GL500 Silverwing Scooped for $125

Well it's starting to look alot like... a motorcycle.

Preliminary assembly to get it rolling for seat fabrication before tearing it down to paint the frame.

Couldn't locate the correct allen wrench so the head of a bolt w/ a nut works great in a pinch

And I forgot to order tires so I can't get it rolling tomorrow
 

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Another lunchtime update... I was able to get the center stand & front wheel fitted.

The shock resivoir is wrapped in bubble wrap til I get a mount worked out for it.

I gotta find a rear tire to fit the rear wheel.


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Rear tire arrived, sweet!! Now need to prep & paint the wheel.
 

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2 things suck beautifying Comstars; 1) cleaning - they have a lot of unreachable pockets that still hold crap, 2) you will use more paint than you planned because of trying to get paint sprayed into those pockets. I used Duplicolor etching primer, wheel paint (black) and clear wheel paint on mine and lucked out with them looking pretty good. But the cleaning (and masking) took a whole week, the painting the best part of two days.
 
Thanks trek, and yes pid... the back wheel sucks

Lunchtime work on a seat frame today.

Bending, pressing, heating, & hammering. Not quite there yet.

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trek97 said:
Keep going. The bends look great.
Thanks.

Nearly had the seat perfected today at lunch but ran out of time.

Also... clip-ons arrived just before lunchtime.


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Working out a seat support and slicing off tiny slivers til the length is just right.

Lunchtime isn't quit long enough to make solid progress but it's close.
 

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Well the rear wheel is cleaned up pretty good and appliance epoxy is on hand for to spray it.

Also picked up a couple aluminum scraps around the corner today to practice my brazing skills.

Lunchtimes are too short
 

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Well after a nice weekend it got cold & chance of rain again today so no painting

But got started with a pattern for a seat hump and got started cutting it out with snips and a metal shear before I ran out of lunchtime.

This is my first time trying to work with aluminum so I'll see how it goes.
 

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did you make a paper pattern first. OR jumping in w both feet...like I do. ;)

Oh and hurry up so I can nominate for BOTM VS. The Black Knight!!!!
 
trek97 said:
did you make a paper pattern first. OR jumping in w both feet...like I do. ;)

Oh and hurry up so I can nominate for BOTM VS. The Black Knight!!!!
Paper pattern?!?! We don't need no stinkin' paper patterns.

I'm going for it, I have extra aluminum here & lots more around the corner... plus the tolerance is pretty low for this practice cowl.
 
Or... maybe a pattern wouldn't be too difficult.

I made this 3D model & rough pattern in about 15 minutes. With a little more time I could probably have a workable pattern to cut out.
 

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Cool, I love Blender. Although their native units are not conducive to producing real world prototypes.
 
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