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Old 09-02-2010, 07:36 PM
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I had recently purchased F2 fairings, and me and my buddy were trying to fabricate them on today, and we are having way to many issues. So I came up with the idea of using sheet metal, and molding them on the bike to how I want, then using that sheet metal as a mold, and fiberglassing around them. It would make a much cleaner fit, I'm just wondering if there would be any issues I would run into. Any opinions?
 
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Old 09-07-2010, 04:33 PM
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You mean besides the mess for fibreglass and sheetmetal?
 
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Old 09-07-2010, 04:34 PM
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be prepared for lots of sanding, but anything is possible as long as you have a picture in your head.
 
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Old 09-07-2010, 10:22 PM
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u just have to use your imagination, its going to take lots of patience
 
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My opinion...if you are having problems mounting the new fairings (you don't elaborate too much exactly what the problem is) I think thrying to make a fairing out of sheetmetal and then using it as a mold would be a lot more intense and take more skill than just working with what you have.

Making a complete set of fairings is pretty tough.

As said before though, anything is possible.

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Old 09-19-2010, 11:31 PM
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I think maybe he's saying he's going to modify the current fairing that way, so it fits right.

or did I misunderstand?

and it seems doable, as far as I know.
 
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