Ahhh, decent weather for a change!
For the first time in months it's not just nut-shriveling cold, so I'm taking a short break from amplifier building to make some progress on a motorcycle related project...
I got this fiberglass racing seat for $7 on eBay some time back:
It's to go with the $21.50 GPz gas tank, also from eBay:
Yes, it's a real racing seat from a real race bike that's really been raced and crashed and patched and raced and crashed and patched and raced and crashed and patched... There were 24 holes in the fiberglass, ranging from small holes drilled to allow zip ties or safety wire to hold the seat onto the motorcycle's frame, to rather large holes caused by crashes. I taped over these holes on the outside of the seat (six months goes by) then applied resin and fiberglass, more resin, more fiberglass, and more resin.
This is my first foray into fiberglass work, and I have to say that it gives new meaning to the phrase "god awful shitty mess". It wanted to stick to my hands a whole lot more than the seat, so it was a real challenge to get the fiberglass fabric to conform to the complex curves inside the seat.
The fumes were a real motherfucker, too! I was high for like six hours after this little procedure. Turns out Goofy is a little paint huffer! I had to keep shooing her away from the area, but she kept coming back. I was conversing with her, of course, "Kitty, this is fucking turrble! On par with spending the night in jail!"
Sometime after midnight I checked the seat and reckoned the resin had set up enough for me to be able to fuck with it, so I trimmed away the excess fabric:
It actually turned out a lot better than I expected! I was worried that the resin would melt through the masking tape, but that was a non-issue and most of the holes are patched quite nicely now!
I still need to devise some clever means of attaching this seat to my motorcycle's frame, most likely by fabricating some sort of aluminum framework. Stay tuned for more on this...
Action Man has a gig at the big ass casino a few miles away, think I'll ride my motorcycle over there and check it out...
For the first time in months it's not just nut-shriveling cold, so I'm taking a short break from amplifier building to make some progress on a motorcycle related project...
I got this fiberglass racing seat for $7 on eBay some time back:
It's to go with the $21.50 GPz gas tank, also from eBay:
Yes, it's a real racing seat from a real race bike that's really been raced and crashed and patched and raced and crashed and patched and raced and crashed and patched... There were 24 holes in the fiberglass, ranging from small holes drilled to allow zip ties or safety wire to hold the seat onto the motorcycle's frame, to rather large holes caused by crashes. I taped over these holes on the outside of the seat (six months goes by) then applied resin and fiberglass, more resin, more fiberglass, and more resin.
This is my first foray into fiberglass work, and I have to say that it gives new meaning to the phrase "god awful shitty mess". It wanted to stick to my hands a whole lot more than the seat, so it was a real challenge to get the fiberglass fabric to conform to the complex curves inside the seat.
The fumes were a real motherfucker, too! I was high for like six hours after this little procedure. Turns out Goofy is a little paint huffer! I had to keep shooing her away from the area, but she kept coming back. I was conversing with her, of course, "Kitty, this is fucking turrble! On par with spending the night in jail!"
Sometime after midnight I checked the seat and reckoned the resin had set up enough for me to be able to fuck with it, so I trimmed away the excess fabric:
It actually turned out a lot better than I expected! I was worried that the resin would melt through the masking tape, but that was a non-issue and most of the holes are patched quite nicely now!
I still need to devise some clever means of attaching this seat to my motorcycle's frame, most likely by fabricating some sort of aluminum framework. Stay tuned for more on this...
Action Man has a gig at the big ass casino a few miles away, think I'll ride my motorcycle over there and check it out...
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