Carbon Fibre - H model , all parts !
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 9:21 am
Howdy,
Just got confirmation back about getting carbon fibre stuff made for my bike
Yip there are some parts out there already but this is a complete bodykit including the fuel tank 
Fuel tank is safe for gas - I believe they are lined but either way my main point was they needed to be 100% OK for fuel going into them for a very long time ie. years !
I have to submit all the parts I want making in carbon and they will make up the moulds - these will be accurate for direct fitting, another stipulation of mine.
The problem is they need a minimum order of 5 for each part before they will accept the order - OK some parts I can see me selling off on Ebay eventually but a Fuel tank might take a while !!
Another decision to make is , do i get them to make the twin seat cowl or the single SP cowl ?
Apart from a SP seat cowl i have the other body parts in stock and enough damaged ones to send - the process of making the moulds will wreck the paint on them. With sending the worse parts I would just ask them to dispose of them afterwards cutting down costs sending them back.
What I would want for my own bike:
Front Fender
Front upper cowl
Left and Right side cowls
Seat cowl (undecided what one)
Fuel Tank
Sprocket Cover ( Indents drilled out or cast hollow )
Exhaust hanger
Additional food for thought: Clutch cover & Generator outer covers (in a smash having carbon only would cause far more internal damage) , camcover purely for weight saving
If I can raise 4 more interested parties then I will do all parts at absolutely cost and ask that you contribute to my initial outlay shipping the parts to the company to have the moulds made, so for the parts I want I need 4 confirmed orders.
Failing that , then 4 only for the fuel tanks as I can commission the other parts as a one off slightly cheaper than having 4 spares of everything with another maker.
Fuel tank is around US$500 so about GB 320 - to keep costs down no cool air ducts but I'm going to miss those hoover tubes
so might ask about keeping the holes too
All other parts are cheaper than this as a lot simpler to make moulds of and cast, also they do a half n half service - the inner side is FRP and only the visible outer is Carbon - this cuts prices nearly in half so i am liking that idea
Tanks aren't included.
Going to try and get a ballpark figure for my complete kit but don't want to be seen as wasting their time.
Of course I could have this all done for an L model but i have no bodywork except for a SP seat cowl - so that is an option for an order of 5
MM!
Just got confirmation back about getting carbon fibre stuff made for my bike
Yip there are some parts out there already but this is a complete bodykit including the fuel tank Fuel tank is safe for gas - I believe they are lined but either way my main point was they needed to be 100% OK for fuel going into them for a very long time ie. years !
I have to submit all the parts I want making in carbon and they will make up the moulds - these will be accurate for direct fitting, another stipulation of mine.
The problem is they need a minimum order of 5 for each part before they will accept the order - OK some parts I can see me selling off on Ebay eventually but a Fuel tank might take a while !!
Another decision to make is , do i get them to make the twin seat cowl or the single SP cowl ?
Apart from a SP seat cowl i have the other body parts in stock and enough damaged ones to send - the process of making the moulds will wreck the paint on them. With sending the worse parts I would just ask them to dispose of them afterwards cutting down costs sending them back.
What I would want for my own bike:
Front Fender
Front upper cowl
Left and Right side cowls
Seat cowl (undecided what one)
Fuel Tank
Sprocket Cover ( Indents drilled out or cast hollow )
Exhaust hanger
Additional food for thought: Clutch cover & Generator outer covers (in a smash having carbon only would cause far more internal damage) , camcover purely for weight saving
If I can raise 4 more interested parties then I will do all parts at absolutely cost and ask that you contribute to my initial outlay shipping the parts to the company to have the moulds made, so for the parts I want I need 4 confirmed orders.
Failing that , then 4 only for the fuel tanks as I can commission the other parts as a one off slightly cheaper than having 4 spares of everything with another maker.
Fuel tank is around US$500 so about GB 320 - to keep costs down no cool air ducts but I'm going to miss those hoover tubes
so might ask about keeping the holes tooAll other parts are cheaper than this as a lot simpler to make moulds of and cast, also they do a half n half service - the inner side is FRP and only the visible outer is Carbon - this cuts prices nearly in half so i am liking that idea
Tanks aren't included. Going to try and get a ballpark figure for my complete kit but don't want to be seen as wasting their time.
Of course I could have this all done for an L model but i have no bodywork except for a SP seat cowl - so that is an option for an order of 5
MM!