Rear fender streamlining

[John Noonan]

Congrats on your personal best..

[racer x]

Thank you very much.

[holdfastgreg]

Nice meeting you Eric (I was the younger guy with all the tattoos.)  You're bike has made me realize selling that ex250 was a mistake.  I guess I'll be on the hunt for another one soon!

[t russell]

By the way hes good with a weed eater
thanks for the help.
terry

[wobblywalrus]

Racer x, cleaning up the rear gave me similar results on a modified partial streamliner - a significant increase in speed.   

[racer x]

Thanks.
 Now I think I should cover all the holes in the fairings, Looking at land speed bodywork . There are very few radiator cooling holes or the like .
I hate to add weight .But it is only a couple ounces of aluminum if that. I will work in a salad at lunch to compensate for the added weight.
It looks fast . Feels fast . But what will the trap say?

[Cajun Kid]

Eric,  great job on your best speeds.  Now you can paint the new parts to match the new paint job.

Keep up the good work.

See ya in June.

Charles

[racer x]

Welcome back Charles. we missed you last week.

     I am holding off on paint. I still need to do some testing. Then when I figure out if it is better or worse  I will make the whole fairing out of one piece of light weight fiberglass when I am done.I still need more hand coverage .

[Cajun Kid]

Eric,  keep us posted,,,

It sure looks good.  It should even look and preform better in a lighter one piece configuration.

Charles

[Warp12]

Thanks.
 Now I think I should cover all the holes in the fairings, Looking at land speed bodywork . There are very few radiator cooling holes or the like .
I hate to add weight .But it is only a couple ounces of aluminum if that. I will work in  salad at lunch to compensate for the added weight.
It looks fast . Feels fast . But what will the trap say?

That looks great! How did you affix the aluminum panels?

[relaxedphit]

Charles, I thought you would say the new part was the right color. Eric, I didnt think you could get much lighter. Shorter might help, but that's a pretty extreme modification.

[racer x]

That looks great! How did you affix the aluminum panels?
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First I molded the panels by hand to lay perfectly flat on the fairings. Then I used clear packing tape to hold them down tight . Once everything was assembled and looked OK . I used 1/8 inch counter sunk pop rivets.
 
        So they don't blow off form the unbelievable speed.

[Beairsto Racing]

Eric,

I enjoy following your progress, the bike looks great.
Do you plan on extending the front fender as well?

[racer x]

Thank you very much for the kind words. Progressing has been fun.

I have a zx 12 fender coming from Catalyst composites. I have tried to make a front fender .Four failed attempts.
First my problem was making it strong . Then it was too strong and weighed a ton. Then it was trying to get it to look the same on both sides.
that was it . After making something that looked like a wrecked train . I gave up and bought something good.

[roadracer]

Which fender Eric?  The one I was looking at would definately put you in the Altered class without a lot of cutting.  We may be looking at different ones.