearly completed shape on bike
Nearly completed shape on bike from another angle
Nearly completed shape on bike again from another angle
Got some nice shape into the tail and checking it on the bike
Pic 12
Ready for laying of fibreglass
little things on the front are an afterthought to extend the tail piece under the seat and make a smoother transition, getting ready to lay fibreglass
Pics 13, 14, 15
Ugly dip
Ugly dip
Ugly dip
Grrrrr…. fibreglass resin eats away at the polystyrene, literally melting away all my hard work on shaping the tail, added to which I ran out of resin, talk about forward planning! now i need more resin, and probably going to have to build up the dips with body filler.
On the bright side, because of the foam and surviving polystyrene the tail piece is so stiff i was tempted to stand on it cos it felt so strong. And that with 1 layer of fibreglass!!
I have since started correcting the shape and added more fibreglass.
Posted under SR 500 Project Bike
This post was written by Shaun on June 24, 2009
