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Claytonbojo
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by Claytonbojo » Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:39 pm
Drunkn Munky wrote:There available from silhouette, i got price for the pair once and there wasnt much change from £100.
I never found a suitable place to supply the perspex so gave up and made some from a clear type of perspex.
If you wanna search the colour you need is acid green
thanks DM i will try that
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Claytonbojo
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by Claytonbojo » Tue Jul 27, 2010 9:52 pm
Drunkn Munky wrote:There available from silhouette, i got price for the pair once and there wasnt much change from £100.
I never found a suitable place to supply the perspex so gave up and made some from a clear type of perspex.
If you wanna search the colour you need is acid green
how easy isit to cut perspex? im not to sure wots the best colour know? how easy isit to fix the perspex i gather u have to pop rivet the perspex to the fairing?
The fairing has a curve to it, so if you get a flat sheet you will have to contour it with a heat gun.
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superlite
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by superlite » Wed Jul 28, 2010 8:44 am
Claytonbojo wrote:how easy isit to cut perspex? im not to sure wots the best colour know? how easy isit to fix the perspex i gather u have to pop rivet the perspex to the fairing?
The fairing has a curve to it, so if you get a flat sheet you will have to contour it with a heat gun.
A band saw will cut it like butter - jigsaws work too, but tend to chip the edges slightly. Polish the edges carefully on a hard polishing mop (bench grinder) to give a nice finish, or sand it and finish on 1200 grit wet. A heat gun will do the job for bending, but otherwise just use an oven set to low and then cool in cold water to keep the shape.
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Drunkn Munky
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by Drunkn Munky » Wed Jul 28, 2010 9:04 am
The stuff i used wasnt actually perspex, the name of it escapes me at the moment but i found the stuff whilst browsing through a site called speedzilla which im think is mainly american. There were a few guys on there making endurance nose cones for different bikes and they were all using this stuff for lenses. It comes in different thicknesses and i got the 1mm stuff which can be cut using decent scissors. I'll see if i can find it for you but if you do find a supplier of acid green perspex that doesnt want £300 for a massize sheet of it let me know
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Drunkn Munky
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by Drunkn Munky » Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:01 am
Kris your a little web ferret mate, nice find
I spent weeks trying to find some of that
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by ibby4585 » Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:04 am
No probs!! just ordered some, gona make one for the other light for a different look now and again!!
Kris
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by superlite » Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:25 am
Very nice find!
You can also cut up those fluoro perspex clipboards that you can buy cheaply at office supply shops and come in 4 or 5 different colours
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Claytonbojo
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by Claytonbojo » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:38 pm
Drunkn Munky wrote:The stuff i used wasnt actually perspex, the name of it escapes me at the moment but i found the stuff whilst browsing through a site called speedzilla which im think is mainly american. There were a few guys on there making endurance nose cones for different bikes and they were all using this stuff for lenses. It comes in different thicknesses and i got the 1mm stuff which can be cut using decent scissors. I'll see if i can find it for you but if you do find a supplier of acid green perspex that doesnt want £300 for a massize sheet of it let me know
£300! i didnt no it can cost that much? is 1mm better than 3mm or dosn't it matter i guess the colour at nigh time would just bee acid green?
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Claytonbojo
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by Claytonbojo » Wed Jul 28, 2010 5:44 pm
superlite wrote:Very nice find!
You can also cut up those fluoro perspex clipboards that you can buy cheaply at office supply shops and come in 4 or 5 different colours
ooooooo good thinking batman i didnt think of that one clip bords, lol with the 3mm of pespex can u still see the head light? any chance u could post a picture of wot is looks like on the bike ibby? i might go with the 3mm aslong as i can see where im going in the night time the last thing i want to do is stack it in a bush after all ther hard work
