Help decide...

Nafz750 · Post by **Nafz750** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:28 pm

So im making my own fibreglass seat cowl as im not paying 200+bucks for one, will also be making a 1 piece tail section for racing aswell. Now I wanted something bigger then the ones you can buy so I fabbed one up from cardboard (yes purple was the closet paint I had here).

My question, does it look abit big? It sits my ass nicely against it when in full lay down mode. Yes it will be bigger then the seat section so will basically go over to the sides of the tail, should I make one up this size? or smaller? bigger?...

red_dave · Post by **red_dave** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:40 pm

Umm... not sure...

i'm voting for "too big"

zzzak · Post by **zzzak** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:41 pm

The higher it is the harder it is to thrown your leg over,depends on your age I guess.

Nafz750 · Post by **Nafz750** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:08 pm

View for better idea... zzzak, I was thinking about that, will throw a leg over in boots and leathers and see how I go, im only young but dont have the best knees haha. Will be doing the final shape with foam and shaving it, so will be easier as this is just to get me started.

balanse · Post by **balanse** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:09 pm

Looks OK to me, but its hard to judge proportions without seeing a view of the whole bike.

balanse · Post by **balanse** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 9:09 pm

Damn

too quick.

Looks Ok tho I reckon.

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:07 pm

honest mate, the idea of the cowl and the tank being the same height is sumthing greeny mentioned to me the other night, and i reckon hes right..it looks more flowing, so the fact that the mock cowl looks abt the same height as the tank works for me...

Nafz750 · Post by **Nafz750** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:13 pm

Yer someone on another forum said that too, ill get onto the foam and then the rest will be a few weeks away, so ill get around to hacking up my rear can to kill time.

BikerBoy · Post by **BikerBoy** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 1:29 pm

LOOKS GOOD! not too big at all.

kinda like the Suzuki TLS cowl

looks badass

ducati_paul · Post by **ducati_paul** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:26 pm

if your doing one for road use why not try and incorporate a lockable door on it so you can use the dead space inside it for storage

Burky · Post by **Burky** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 3:40 pm

Paul, i started doing one of these for the 7

. It is more of a pain in the ass than you would think, besides it cost me allmost the same. Just buy one and save yourself the pain and fustration

http://www.ksrc-au.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13199

Nafz750 · Post by **Nafz750** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 4:30 pm

burkys_ninja wrote:Paul, i started doing one of these for the 7 . It is more of a pain in the ass than you would think, besides it cost me allmost the same. Just buy one and save yourself the pain and fustration

http://www.ksrc-au.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=13199

Yer, its not costing me a thing, so works out very cheap for 2 new rear tails IMO. And id rather do it myself rather then pay for some overpriced piece of plastic haha, im just tight.

Paul, thats why ill be making 2, just a seat cowl and a full 1 piece one.

Gosling1 · Post by **Gosling1** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:33 pm

that looks OK, not too big, but needs a bit more 'shape' at the top, not just a flat straight line. This will be harder to make, but will look heaps better as a finished item.....

Nafz750 · Post by **Nafz750** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:41 pm

Yer Gos, the was the plan, its mainly because I couldnt get the cardboard to the right shape, but ive picked up a brand new seat cowl for 100bux today, so the fibreglass one will be a track thing.

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:23 pm

Nafz750 wrote:Yer Gos, the was the plan, its mainly because I couldnt get the cardboard to the right shape, but ive picked up a brand new seat cowl for 100bux today, so the fibreglass one will be a track thing.

sooo much easier to just buy one..i mean whats ur time worth ??