Seat cowl would look pretty cool, ShowBiz. How are you planning to fasten it to the seat?

Thanks qc! I'm aiming for cool... we'll see how close I get to the target lol

If you check out the link I posted, kml.krk came up with a pretty good way to attach to the seat. I think I can follow along with what he did and see if it will work with my earlier style seat. If not, then I'll be improvising.

I can't imagine it would be that different. Best of luck to you 

Any luck wished to me is greatly appreciated

Looks like the wax paper was a good choice 

Chris

I am really glad I used it 63... really glad. The drips of resin just peel right off the wax paper.

The mat I used was brand new outta the package and had fold marks in it... and wouldn't lay flat for me over the mould... so I taped it down around the edges. Tomorrow or Sunday I'm thinking I'll trim everything away around the edges and see how much needs to be sanded and added to make it extend down far enough and back towards the tail light where I want it. Also will do some sanding and adding a second layer for strength before I make the attempt to remove the mould from underneath. While that's setting up I can switch back and work on the fender. Or take a break 

Your cat looks upset that the bike is getting more attention than she is.

Nice work on the first layer of glass. Good luck!

Haha I do think she was a bit miffed.

I will admit, there are some bubbles. Tbh I shouldn't have worked on it last night after work (well it's technically always "this morning" because I work until midnight)... I was really tired from shoveling a buttload of snow before my shift and then work was blah because quite a few blood drives got cancelled due to crummy weather... but I was like meh I'll see what I can do. And then of course as I was spreading the resin I was like ugh I don't feel like doing this I'm so tiredddd but at that point there was no stopping lol.

Protip:

Lay the mat out on cardboard flat, and then roll the resin onto it, making sure you permeate the whole mat. Flip it over and do the other side if you need to. THEN take the wet, resin impregnated mat and lay it onto your form.

Sweet!!! Good tip.

Also when I said "roll," you can literally dump the resin on the mat and then hit it with a paint roller. the 3" rollers work well for smaller jobs.

+1 to dumping/pouring the resin!

Just a written update for now. Managed to find some motivation yesterday (I'm not gonna lie, my body wants to hibernate in the winter) and I removed the cowl from the mould. Then I re-covered the bike with wax paper and marked where I want the cowl to sit (how far down on the side plastics, how far down in the center of the tail section, etc) and added strips of cloth and resin to the edges of the cowl all the way around to extend it down. Next I'll sand/rough up the inside of the cowl to prepare for adding more mat and resin for strength. Once that's done I can start sanding and shaping the outside of it.

Also got around to messing with the fork brackets for the fender. The gray foam I have is gonna work perfect in between the brackets and the fork legs (to prevent movement and scratches). Idk what it's from, I think it might be something people use for around air conditioners in home windows? I also was able to sit and think of what size fasteners I need to 1) tighten the brackets to the fork and 2) attach the actual fender to the brackets.

I took my lunch break here at work a bit ago and went to Home Depot. Picked up 4 #10-24 x 3/8" stainless "button head screws" to tighten the bracket to the fork, 4 3/8"-16 x 1" chrome "button head socket cap screws" for attaching the fender itself and a multi-pack of nylon lock nuts. Was really hoping to get this stuff with a phillips head or something to make it even simpler but they didn't have them. And I'm sticking with Home Depot because I've got a gift card for there and I gotta really watch my money now because of the work I just had done on my van.

Since everyone likes pictures I'll try to take some tonight when I get home from work or tomorrow.

Someday I'll get around to plugging in my camera and getting some pics up on here. Managed to make two brackets for the forks, was working on the third on Sunday. Also came up with a plan for the back half which will use the front of a stock GS fender. Honestly I spent a lot of time trying to figure out a shape for the back half that looked good, how I'm gonna mount it, etc etc. I'm on the right track now

Working daylight this week so it's throwing my whole body outta whack and I've been shopping for a new water heater. That project will be tomorrow evening!

Okay here's pics finally. These are the brackets I bought from Home Depot. I used the black coated ones when I mounted my gixxer fairing to the forks. They are really cheap, less than $2 each. Only 3 in the pic but I bought 5 total.


More stuff!


I have spare fork parts laying around so I got one, cut the foam and started bending the brackets to be a bit smaller so they fit tight enough.


Once I got it bent correctly I used vice-grips to hold it and then I drilled a hole for the #10 screws that will be used to hold the bracket to the fork.


Tightened down the #10 and lock nut. Prepared to drill the hole for the 3/8" screws that will hold the fender to the brackets.


Drilled the hole and then cut off the end and rounded it a bit.


I made two like this for the bottom two spots on the fender. Here's what one looks like done.


Test fitting the first one with the fender:


Back-side view of the one on the brake side:


Spacing from the front. The right one has to come down just a teeeeeny bit.


Close up of the spacing on the brake side:


Close up of the other side:

Ok continuing from last night, here's the beginning of the third bracket. It has to be made different because the hole in the fender is not recessed like the bottom two. I started by making it into more of a p-shape:


Got it to shape and vice-gripped it to the spare fork. Drilled the hole for the #10 and tightened it down with the lock nut.


That's where I stopped that evening. The front should be pretty secure with the 3 brackets! I would make a 4th but as you have already seen, that part of the fender got damaged when it was still part of a 'Busa so... yeah. That part of the fender will just be smooth.

Biz! updates on that cowl!? that is sweeeeet!

Thanks TGW! No updates on the cowl yet, I'm gonna finish up my fender first and then probably continue the cowl at my dad's garage.

Thinking about buying these this month... the sale is good for all of March it said in the email:
http://www.motosport.com/Galfer-Front-with-FREE-Rear-Brake-Line-Kit?segment=badger&utm_source=yesmail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=201731

Haven't done anything recently with my bike, had a busy weekend being a bit social lol and then my mom showed me how to use the sewing machine she gave me years ago... it's a Kenmore Model 47 from 1959 and it is cool as sh*t!!! Gonna use it to make seat covers for the Spirit sometime this summer.

Quote from: ShowBizWolf on March 01, 2017, 03:45:27 PM
Thinking about buying these this month... the sale is good for all of March it said in the email:
http://www.motosport.com/Galfer-Front-with-FREE-Rear-Brake-Line-Kit?segment=badger&utm_source=yesmail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=201731

Haven't done anything recently with my bike, had a busy weekend being a bit social lol and then my mom showed me how to use the sewing machine she gave me years ago... it's a Kenmore Model 47 from 1959 and it is cool as sh*t!!! Gonna use it to make seat covers for the Spirit sometime this summer.

says only 1 in stock for a 1996. Can I scoop those up without being yelled at ?


edited 5 minutes later.  (too late) sorrrrrryyy

Quote from: TheGreenWeenie on March 01, 2017, 09:43:35 PM

Quote from: ShowBizWolf on March 01, 2017, 03:45:27 PM
Thinking about buying these this month... the sale is good for all of March it said in the email:
http://www.motosport.com/Galfer-Front-with-FREE-Rear-Brake-Line-Kit?segment=badger&utm_source=yesmail&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=201731

Haven't done anything recently with my bike, had a busy weekend being a bit social lol and then my mom showed me how to use the sewing machine she gave me years ago... it's a Kenmore Model 47 from 1959 and it is cool as sh*t!!! Gonna use it to make seat covers for the Spirit sometime this summer.

says only 1 in stock for a 1996. Can I scoop those up without being yelled at ?


edited 5 minutes later.  (too late) sorrrrrryyy

can't tell if joking around, or you just got played by the website... I checked it for 1995. and it said it only had 1 left in stock too.. but 1995, and 1996 are the same exact size...