Z1R Custom

I'm thinking I'm 1 of the 2 behind the motivation behind this. I do appreciate your efforts towards my build and look forward to seeing your work on my bike.

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The heavier weight fiberglass cloth doesn't like to conform to the tighter radiuscorners/edges' of the mold. So with a healthy layer of lighter weight cloth, I mixed some fast resin with high density filler to make a thick paste. I used a cut down body filler spreader to fillet the corners. It doesn't look pretty, but it doesn't have to. Once I lay some glass over it and saturate it with resin, it'll smooth out.

It really doesn't look all that different, it just has more layers of fiberglass.



For the ultimate in mold strength and longevity, I would use carbon cloth instead of fiberglass, but my pockets aren't deep enough for that! :sick: Lets see, $30 a yard, 3-4 yards of material.....yeah, too much money to make a mold out of carbon. Now $4 a yard, thats more my beer budget :laugh:

for a minute there, looking at the mold trying to figure what i was looking at, i thought someone slipped me some blueberry muffins.

Wow, the resin cured a little faster than I had anticipated, so I was able to strip the mold this evening. After pulling the flange, all I could think was it looked like something out of Star Wars :laugh:

I got all of the card stock and glue removed:

And finally, for now, I was pleased the OEM dash poped out with little effort :woohoo:

Great job adam, can't wait to see it!

whew! :sick:

i didn't know if we was ever gonna get here .

les you are the motivating factor :evil: i had already been talkin to adam :whistle: .

it took you steppin up to get him properly motivated :laugh: .

i just knew you was busy so i figured i better stick around and keep him on task.you see how his bike build is going.
he!! he'll start one thing,rebuild.
then get to thinking,next thing you know sssa.
oh thats cool.
more thinking,
carbon fiber side covers.
nice.
more thinkin.
carbon fiber tailpiece.
cool.
more thinking,and some internet forum lurking.
bam,full carbon fiber tank. :pinch:

thats how he works he gives you so much cool stuff to look at you forget he got off task again.

i'm just watching out for your interest and trying to get the most out of adam! :laugh:

woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!

good job adam i knew you could do it buddy!!:kiss:

leon

Thanks for keeping him focused leon. I can't wait to see the finished parts. Right now I wish the tubing would show up so I can finish my exhaust. I think I'll work on the intake for the carb for now.
Keep at it Adam, looks like your making positive progress.

Yeah, I'm trying to stay away from the negative style progress Les :laugh: But Leon is correct, I have been going off on a few, ahhh, tangents since I started rebuilding my bike. It really did start out as simple engine rebuild, then my imagination got the better of me. Now look where I am! :blink: