Clear air box covers being fabbed

[juGGernaut]

Oh and MotoX6 its not a copyright or trademark infringement until I start to sell them... items for sale will be different, trust me I have thought about that.

 

[juGGernaut]

Ty sir

 

[stensg]

Found this you might be interested in clear cover

 

[Negative]

I'm still watching the progress of this like a freaking hawk .... An airbox cover with "ram air" scoops sounds freaking amazing ....

 

[juGGernaut]

Yea, not gonna go about it the same way, that process is a lot longer and a lot more work. Updated photos shortly, been super busy with work and scheduled rides with sport bikes and other buells, been a hectic couple weeks, hopefully after this short week deployment I can get back on modding this.

 

[juGGernaut]

So far, still a lot of sanding and fiberglassing

 

[juGGernaut]

 

[EricZ]

Could you not just lay up a fiberglass mold inside the stock cover? You could match the contours much easier and lay it up nice and thick so it would not deform when you pull it out.

 

[snrusnak]

It's a lot of work using that method. I have done it and I used joint compound over the foam to finalize shaping. Takes a lot of work and a long time(drying then sanding, repeat).

 

[juGGernaut]

Joint compound will crack, this will be used quite a few times do people here, I wanted something more permanent cause I am going to be shaping forced air intakes, so can't do compound, it would take forever layering it. This is my first time doing it, if I could go back I would do fiberglass, I might do a second one via fiberglass

 

[snrusnak]

No what I'm saying is you use the joint compound to finalize the shape, then you can cover it in something else to make a permanent mold. There are many ways. I used resin. In all honesty, it was a complete waste of time, I could have just started with a block of foam and used a hot wire cutter and it would have been easier and faster. And I was just molding a simple intake scoop, not an airbox cover with multiple curves. Molding is a hard thing to do to replicate perfectly.

You'll have to use something to finalize the shape, I'm not sure what better option there is other than something like joint compound.

 

[Negative]

I still applaud the effort you're putting into this.. =)

 

[DrogeN Omen]

you have my attention...

this guy made a clear cover...

maybe you could talk to him for tips?

http://www.buellxb.com/Buell-XB-Forum/Users-Bikes/official-rebuild-thread-and-intro

 

[snrusnak]

Nothing against the guy in that post(Kody), I think I met him at the dragon and he's a nice guy and all but his clear air box cover was very far from perfect. And I think he spent a shit load of time on it.

 

[juGGernaut]

The more time that goes by, the better ideas I am getting to make this mold more correct to the original. Just sucks I am away from home for two weeks for work, I am gonna try multiple ways to do this mold, my biggest concern is getting the mounting areas correct, and the actual shape close, not perfect. And I have a good idea of a style scoop I can use that isn't copying someone else's.

 

[Timmy_Tuff_Nutts]

Hi if you can pull this off you know another idea you could try and make clear hand guards to match that's what I want?

just a idea

 

[BuellyBagger]

Just don't get discouraged. Molding parts is no cake walk. We have a very experienced fiber-glass guy @ work (corvette resto's). He's building a 65 l88 prototype race car (its the real deal). The hood that came on them was an extended 65 hood with a air plennim built inside of it. Since the original was lost he built one from scratch using factory drawings. It took more than a month. So be patient.

 

[Negative]

I'm still really excited at the possibilty of this ... [up]

 

[HMTRAN]

No updates on this project?

 

[DrogeN Omen]

I have a spare cover now so keen to give this a go.

Any tips? What thickness plastic sheet / perspecs type should i use?