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my mud guard clean up (pics) feedback welcome!

Started by Tang, July 16, 2008, 03:05:01 PM

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Fry

#20
July 17, 2008, 07:09:29 PM
Yes, perhaps even a few more bends...

Take it slow, do it out of cardboard to cut your final idea set if you aren't already.
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Tang

#21
July 17, 2008, 07:35:38 PM
ahh cardboad woot i should of done that in the first place  :cookoo:

good call buddy  :thumb:
1997 GS500E

Fry

#22
July 17, 2008, 07:41:43 PM
Yup, use some cheap stiff cardboard, it's easy and cheap to crumple up and start again.

Also you could cut / leave the width of the piece wider than you need and start bending on one edge and work you way across, that way you can trim the additional length off. if you cut it exact before making the bends your more prone to mistakes, least thats how I would do it.

Well actually I'd find a thick round solid objext, like a tree or something and bend the piece around that, then cut bend your flanges for the ends and bolt it to the rails.
Have you learned the lessons only of those who admired you, and were tender with you, and stood aside for you? Have you not learned great lessons from those who braced themselves against you, and disputed passage with you?
Walt Whitman

ben2go

#23
July 18, 2008, 10:48:13 AM
Poster board works.I used to make door panel,sail panel,and sun visor patterns out of it.Then transfer everything to the material To be fab'ed.Works well and can be gotten at most anywhere school,hobby,craft,stationary supplies are sold.The Stapels guy used to come in my shop with a confused look.He'd ask,is this Ben's Trim?Yep.He'd bring in all this stationary and stack it in the corner.The he had to ask,why would you need this working on auto and boat upholstery?I'd tell him to look in a car.All the panels would be patterned and in place ready to be transferred to coated fiber board and upholstered.Sorry for the story.Just thought it was funny.
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quiktaco

#24
July 21, 2008, 08:25:04 AM
How's this coming?  I like the new plans.  I don't see why you don't leave it flat, and just put it on top of that frame rail.  Still gives that extra inch or so, without all the bending.  Unless you want it easy to get in once done...or to bolt to the existing bolt holes on the bottom.  Anyways.  I like the new plan.  Looks like it will work.

Also, do you have a new rear shock?  If not, that is a good idea.  I recently got the katana shock, and it is wonderful.  Makes it harder for the rear wheel will go down as far also, so that could minimize your problems.
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Tang

#25
July 21, 2008, 10:34:26 AM
omg i know i need to upgrade my rear suspension its a pain in the ass

i'm going on sharp turns on the highways and every knook and and cranny feels like its going to throw my back end out from under my legs...

but so far i'm driving with this mud guard for now cuz i need my uncles help

but he don't come back from taiwan till like 28th

ill try to keep ya'll updated
1997 GS500E
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