Guts and looks (build)

[90GTVert]

It's coming together nicely. Gonna be a badass one-off.

[Fox]

Yeah what he said ^^^

[katastroff]

Thx, hard part is still to come: all them little PITA details.

[albongo]

I love this thread.
I'm interested to see what you do about the panel gap since you stretched the scooter.

[2TDave]

Looking good !!!

[katastroff]

May 16, 2015 4:24:54 GMT -5 albongo said:

I love this thread.
I'm interested to see what you do about the panel gap since you stretched the scooter.

Me too.

Seriously, im gonna buy another floor board and use both make 1 long one.

[katastroff]

More stuff got done today. The wheels got preped and painted; the body panels got washed, wet sanded and painted and the muffler guard got taped and is ready to paint. I will be working on it all week since i took a one week vacation just for that.

The washing and sanding got done outside while drink cola, eating chips and having a few cigars. But most importantly, no kitten were hurt during the process.

Here are more pixturez.




That is the final color of the scooter. I used BBQ black paint (low gloss). Totally flat black is not ideal as it will grab dust and get greyish pretty fast. The other thing is: if you wash it and rub harder on some spots they will become somewhat glossy and look like them badass flat black 2001 4 door corolla with neon colored rims ricers.

A bit like this:

www.performanceprobe.com/forum/showthread.php?t=45717





The exhaust i bought is red but it will be repainted the same color as the wheel. To make the muffler guard look like its floating i will paint the holding brakets the same color.



Here are some nice decals i got for the rear body panels.

[katastroff]

Today i got the front wheel back on the forks, as well as the mud guard. The new rear brake cable got installed, the rear wheel got back on the base, the mounting brackets for the fuel tank got welded on, made me a "high performance-racing-torbo charged-air ramming oversize" fan.

Just before i screwed back the orange cateyes on both side. Want to keep it street legal.




In order to weld the brackets back i had to know where to put them, so i bolted them to the tank and VOILA!!! 

The tank was emptied, washed twice with soapy water and was full of it when i welded the brackets back. I might be dumb, but not THAT dumb. 

Did a bunch of welding too where the floor board is gonna go. I was originally thinking about buying a second board, and use the 2 to make a long one.
That wont be the case:
1- 1 more floor board wont be enough.
2- At $40 a pop for 1 board, buying 2 is not an option.

So i guess i'll be taking out the heat gun and will be molding one out of whatever i get my hands on.


Here is my revamped fan.




+9.7 HP now!!!

  

[2stroked]

Lookin' Gooooooodd! No joke man, great fan skillzz. Can't wait to see how it looks once its finished.

Nice thread, good pics and a few tips. Pretty cool man.

[niz76]

Oh yeah! Been waiting a while to see this one come together!

[tiny]

What is that DayGlow orange? Can't wait to see finished product.

[Fox]

Nice work on the wheels. Satin Black is a great color. Like a shiny stealth bomber. I am itching to see the floor panel fillets.

[katastroff]

Part 3 of my Build-a-thon


Been busy today, finished putting the engine together, the engine got back on the scooter, worked on the floor board a bit, fixed a panel that needed repainting, got the back part of the body assembled, broke it, fixed it, then called it a day.


Here is how the frame will be under the floor board. I just hope that with all that extra metal i added to this ride that i'll still be able to take of on red lights.
These are the supports for the floor with the peg extensions. I made the extensions so that in case the rub on the road, they will fold backward.




Here is the floor board:




There is no way im gonna try to extend that part:



Same with this one:





So the best i could think of was: If not the front or the back, lets stretch it in the middle!!!  

Straight lines, square part, just need to make that hump in the middle.






With the engine on:



The little grill in front of the fan was broken, so i took it off. Im gonna have some kind of screen inside the scoop that will come in the mail someday.



This was still a problem even after i moved the motor mounting brackets on the frame. Taking it all apart again was not a tempting option, so i did the next best thing: I cutted the top of it.

I did that after mesuring the depth of the whole inside the breather tube to be sure i would not ruin it. I used one of them little straw you get when you buy a can of WD-40. Call me Mister-Hi-Tech. 



Brand new rear brake cable was installed. No secrets or mystery about that.



Brand new fuel hoses all over the scooter:




This was previously on both sides of the rear body panels. I kept them to see how they would look on the tank. I'll be getting new ones tomorrow.



My little one was making "magic potion" out of dandelions, liquid soap and whatever else she could think of.



Repainted the CVT cover with some wannabe HAMMERED paint. I was more hammered by the result then the paint itself. Gonna have to try and fix that and make it come out right... or simply buy regular paint.



Shit happens:



But if fixed it right away:

Mixed up some of that stuff, applied it very generously, wiggled the part where it was broken to get the /glue/putty/bondo thing in the crack, then added some fiberglass tape. 2 layers.




Tomorrow, i'll have to dissasemble the whole rear body part, sand it and repaint it. Sux but cant really do anything else about it.


The color used for the wheels and fan is: Chevrolet engine bay orange. I'm trying to restraint myself from putting too much of that stuff everywhere. 

[katastroff]

And in the mean time:

[iwiketuddlz]

Very nice work indeed!!!! Awesome man