something me and a buddy made for a weekend project
 

one of my friends managed to come up with a set of blueprints for a complete cafe racer seat setup that he wanted for his 1975 RD350 2 stroke bike, and around 3-4pm yesterday he came over and all hell broke loose with fiberglassing mayhem.

total I think was something like 16 hours in the whole piece, which came out a little rougher than I'd like it to, but I believe we can bondo the low areas and form it perfectly before its time to paint it. my buddy is the one holding the tail in the pictures. I dont think it came out too bad for being our first time fabricating in fiberglass material.

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f9...c/100_1541.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f9...c/100_1542.jpg

Before I even read your text, I immediately thought cafe racer.

Is that guy on crack or what? Get some food in him.

no, he's just nuts. he's funny though.

Give him glasses and some big ol cheeta panties and he'd look like the geek from Road Trip :lol:

"I BOINKED HER!!"

how bout a picture that showcases its application, instead of one that makes your friend look like he's on acid and about to jump down a pudding slide in lollypop land.

I've tried to fiberglass before,from the look of this kid,my guess is they didn't have adequate ventilation...

ultimately, it will be on an RD350 as the seat setup. the pic isnt the actual bike, but you get the idea how it should look when we get done.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3262/...82b4ea.jpg?v=0

unconfortable city. i like it.

just wait til we finish building his RD up from the ground. literally. we're going to be doing a fiberglass front fender, chain guard, potentially a fuel tank(EXTREMELY IFFY on this one) and quite a few other things before his toy is done.

when we finish it up I'll show y'all.

looks decent for a 1st try-might wana lay some more from the back in the curves for strength, and in the thin spots, b4 u bondo it all and shape it up

I was thinking the same thing and you probably know this but if you "thicken" the piece you can sand it smooth and use gel coat instead of using bondo which has a tendency to fall off in high vibration applications.

ah! thanks for the input. that was something I wasnt aware of until now. theres a few places I'd thought looked a little sketchy in thickness.

Besides,if you put it on too thick,it'll crack and bondo isn't flexible and that piece looks like it gonna move around a bit to me.

we're putting it onto a pan of sorts that will hold it, and the cusion for the seat. once we set it all up, I dont really think its going to flex at all. I'll post pictures after we've finished everything.

:x:

and when u bondo something right, its a very very light coat, almost nonexistent. most of it ends up on the floor from sanding.

i like to get the shape really close, then strengthen it from the back so it doesnt fuck up my shape, and i dont have to worry about going thru it when i sand it to get the shape really really close, then use your filler to make it perfectly smooth, sealer primer paint done deal

exactly!!

Thats gay. I linked it from another site and its gone now.

:drool: That is badass!