Got some little stuff done. I'm going through to make sure everything looks as clean as I can. I want this bike to look and function like it came this way from the factory.
I repaired the busted EBR airbox cover I had purchased late last year. To repair, I clamped both sides of the fissure then cosyed the interior of the fissure with 6600 epoxy. Then clamped the clamps to bring the fissure together and ran a bead of pla over the backside of the fissure. I cut a small 1x1 ABS and taped it over the crack. Working quickly to the epoxy doesn't completely set until I was done, I drilled 2 holes through the ABS plate on either side of the crack. I continued to drill 1/32 into the airbox cover. Just enough to make a dimple for the epoxy to set hold Then coat the abs with the resin and place over the fissure, dump large amounts into the holes drille and pack it with a flathead driver, build up the epoxy around the edges of the plate. Place a piece of paper over the assembly and clap tightly. Allow 24 hours to set.
Got the base layer color on it. Hotbodies pieces should be coming in for the tail and upper fairing. I still need to repair my side fairings and get them together.
To mount the airbox cover, I used runner spacers and tapered aluminum washers I turned down for the front mounts. The EBR airbox is much steeper than the buell cover thus the washer assembly.
For the rear mounts, I will be making 16g steel brackets that I will attach to the interior of the cover and bolt onto the airbox itself. I will also attach the cover to the WSBK tail on the overlap.
For the firebolt fairing stay to fit, you have to square out the bracket that attaches to the frame. Nothing a grinder with a 4in wheel can't handle. For the 1125 gauge cluster, I first made a template out of some wood I had laying around. Then lining it up how I wanted it, I used the template to drill out the mounting holes. Stepped up a few sizes and enlarged the holes. Got the dremel out and cleaned it up, elongates the holes to allow rotation of the cluster for fine tuning orientation. Using bumper coating, I painted the stay black. Then using large washers and rubber mounts, the cluster was mounted. The cluster itself is roughly 3/4in vertically spaced from the fairing stay. Using some high density foam and superglue I filled the gap around the outer edge of the cluster.
