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RE: Seat cowl - 2/14/2006 2:54:48 PM
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arkas
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Another coat of Bondo glass and I should (SHOULD) be ready for the fine tuning and then the mounts.
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RE: Seat cowl - 2/14/2006 3:24:45 PM
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F3guy
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looking good so far!!!
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RE: Seat cowl - 2/22/2006 3:43:29 PM
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arkas
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Almost finish. After a couple of layers of Bondo glass and sanding I put on the grey primer and it looks pretty good. It fits on the bike nice after some fine tuning with the sanding. All that's left to do are the mounts, wet sanding, primer and hopefully just painting. Not sure what color to paint it though, I was thinking either black or Titanium?
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RE: Seat cowl - 2/22/2006 4:08:46 PM
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Holy crap dude, that looks great. It looks like a real pro job. You got to paint it black though. A body shop should be able to help you match the paint, although at this point I'm gonna guess that you might be able to figure that one out too.
Nice work.
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RE: Seat cowl - 2/22/2006 4:22:44 PM
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arkas
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Thanks, I don't like to paint so I am thinking of taking it to a pro, like Macco or something. I am thinking black also. I was thinking about doing it myself, it cant be that hard. If anyone has experience with painting and has some tips let me know.
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RE: Seat cowl - 2/22/2006 5:00:19 PM
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so how did you get it to hook up to the bike?
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RE: Seat cowl - 2/22/2006 9:23:10 PM
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Turnin20s
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quote:
ORIGINAL: arkas
Thanks, I don't like to paint so I am thinking of taking it to a pro, like Macco or something. I am thinking black also. I was thinking about doing it myself, it cant be that hard. If anyone has experience with painting and has some tips let me know.
That turned out awesome. Great work, it looks like it fits really good. Its probably going to be kind of expensive to paint it, but it really all depends on where you take it. I'd say if you did all of that work yourself, I'd try to paint it too. If you mess up the paint you can always sand it down and take it to a professional.
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RE: Seat cowl - 2/22/2006 9:37:03 PM
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cjbettis
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if you want an exact match you can buy from Honda....just get the color off your stock seat
I think they even come in a spray can....
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RE: Seat cowl - 2/23/2006 12:57:42 PM
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arkas
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Anyone wishing to try this here's a short cut. Remove your seat and make the hump out of styro-foam to your desired shape, put that on top of your seat and cover it in tin-foil and masking tape. Start fiber-glassing. I did one with the extra fiberglass I had left over and I t came out nice. All thats left to do is the filler (bondo-glass) sanding etc....It was alot faster doing it this way then doing the whole thing out of styro-foam! and the best thing is that it fits perfect like your seat does.....Wish I thought of this before!
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RE: Seat cowl - 2/23/2006 1:10:08 PM
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sodamninsane
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haha arkas you read my mind!! I've got a spare seat coming to me right now so that I can try this with some c/f if I can get a hold of some otherwise I'm sticking with glass... the only problem I'm going to have is paint... as I'm sure you've heard the factory yellow ain't cheap... thinkin about painting it flat black.
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RE: Seat cowl - 2/23/2006 11:41:16 PM
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arkas
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The mounts are defintaly the hardest thing so far. What I had in mind was a total disaster! That dam spring loaded hinge for the seat on a 954 is a pain in the ass, every-time I come up with something different that spring-hinge would off set everything. But I finally manage to come up with an idea that worked, it might not look the best but who cares your not going to see the under side anyways. I had to crazy glue rubber wedges in order to keep it stable and centered, now its pretty secure. I will post a picture of the under side once I have it fine tuned. Anyone attempting this?
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