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Old Feb 25, 2006 | 02:47 AM
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I am FINISH!!!!!!!
Here it is, after hours of breathing in dust and fumes! So far I have 4 layers of clear coat on it. I'm going to put it on the bike in a day or so when the clear coat completely hardens! It turned out all right. If you have an extra seat it will be twice as easy, especially for the mounts! Anyways I will post a couple of pic's when I put it on the bike. If anyone tries this and need some pointers give me a shout!

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Old Feb 25, 2006 | 02:48 AM
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I'll post some pic's of it on the bike tomorrow.

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Old Feb 25, 2006 | 08:07 AM
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Great work, can you take a picutre of the under side? So the fiberglass encompasses the styrofoam or did you just use the stryofoam as a mold and discarded it?

Dude you need to invest in a digital camera.....
 
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Old Feb 25, 2006 | 10:12 AM
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great job, arkas. i know you'll enjoy it even more, knowing the work you put into it and made it yourself. i'm actually starting a similar project -- using a spare seat i bought to make a replacement cowl. think i'll take some pictures too and track the progress.

can't wait to see your pics of it on the bike.
 
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Old Feb 25, 2006 | 02:38 PM
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Great work, can you take a picture of the under side? So the fiberglass encompasses the Styrofoam or did you just use the styrofoam as a mold and discarded it?

Dude you need to invest in a digital camera.....
See page two for an under side picture. Yes I left the styro-foam inside the cowl. I did this for one reason, it provides support just in case some retard decides to lean on it thus the styro-foam will overall strengthen it!
 
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Old Feb 25, 2006 | 03:03 PM
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That looks really tasty, nice work!!
 
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Old Feb 25, 2006 | 03:55 PM
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looks bad *** man.
 
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Old Feb 26, 2006 | 12:41 AM
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that looks amazing dude, do you have any plans of making them for sale? i'd totally buy one
 
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Old Feb 26, 2006 | 12:02 PM
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Very nicely done.

So was it worth doing it yourself? Or would you recommend just buying one?
 
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Old Feb 26, 2006 | 05:17 PM
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dude thats phat ive done fiberglassing on RVs before so im gonna try and do this soon nice work man
 
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