viva_brasil
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Busy with this but failing on the updates....
Front end upgrade, new brake lines, forks, radial master cylinder. The 1198S waiting impatiently in the background....
Subframe updates: added tank mount tab and seat / fairing mount points. I will be using this metal frame to make a plug for a mold for a composite subframe... Hope to start that this week.
Exhaust updates: I wanted it higher and more centered so it looks better in the revised fairing. Since the subframe will be fine-tuned anyway, I'll add some clearance for the muffler.
Final intake updates - made this for the pod filters, getting welded up this week.
And putting that composites table to use... Making molds from the sheetmetal side panels. This is the gel coat.
Here are the side panels and oil cooler mount molds doing a hot post-cure so the molds can withstand heat in future use. I built this oven out of insulation panel, a heat lamp and fan, and a thermostat-controlled power strip thing - you can get them on Amazon for pretty cheap. For curing pre-preg I'll have to add an extra lamp since it takes about 20 minutes to get to ~100C right now.
I don't have the "before" picture, but this is a big plastic piece that goes around the tank and all the way up the OEM subframe. I trimmed it and sanded the fake carbon-like texture off of it and am still working to get it to a smooth finish. This design works perfectly with the custom subframe and the tail fairing. The white thing is the beginning of flashing for the mold I will cast from it, using corrugated plastic ("plastic cardboard") since it needs to flex more than the polypropylene sheet used for the other mold
The molds for the side panels came out well but I think can be improved, so will try a second set this weekend. The oil cooler mounts will likely be used just for one set of parts, that should have been a 2-part mold ideally.
Front end upgrade, new brake lines, forks, radial master cylinder. The 1198S waiting impatiently in the background....
Subframe updates: added tank mount tab and seat / fairing mount points. I will be using this metal frame to make a plug for a mold for a composite subframe... Hope to start that this week.
Exhaust updates: I wanted it higher and more centered so it looks better in the revised fairing. Since the subframe will be fine-tuned anyway, I'll add some clearance for the muffler.
Final intake updates - made this for the pod filters, getting welded up this week.
And putting that composites table to use... Making molds from the sheetmetal side panels. This is the gel coat.
Here are the side panels and oil cooler mount molds doing a hot post-cure so the molds can withstand heat in future use. I built this oven out of insulation panel, a heat lamp and fan, and a thermostat-controlled power strip thing - you can get them on Amazon for pretty cheap. For curing pre-preg I'll have to add an extra lamp since it takes about 20 minutes to get to ~100C right now.
I don't have the "before" picture, but this is a big plastic piece that goes around the tank and all the way up the OEM subframe. I trimmed it and sanded the fake carbon-like texture off of it and am still working to get it to a smooth finish. This design works perfectly with the custom subframe and the tail fairing. The white thing is the beginning of flashing for the mold I will cast from it, using corrugated plastic ("plastic cardboard") since it needs to flex more than the polypropylene sheet used for the other mold
The molds for the side panels came out well but I think can be improved, so will try a second set this weekend. The oil cooler mounts will likely be used just for one set of parts, that should have been a 2-part mold ideally.