Re-body,anyone?

[azxvz1284]

With such a good frame, motor, and mechanicals, has anyone done a rebody? That is the same concept as a body kit for a Fiero that gets a new body and becomes a Lambo or Ferrari "replica."

 

anyone?

 

Thanks,

 

Richard

 

[craigatcsi]

Does a 'ReBody' Kit Exist or are you talking about doing one from scratch?

[etcswjoe]

I like the idea, sounds like a task for someone with a 3D printer.

[ACE50]

I'm thinking about building my own fairing from scratch this winter. Tired of the same'ol Harley type look. Just wanted to get my bars done first.

[craigatcsi]

I'm thinking about building my own fairing from scratch this winter. Tired of the same'ol Harley type look. Just wanted to get my bars done first.

 

When building one from Scratch, I would worry about it being strong enough to withstand the force of Wind a High Speed.

When I was in my early 20s, I had a Honda 750F which was built up to make it VERY Fast. Anyways, the bike had a Vetter Windjammer on it. When I got over 130 - 140mph, I saw the Fairing kinda 'twist' / Move. Even as dumb as I was to go that fast, I backed down, (and lost the race), because I was afraid of the Fairing coming apart / off and killing me. - I was telling an older Mechanic friend of mine about the race and the Fairing twisting and he told me to stop and think about how much pressure is on a fairing at Highway speeds. 'Hold your Hand up flat when on the Highway'. Because of him saying that, I always consider wind resistance for my bikes as well as my Cages.

Now that being said, IF you have the know how to make a Fairing, I am VERY anxious to see the results. I sure understand being tired of the HD look / Batwing look. That is one thing about my Venture that I REALLY like, that the Fairing looks so much different.

craigr

craig

[ACE50]

The Venture is different but they look very plain. Want to do something more aerodynamic.

Most cruiser fairings or windshields are more perpendicular to the wind and you get a lot of turbulence. Sportbike fairings are more parallel to the wing and you get very smooth wind across them. (think laminar flow)

I have plenty of ideas, just haven't nailed down anything yet.

[craigatcsi]

If you are able to come up with something different, I am very anxious to see it.

Someone on my Trike Forum DID redesign their Fairing and it looks pretty cool. If I remember right, it was on a Goldwing Trike.

I used to do Fiberglass on Semi Trucks and Boats, so I could do it in Fiberglass, but I know nothing about this ABS.

Please keep us up to date on your Progress. Pics would be nice also.

craigr

[Flyinfool]

If you were designing your own faring you could do it all in the colored carbon fiber and have a really cool look that requires no paint at all.

[Prairiehammer]

With such a good frame, motor, and mechanicals, has anyone done a rebody? That is the same concept as a body kit for a Fiero that gets a new body and becomes a Lambo or Ferrari "replica."

 

anyone?

 

Thanks,

 

Richard

 

 

While I am not sure if this example is what you were thinking of, but this owner, Steve Crossley (a member here) modified his First Gen body a lot.

[suds]

I really like the look if that!

 

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[ACE50]

If you were designing your own faring you could do it all in the colored carbon fiber and have a really cool look that requires no paint at all.

That would require some time consuming tooling to pull that off. I don't have that kinda time......

[ACE50]

While I am not sure if this example is what you were thinking of, but this owner, Steve Crossley (a member here) modified his First Gen body a lot.

 

That's what I would do if I had a 1st gen! Maybe a little less flake but the result looks good.

[Karaboo]

That would look good in BLACK.

[Yammer Dan]

That's what I would do if I had a 1st gen! Maybe a little less flake but the result looks good.

 

 

 

I think its Awesome but the flake should be gold!! I had dreams of something like this.

[Prairiehammer]

I had dreams of something like this.

 

I'll bet they were we...

 

 

Never mind.