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Side cover mod - winter head start

Started by stopintime, November 02, 2011, 12:18:43 PM

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stopintime


I wanted something smaller, showing more frame. Actually I'd prefer plastic, but it's so much easier to cut into carbon so Jeff at MonsterParts sold me a pair of Carbonworld covers (along with a few other items....)

Tape them up, draw a pencil line, Dremel'ish cutting wheel, grind/sand, silicone mesh in place... finished.
(hoping the clear coat won't start going rough on the edges, in which case I'll hand coat them with epoxy)












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ungeheuer

Nice neat job.  Looks very cool  [thumbsup] [thumbsup]

IZ will be so proud of you too  ;).
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stopintime

Quote from: ungeheuer on November 02, 2011, 12:51:39 PM
Nice neat job.  Looks very cool  [thumbsup] [thumbsup]

IZ will be so proud of you too  ;).

It's my pay it forward to him, so he won't feel lonely.

Thanks!
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Bick

Quote from: ungeheuer on November 02, 2011, 12:51:39 PM
IZ will be so proud of you too  ;).

What does this have to do with the Pipe Mod?
It's all in the grind, Sizemore. Can't be too fine, can't be too coarse. This, my friend, is a science. I mean you're looking at the guy that believed all the commercials. You know, about the "be all you can be." I made coffee through Desert Storm. I made coffee through Panama while everyone else got to fight, got to be a Ranger.

* A man can never have too much whiskey, too many books, or too much ammunition *

psycledelic

Looks cool.  I did my stock belt covers that way a couple of years back.  Good job.
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Nomad


teddy037.3

Quote from: Nomad on November 03, 2011, 10:41:31 PM
The IZ_ pictures?

if only the pipemod had been blurred out...

nice dremel work, btw  [thumbsup]

stopintime

Quote from: teddy037.3 on November 05, 2011, 02:50:33 PM
if only the pipemod had been blurred out...

nice dremel work, btw  [thumbsup]

Thanks!

The pipe ugliness isn't as bad live, but still not pretty :(
I've been through countless options, but nothing I've seen allows my feet this close to the pipes....
Custom CF instead of the rusty mesh maybe?
252,000 km/seventeen years - loving it

teddy037.3

Quote from: stopintime on November 05, 2011, 03:34:30 PM
Thanks!

The pipe ugliness isn't as bad live, but still not pretty :(
I've been through countless options, but nothing I've seen allows my feet this close to the pipes....
Custom CF instead of the rusty mesh maybe?

I didn't mean your pipes... I meant AZ's pipemod *shudder*

can't recall where off the top of my head, but I know I've seen universal CF heat shields for pipes, they're the rectangular kind, with hose clamp looking things to fasten them to the pipe

stopintime

Quote from: teddy037.3 on November 05, 2011, 03:47:17 PM
I didn't mean your pipes... I meant AZ's pipemod *shudder*

can't recall where off the top of my head, but I know I've seen universal CF heat shields for pipes, they're the rectangular kind, with hose clamp looking things to fasten them to the pipe

Seen them, but still a lot wider from the pipes + I'd need a curved one for the lower s-pipe.
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hunduc

looks great. i went with no side panels a while ago, but this is very stylish.

did you think about doing the same thing with the belt covers?

stopintime

Quote from: hunduc on November 05, 2011, 04:21:12 PM
looks great. i went with no side panels a while ago, but this is very stylish.

did you think about doing the same thing with the belt covers?

Yes - those are next  [thumbsup] Probably not the mesh though - I won't risk the mesh coming off.
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hunduc

so what's the plan? lexan windows maybe?

stopintime

Quote from: hunduc on November 05, 2011, 04:36:59 PM
so what's the plan? lexan windows maybe?

Just plain open is my plan for now......
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hunduc

you saw that new thread in "general monster forum", right?