Carbon work

[Panther]

Yep, you can only learn by doing

How hard can it be?

[Freakshow]

How hard can it be?

Easy, You just go away on holiday and give the bike to your bored brother!

And hey presto!

[Panther]

Easy, You just go away on holiday and give the bike to your bored brother!

And hey presto!

I didn't actually care I was just quoting imdying for the sake of it.

[EZAS]

Seriously how hard is it?
I've check online and it doesn't look too hard (I hope).

[imdying]

Depends on what you want to make, and what sort of quality is important to you.

[EZAS]

I just want my fairing's to be 'covered' in carbon fibre because it looks Better than flashy paint jobs .. IMO

I want it to be flat and smooth and not too patchy.

is it fibre .. or fiber?

[imdying]

Either is fine. Personally I think the concept of covering something in carbon is pretty crass, in almost all applications. If you like the concept, give it a go. Probably drop a hundyish on resin, and about a hundy per metre.

[R1madness]

Carbon fiber is the new CHROME hahahahahaha.

[imdying]

Used like that it is

[Buddy L]

I just want my fairing's to be 'covered' in carbon fibre because it looks Better than flashy paint jobs .. IMO

I want it to be flat and smooth and not too patchy.

is it fibre .. or fiber?

have a go at laying woven fiber glass first,as its cheaper then carbon fiber. and see how it turns out. Its the forming around curves and edges that the hard part. Trying not pull the carbon out of shape when applying it is extremly hard.
Has to be perfect as its going to be on show.
Good luck.

[imdying]

And if you can do that... then you can make a mold And if you can make a mold, you can make some carbon fairings

Well, so the theory goes... nothing to lose but time and money (and maybe a little sanity)

[Freakshow]

Out of the 10 pieces we made, only one is covering an original piece. it was small and to complex to make a mold. The easy stuff is that which does not wrap around something. for example a tennis ball. grap it with your hand and imagine your hand is the mold. once the mold is hardend how are you going to get the part out un damaged. if you use two hands - two molds, and break them apart then the original falls out but then you have to join two molds and that is getting complex. So when looking at what you are going to mold think of simple parts that dont wrap around. The examples are the visior or the foot pegs. And Covering a mold in Carbon defeats the purpose. Carbon is light and coving the original will gain strenght which is to no great advantage and is just adding weight.