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Now just to safety wire and get the beast running 100%, No point in looking pretty if it wont run right. Lots of little odds and ends and the fairing to finish. I’m not going to do anything special to the fairing. Most likely just paint it flat black with a white number plate and sticker the crap out of it. That way if it ever does go down it’s easier to fix.
Looks awesome! Some might take acception to the “carbon fibre”, but it sure looks cool. Lol. 
When is your first outing?
Thanks Dewey, The carbon was a Canadian Tire special, covers some of the mistakes I made in the paint. It was something I just went with I had no real plan on how it was going to look in my head. It looks decent from 10 feet away but it’s not perfect. It is however just a race bike and I really have no idea how to paint, I just try my best and learn as I go. I’ll be out for the Race school with my father in June. I want to do a track day beforehand but I am not sure if I’ll get to it.
Mike
Here is the before and after shot of my Dads CB 550. It was previously owned by another VRRA member. You may recognize it.
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Saw the C/F at CTC yesterday. Did you clear over top of it? And if so how long did you wait between sticking it down and clearing over? My 17 year old son is also doing the June school, and I think we will team up for the endurance race as well. Are you excited or what, counting the sleeps till race time? 
I love this time of year!!
I cleared right over top of it as soon as I got it stuck on. I made a little mistake with my dads bike. I painted it white then put the carbon and pin striping on. After he wanted it red so I put candy red over the black, now the striping/carbon is kinda brownish in that area. The carbon and pin striping should have been done right before the clear and the graphics should not be applied till the base coat is really dry, I would wait a day or so. I used Nason 2 part clear, works well. You can also put the carbon through the printer and print out what design you want on the back side and cut out. It’s a cheep way to put on graphics and you can be as creative as you like. As for the excited part, you have no idea. I can guarantee I wont sleep the night before the weekend. I just hope I can get all my bikes sorted and running nicely. I have wanted to do this all my life, and here is my chance. I can’t wait!!! 
What will you guys be riding?
Love the build(s) so far. Ya the CF is going to confound the guys at tech LOL. Suggest you bring a scrap bit of the CTC sticker material with you the first time through inspection.
Your fairing looks like a pretty tight fit on your bike, especially with an oil retention diaper or a bellypan… I was trying to figure out what it was originally meant for but coming up blank…
Regards,
Pat Cowan,
Vintage Motorcycle Fiberglass
Thank you Pat:
Carbon fibre really isn’t very vintage is it! Us young guys like that new stuff. The fairing has a dam built into the bottom of it. In the picture It’s just sitting there to see where I needed to cut it. I widened it 3 inches, extended the top half 5 inches, the sides were extended up to form a decent line to the upper part. It was a bit of a pain but I think it will turn out alright. I am no fiberglass expert, I am just doing what I can. I’m learning new stuff with every project I have taken on. I Should however have it done and fitted on the bike this week if all goes well. I am not sure what it came from, It must have been a 125 or a single cylinder of some sort. The center lower part was made for only 1 chamber to pass through.
Mike
Ya, it looked like a 125 fairing to me as well - just couldn’t place the shape is all and it bugs me 'cause I should know, dammit.
Regarding carbon fiber (CF), it’s been around for 40 years or more as a composite reinforcement with an extremely high Young’s modulus. I first used it back in the early '80’s but it was always “buried in the matrix”, if you will, as part of a composite lay up.
The trend to have the CF visible as styling feature is much more recent of course and there are a lot of shills out there flogging stickers as CF. Last weekend, we stopped a young man from spending $35.00+ dollars on ebay for a little 3M die cut sticker for the gas cap door on his Honda; we’re going to make one for him from real CF bits we have left over from other projects.
Have fun with your bikes.
Pat.
Nice one
I guess you know by now by now to try to buy gas without ethenol in it, and drain gas from tank after use to avoid the tank going soft and subsiquently leaking. There are some liners you can try to protect the glass from the corn gas. Dave
I have not even put gas in the tank yet. I have had water and I have had varsol in it and it never leaked a bit. I have been putting of filling the tank with gas because I don’t feel like draining it after. I have a dummy tank made out of a water bottle to test run the bike for now.
I’m using a fiberglass tank which I drain at the end of each day. Also only using Shell 91. so far so good.
Really don’t understand why they force us to use corn gas, it’s not any better for the environment or anyone at all.
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I was told to only use Shell, so I guess that’s what I will do. Draining the tank every day isn’t a big deal so I’ll learn from you and do that as well. I don’t like learning the hard way. I know all the gas comes from the same place but I am not sure what the individual suppliers put in it for additives after they get it. Shell puts that Nitrogen Enriched stuff in their gas now. Not to sure what effect it has on a tank or performance for that matter.
Mike
On the pumps at the shell station it says that the 91 Oct doesn’t contain corn products only the lower octanes do.
Almost there.