Pretending I know what I am doing.... The adventures of carbon fiber boy!

My battle with carbon fiber sheets. Never have played with it before. First attempt at a heat shield turned out very well. Don't like that the only chrome was On the exhaust. Just did not fit the style of the bike.

Before

new shield

After


Love the look. Working on the cans heat shields now. A bit tougher than the little heat shields.

After I get these done and mounted and take aday off from the cussing, and throwing stuff around my garage I will make a few other carbon fiber pieces, want to cover the dash and the front
piece under the windscreen.

Here is one of the cans.


The small heat shield took about 45 minutes. The can shield took 3 hours. Have to paint the cans and pipes with some engine enamel before I can mount the shields.

That is tomorrow's project, 1 more can, paint, then maybe cut the cat off and gut it and weld it back on.

 

Done. I really hate carbon fiber. I think I will take a break from it for a while.

 

Looks SICK!!!!!!! :thumbsup: Nice work sir

 

Purdy.



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looks great

Looks Great
,where did you get the carbon fiber?

 

Try iJDMtoy.com

 

I got it from DragonPlate

 

Really, REALLY nice lad. Looks particularly good on that pearly white bike.

 

Fits the bike nice. How did you affix the cf to the parts? Did you have to cure the cf? I've never worked with it and could think up some projects though using it.

 

Very nicely done Baddabing. Really set off well with those white wheels. I may just have to follow suit with that. Now you need a smoked windscreen to finish it off.

On another note, is that a couple of nice burls I see leaning against the wall in the back ground?

 

I used sheet carbon fiber and used a heat gun and a halogen work light to soften the sheet enough to form it to the old cans and heat shield. Made the mounting tabs and mounted them to the proper spots on the back. I was going to overlay, but it just didn't look right, added extra bulk around the ends where it folded over.

I have the block off pieces coming for the grab handles, I have enough left over to make them out of carbon fiber. Looking for a good smoke screen.

Not Burl wood, flagstone, I used to live by Salmon Idaho and they had a U Pick rock quarry. I had a friend working there and would call when
they brought a load down to the u pick pit. Got lucky and found a good 4 foot long, 2 1/2 wide and about 12 inches thick. A rock hammer and wide chisel and bobs you uncle I had about 5 good slabs out of it. I have 3 left. Made mom and dad two benches and a fire pit out of some smaller slabs.

 

Grab rail block off plates made and mounted.

 

Beautiful bike and SICK exhaust covers! I like it a LOT!

 

Could you do a how-to write-up on the CF? (or at least point to one that you followed?) 'cause that looks great, and I've been looking for ways to forming CF without going all-out with a mold/resin/etc. I hadn't thought about using pre-preg and a heat gun.

 

yes please do. when you get done with your hiatus, you care to teach us, sensai?

 

Amazing work, sir.
I too, would love a "how-to" write up.

 

That looks amazing!

Your bike (being white) brings it all out nicely.

 

TAP plastics carries CF sheet. Don't know about pre-preg.

Jose