[Crash]

I met up with Chris today to drop off the chain guard that I have. He's a great guy with a good plan. I can't wait to see what he turns out.

[skidoo_03]

I am definately watching this thread closely. if you need a midwest distributor, let me know. haha

in my experience, small/cheaper pieces will sell fast. I go on ebay and impulse buy all kinds of crap for my car, snowmobile, motorcycle around $25.

If you want to get into the snowmobile market, there are a TON of plastic parts that could be made with CF and sell easily im sure. I can find parts that would be easy to replicate and send you parts for molds if you want to get into that in the future. check out this link. http://www.c3powersports.com/catalog/carbon-fiber

[chrisgreer23]

Heres the deal. In about 30 mins I should be getting paid (not that I'm counting down every last second ). My point is that I should be getting a rather large paycheck, roughly double what I normaly get. I had plans on getting a Kat with the extra mula but what I think I'll do is order a TON of materialz I need for about half the molds and enough CF to cover quite a few parts. I have to make sure bills are paid but I should be able to drop a good couple hundred on some stuffs.

I'll post again with what I get ordered.

Stay tuned...

I deff want a Carbon Fiber Tank cover for a post! i can pay upfront if that helps!

Not needed just yet but thank you for your support. I'll let you know when I've sused out what I'll do with a potential tank cover. Still don't know how I'll do it in my head.

-I gata tell you guys I'm usually someone who procrastonates ALOT. I'm hoping this thread will keep me going to get stuff done and keep you all posted as I go. I can't wait to see some finished products and some action shots of you guys with some smiles across your faces and some carbon fiber bikes.

[Crash]

i keep you on your toes i want the first cf kat

[chrisgreer23]

I just ordered everything I'll need to make the first few molds and parts. I also ordered a gram scale and a resperator from harborfreight.com. Hope things get here soon and that I have a place to make this stuff by the time it all gets here

[chrisgreer23]

Still no boxes in -_-. Are they taking there time or am I just impatient?

[Crash]

Probably a little bit of both, Im still waiting for my LED lights and my jacket

[Malarky112]

Hey man, sounds cool for sure.! Don't forget about us guys with pre's!! Looking forward to what you come up with.

[chrisgreer23]

Hey man, sounds cool for sure.! Don't forget about us guys with pre's!! Looking forward to what you come up with.

My heart is with the pre's. The bike I will be riding soon is a pre and will be using it's fairings for molds probably before even Crash's bike. Sorry Crash. My main reason for doing this as I've said is because (back when I had a pre) I couldn't find any aftermarket stuff for my bike. My camp is with the pre's and I'll have nothing else .

[crazyjls]

oh yeah cant wait to see what u come up with for the pres

[il_ragazzo]

i have so many ideas for perfectly functioning carbon fiber parts that should be really easy to make! Anything that isn't under pressure and is almost flat should be relatively easy to make. (compared to fairing.) custom sprocket covers, heel guards, chain guards ect...

you know small things that have a quick turn around. that if mucked up it's not much of a waste. can be made fairly quickly and cheap. once you get a good base for how many people will actually buy CF parts. you can make an estimate of how many people will spring for the full fairings. people start to trust your work too. not to mention you might learn a thing or two that you might not have predicted making smaller parts first, instead of running into a giant katana sized problem.


katriders have had many vendors that made really great stuff but it's just too expensive for most of us. and there is always demand pre production. but when it comes down to the dollars post production we are too broke to buy.

to be honest. i would love carbon fiber body work.... but i know even at materials cost i can't afford it. but i'm sure i can afford some small custom tid-bits that look great.

looking forward to see your work!

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://cdn3.ioffer.com/img/item/758/222/06/UlpvYBdy7jazwrp.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ioffer.com/si/carbon%2Bfiber&usg=__85Ez_Y4gFyJyc2Q04PPnikh6wJg=&h=300&w=400&sz=30&hl=en&start=24&zoom=1&tbnid=7p5j6ftdF5pgsM:&tbnh=142&tbnw=189&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgsxr%2Bcarbon%2Bfiber%2Bsprocket%2Bcover%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D711%26tbs%3Disch:10,400&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=334&vpy=309&dur=1408&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=149&ty=124&ei=HHStTNu0B564nAe1_Y3yBQ&oei=FXStTIjSJ8Pvngf22OzKBQ&esq=2&page=2&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:24&biw=1280&bih=711

[chrisgreer23]

So my wife informs me that a box arived today. Could be the stuff I need for the molds, could be a pre98 solo cowl I ordered, or it could be a resperator I ordered. Won't be able to open it till I get home -_-

[chrisgreer23]

So my materialz came in!! All together with shipping was $144

Materialz for the molds:


And the Carbon Fiber materials needed for the finished product:


I've actually ordered this stuff from Eastbaycomposites.com but from now on I'll just be buying the materialz I'll need from other sources. Most likely in bulk and for WAY better prices.

[Crash]

Ohhhh can't wait for the chain guard now.

[chrisgreer23]

Ohhhh can't wait for the chain guard now.

Some issues I have with the chain guard:

There is a piece of metal riveted onto the plastic on the inside (actually two):




Solution 1: I can leave the metal out of the finished product. This will then be a "for looks only" part as it won't be strong enough to really stave off the attacks of a broken chain.

Solution 2: I can rivet the metal piece back in. Only problem is I don't have a rivet tool…yet. If I am still able to use the metal bracket, I'll need this metal part from any customer who orders a chain guard from me. Or they can put it in themselves. Can anyone tell me what size the rivets are?

There are four triangle/trapezoid holes on the side:



Solution 1: I can manually cut them out with my dremel once I finish the part. I don’t recommend this because it won’t look the same as the original.

Solution 2: I could make the part with no holes.

What do you/the rest of you guys think? Or should I be "like Nike" and just do it?