A post following the build of my bike - Kutay

[Kutay]

I think the seat is too big of a challenge. Considering how much work i put on this bike i dont want to out a sack on it. Ill probably go to a store that can upholster the seat for me.

I was also wondering about air filter alternatives? With the electronics tray I used I cannot install the stock filters (the main problem is the connector, it is rock solid), i want to avoid pod filters due to tuning issues. If i have to ill hack something ti fit the filters i have with the current connectors i bought. https://vrachtwagens.autodoc.nl/lema/14348376

 

[Kutay]

The upholstery was too difficult, i asked a place that upholsters car seats for a price. Looking forward to that. I moved the electronics tray in the meantime further up. That way i could fit the air filters with the connectors i got. No 3D printed connectors, much better. Time to pull out the bike to bits and pieces and send it to powder-coating.

 

[Kutay]

I ran into a bit of a problem. I want to drop Aprilia RS125 forks. i dry fitted them, bearing fit. My problem was the headlight. i dont want to buy sketchy ebay brackets, so the other option is the way. mounting it from the bottom. I am struggling in finding a headlight under 100 Euros. It doesnt seem logical so spend so muich money for a plastic and a lightbulb. And then there is the problem of fitting it. Has anyone done it?

 

[drewpy]

try a light from Aliexpress, or a good 2nd hand one off eBay.

https://vi.aliexpress.com/item/1005...pf2nncry&utparam-url=scene:search|query_from:

 

[OldDirtyHippy]

I'm just impressed at the amount of professional skills and education this fawking guy got in the process of his build. I definitely LOST braincells building Davey. Congratulations

 

[Kutay]

After a break there is some progress.
- The seat upholstering is done, just need to glue it to the fiberglass pan.
- New fiberglass cowl is made.
I wanted to make a new cowl because i met someone who built their bike. and they told me to do the fiberglass mold on the outside and not on the inside. It sounds right. I molded the inside, and the different thickness fiberglass was causing problem changing the shape of the cowl. Because I cant know the thickness of fiberglass at any given point on the surface of the cowl I "just did it" and it turned out a little bit different than the mold.
Yesterday i finally did tried the new mold. It worked!
3D printed a cowl as a thin feature on SolidWorks, then covered the inside with fiberglass and polyester, not epoxy. I used loose fiberglass which has a matrix material holding it together, and polyester resin can dissolve that and make an actually rigid structure, while epoxy does not dissolve the matrix material and it causes the epoxy to jus tthe cover the surface instead of penetrating between the fibers.
Pictures will follow...