1990 VTR250

The stickers are so old and the bike spent a considerable amount of time exposed to elements in its life before my sister owned it.

They will likely stay because as rogue said... Might not work out real good.

Plus, once the Yosh is back on they are mostly hidden.

 

Those plates look very similar to the CB-1 kits I made/sold for years. Nice!

 

Here's the ones I made for the Hawk. Nevermind the rusty bits and clunky footpeg, it was early in the build.

 

Nice! I sold a bunch of the CB-1 ones. Still have a few sets left.

 

You have someone machine or cut yours?

 

I made a set or two with hacksaw and file then used that model to have a guy build a bunch of them. I sources bolts, etc. and instant kits!

 

Hah. Yep.

I start with cereal box for the best first guess. Then move to 1/8 ABS where I can actually bolt things up for clearance and body position. Then onto aluminum with a band saw and drill press.

I rough in the shape on the band saw, then drill the holes. Trace the approved ABS model and then I bolt them together to final shape on the band saw, grinder and Beartex wheel. And then apart for final blending.

Needless to say I have HOURS into them.

Each set is usually a new application, so not a big incentive to have machined or laser/water jet cut. My approved prototype is the only one.

The benefit for creating a model from them and having cut would be to easily add lightening holes / reliefs. I refrain from manually creating those usually because I want the strength over losing a few ounces and I absolutely hate lightening holes/features that are not perfectly patterned/spaced. One fuck up and it would be a bunch of hours down the drain for me.

 

I mostly did it for the CB-1 group in addition to my bikes. They've lost their minds with TDS now and only yell the ten approved insults as their language. lol Me? Still riding the CB-1 and all of the others, smiling every mile.