Anyone tried making a fairing?

[EDBANGER]

Just wondered if anybody had ever had a go at making their own fairing piece either using an existing piece to make a mold or totally from scratch?
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[Itchy]

There are quite a few threads on this on the HUBB (horizonsunlimited), where people make their own fairings out of fibreglass sheet and foam. As most adventure tourers take trailies which have no fairing.

https://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hubb/yamaha-tech/make-your-own-xt-600-a-30524
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[Damon]

I made a rear single seat cowl for my aprilia RS125. Ill try and dig out the thread in a minute.

And I've also done a fair amount of repairs on panels etc but nothing to the extent of the work on that website


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https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=160021

[d-bug]

hi yer i had my 1st go last year with a fiber glass kit , sorting out a nasty mess on my fairing , but did think there was no way of me sorting it out myself , but in the end was bloody happy with the end product , so just go for it mate , good luck

cheers d-bug

[silky666]

I tried to make a fairing and single seat for my FS1E back in the early 80's . .... using wood, expanding foam and sheets of fibreglass and resin.

Its was a bloody disaster.... .... but I figure 2 things are different now:
1) you are not a spotty 17yr old with zero common sense.
and
2) materials and info on how to do this (the internet) must have improved/become cheaper.

Interested to see the final results ... keep us posted
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[Whosthedaddy]

Bullet in his 'Project Minja' thread knocked up an undertray using the original as a master template.
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[G]

Not what you're thinking I suspect, but it did the job ...
https://gees.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p835804901-4.jpg

MkII will hopefully be a bit more sophisticated in looks!

[eddclarke]

Do you have any more pictures of the KTM G?
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[G]

Another here:
https://gees.zenfolio.com/p284100218
Before 'conversion:
https://gees.zenfolio.com/p819138299
On tour:
https://gees.zenfolio.com/p597043665

I'm taking everything off, taking pictures as I go to show how the mounts work, etc.