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I guess its a good thing I'm fitting a longer shaft then, eh Leon? I wouldn't want to disappoint the Mrs! She is after all allowing the expenditures for the project!

I finished machining some threaded bosses for the electrical panel and R/R unit, and welding them to the battery box. It was an exercise in heat control and torch angle due to the thin sheet and the thicker solid round.

Above is the right side R/R mount. Below is the left side electrical panel mount. It needs a little more finishing.

im going to have to make some time to come see all this work. good to see youre back at it.

dcmspikes wrote: im going to have to make some time to come see all this work. good to see youre back at it.

Sorry I haven't gotten back to you man. I am back in town though, so we'll have to talk and figure out a good day for you to come up and visit. Thanks for checking in!

Whoohoo! My custom offset sprocket shipped out from D&G yesterday. UPS says delivery is next Thursday. I'm moving like a snail on this thing, but still moving

A snail is right! You're taking almost as long as me!

Tyler, I'm pretty sure I'm taking longer than anyone!

nice to know that your "retirement project" is still in "full swing" there buddy !


leon

porchev914 wrote: Tyler, I'm pretty sure I'm taking longer than anyone!

Naw, you wont beat me for another year and three months yet, if you thread started when your project did.

porchev914 wrote: I'm pretty sure I'm taking longer than anyone!

I think tectonic plates move faster than my 900 project. I'm sure you'll have your bike done long before my project is.

Later, Doug

You're killing me Leon! Yeah Tyler, I think I started this thread a week after I started tearing the bike down. Even baby steps get you closer to the finish Doug, and baby steps are still much faster than tectonic action! I promised I'd take my 8 year old to the Rock Store, but later I NEED to cut out a bunch of tabs to mount an undertail subframe shield. Then of course make the shield panel

BTW guys, I heard from non other than JOE last weekend!!!

I know its been painful to watch (Leon), but I did get a little something made last night. One of the things I needed to do before paint was some little tabs for an undertail shield panel. The only thing is, I don't have the panel made yet. So, thats what I did last night I started by using spray adhesive to glue card stock (file folders work awesome, are cheap and plentiful) to the bottom of the subframe, so that I have something flat that follows the contour of the tubes. Then I covered the folders with packaging tape.



Then I laid the the first layer of carbon cloth over the "mould"




I mixed up some resin, coated the first layer of cloth,, then added 3 more layers for a total of 4. It doesn't need to be super strong, just keep the crud out from under the seat and tail. After the last layer it looked like this:


And there you have it, thats how you make a quick and dirty carbon fiber subframe panel.

leon

I like it, can I order one..

Boostable wrote: I like it, can I order one..

It wouldn't be very difficult, but I'm guessing you have a stock frame boostable?

It makes me stiff.

And apparently prickly too Mark

And viola! We have a rough cut carbon fiber undertail panel





forgive the fingerprints, the panel isn't complete yet. I have one more coat of resin to apply