looking alot better then i thought, it was going to turn out... i like

rideplus

looking alot better then i thought, it was going to turn out... i like

You musnt have seen any of Bods previous work then :p
 
Looks totally amazing!!  You have some insane skills.

Oh Man!!  This is going to be Awesome!!  I can't wait to see the final product.

http://www.bods-mods.com/
 
There ya go :)

Thanks guys.  I've been working on updating my website, but haven't totally finished it yet.  If you would like to see more of my recent work, you can check out the beta version of my new flash site.
It's still a work in progress, but you can at least see the builds I've done in the past year. 
 
 

Its already taking some nice shape, cant wait to see more progress.

Bodcast: Weekend Edition! :D

Trying to finish up the fairings this weekend, and I think I got pretty far today.  I started with getting the U shaped piece integrated into the rear fairings. 

Now that the fairings are securely bolted in place, I can mark where the U shape will go and notch out the fairings.


Cut away some material so the U shape fits in there.  Here I've marked where the fairings meet up so I can cut away the extra thats hanging down below.  I taped a 1/8" drill bit to the top of the center rib to get the correct spacing between it and the U shape.


Since the mark was above the fairings, I cut about 1/4" below that to allow for the thickness of the fairings.


After cutting, I roughed up the U shape and glued it in place, positioning it with some cardboard spacers.


Once that was glued, I had to turn the entire thing upside down so I could apply more plasti-paste to the underside of the fairings to join them together and strengthen areas like the U shape.  I notched a piece of scrap wood to help keep everything aligned correctly.


I taped the seams at the top to give the paste some backing while it sets up.


Here's the seam from the underside.


A shot after applying more goop.


And the same underside shot of the seam with the goop.


I joined the fairings together at the bottom as well (The bike is still upside down).


Once everything set up, I could remove it from the bike as one piece.


Ta-daah!


The piece is really starting to take on some weight now, and it's pretty solid.


Looking back, I probably could have molded the rear fairing as one piece, and just cut the center slot and add the U shape, which would have made it more uniform.  But I didn't really know the exact width when I started, and it was easier to add the mounting rails this way.  I think it came out pretty well.  I probably have one more bondo/sanding session before I can throw some primer at it.  Hopefully I can take care of that today.

Your new flash site looks promising

so when done how long, wide, and tall will it stand??? or dont you know yet. looks like 3'long 2'tall 7"wide ish.

sick!!! i hope your not going to put that under the desk!!! dont rush throw it like i do, ill always mess up on some projects trying to get em done soon as possible!!! lol

oh man, I can already tell this will be EPIC!!!!

This is going to be amazing cant wait to see the final product.

rideplus

LOL!!! where is this contest going to be held at? if you dont mind me asking. i like to see this in person. but a doubt ill make the trip. :( or less its in my city..?

 
Cooler Master is hosting the contest.  It's a global online case mod contest where anyone can enter, with some cool prizes up for grabs. :)  http://casemod2011.coolermaster.com/
Tomorrow is the cutoff date for entry submissions, then we'll have one more month to finish before judging and voting takes place.

Boddaker

rideplus

LOL!!! where is this contest going to be held at? if you dont mind me asking. i like to see this in person. but a doubt ill make the trip. :( or less its in my city..?

Cooler Master is hosting the contest.  It's a global online case mod contest where anyone can enter, with some cool prizes up for grabs. :)  http://casemod2011.coolermaster.com/
Tomorrow is the cutoff date for entry submissions, then we'll have one more month to finish before judging and voting takes place.

oh wow... good luck Boddaker!!! the way litghtcycle is turning out you might not need the luck. :)

Well, I had hoped to have more to show this weekend, but my modding plans were thwarted by other things. :(  I do, however, have pics of the fairings primed.  They look ok-ish, but still need some minor touch-ups before I can lay down the gloss black paint.  Once the piece is one solid color, the imperfections really stand out.  And black paint is the most unforgiving of colors so I have to work the fairings a bit more.






I also got started on prepping the tubes for paint.  The ends will be lit via led strips mounted around their centers.  So all surfaces will be covered with the exceptions of the ends.  First task was scuffing them up inside and out.  Got one tube done...


And both scuffed, with the ends taped off.


Painting the inside with white primer.  A makeshift sling was created to suspend the tube.


For the outside, more thought was put in to the masking, since some of the ribs will eventually be permanently glued to the tubes.  I first had to mark the areas to be masked, so I devised a way to mark the tube by rolling it around while keeping it square to a 90 degree surface (Charles Richter would be proud lol).


Once marked, I could take 1/4" strips of tape and mask those areas.


That's all I got so far.  I don't have the led strips yet, so I can't finish the masking.  I'm waiting for one more package from Moddersmart that will have the led's, fans, fittings, sleeving, and custom rad (wait til you see this thing!).  Thanks for reading!