750ss Cafe Racer seat unit

[flatline]

Just got the fibreglass kit

Gonna make me a seat unit

Should be fun!!

[skidlids]

Plenty of ventilation required

[flatline]

So, I bought some florist foam, made a base and stuck the foam onto the board, making sure it was plenty big enough

The foam is very easy to cut and sand with the final shap looking like this:

http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/3383/pc101610.jpg

My tank was at the powdercoaters at this time so I had to stop until I could see that they worked together

http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/9310/pc181635.jpg

Next job is some fibreglassing

[bradders]

you're giving me ideas......

[flatline]

Ha ha:lol: :lol: :lol: gotcha

What are you thinking of?

[bradders]

similar for my race bike. Something very light, small and very light...did I mention light?! :lol:

Have you got the FG kit yet? The Carbon kits look good and not huge amounts more cost, and process looks the same. Youtube 'make carbon'

[skidlids]

similar for my race bike. Something very light, small and very light...did I mention light?! :lol:

As light as an Egg Shell ------------------CRACK :p

[flatline]

Yes, and I have done the seat so I will post pictures soon

Regards

[flatline]

Just had a look at some carbon fiber making videos

That looks easy

[skidlids]

Just had a look at some carbon fiber making videos

That looks easy

We should have filmed ourselves making pre preg CF bits in my mates Barn back in the mid 90s, using an old electric oven that had been extended with some steel sheet and a Edwards Rotary Vac pump
Best bit to come out of it was a complete CF subframe come seat unit for my mates original Fireblade.

[flatline]

There is no mention of any ovens in the videos

Seems to be the same as fibreglass but no filler can be used

[skidlids]

They will be using Wet Lay rather than Pre preg then

[bradders]

yep exactly like f'glass.

[flatline]

yep exactly like f'glass.

Certainly something to be thinking about in the near future

Cheers for the heads up Bradders

[bradders]

Certainly something to be thinking about in the near future

Cheers for the heads up Bradders

Thinking of having a go myself for a few parts do interesting to see the results and how easy it is

[flatline]

Thinking of having a go myself for a few parts do interesting to see the results and how easy it is

Would be good to start a thread buddy

[flatline]

So, the seat unit was built, which proved I can do it.

It also allowed me to look at what can be changed

I decided I want the seat to sit on top of the frame rather than hanging down over the side of it, so I built another one

This time I covered the plug in silver tape as silver foil is a bit loose

I am now playing about with some different colour schemes

Here are some photos of the build and the first go at the colours


http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/5679/p2251959.jpg

http://img859.imageshack.us/img859/1031/p2261960.jpg

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/7728/p2261963.jpg

After a lot of sanding and filling

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/6167/p3082016p.jpg

http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/8099/p3082027.jpg

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2416/p3092035.jpg

I reckon the white stripe is too wide and the red and green stripes are too narrow

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/1028/p3092037.jpg

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/7015/p3092038.jpg

I will probably make another seat unit and paint it black with the red, white and green stripes

Then make a decision............

[Iconic944ss]

Well done!

If it was a bit more teardrop shaped at the rear it would be classic old style ducati but I guess that's not really the idea?

Keep on doing so well and you might be getting requests ;)

[flatline]

Had one already :lol: :lol: :lol:

Thanks for your comments

[skidlids]

Really Nice job, looks Brill