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Post by AtariGuy on Sept 16, 2016 21:16:01 GMT -5
I have a buddy who makes custom acrylic aquariums using cellcast acrylic and hotforming it to his designs. Gave me the thought of creating a see-through shell for the engine to show off a well painted engine, cleaned up custom gas and vacuum lines, etc - similar to those minimalist engine bays in super clean cars. I do like the idea of naked scooters, but it was a thought to add some custom depth to it, perhaps even using a tinted acrylic too.
Has anyone ever tried or considered doing something like this before?
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Post by niz76 on Sept 16, 2016 22:25:34 GMT -5
Put me down for a pre-order for clear Mina heat shrouds pls. ty.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2016 22:32:42 GMT -5
The acrylic will not take that kind of heat. (Like for the engine shrouds) You can deform and bend it with a heat gun or large hair dryer.
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Post by TurboTyler on Sept 16, 2016 23:33:31 GMT -5
The acrylic will not take that kind of heat. (Like for the engine shrouds) You can deform and bend it with a heat gun or large hair dryer. Bill Lol I thought everybody knew that. :/ |
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Post by gsx600racer on Sept 17, 2016 0:11:40 GMT -5
Neat idea, but if heat is used to form, not sure how they will stand up to air cooled engine's heat as PirateLabs mentioned. Iv only used plexiglas to create a template to make an open cover for a the CTV. You night ask why not use cardboard, well unless I have supermans powers of xray vision, I could not locate and verify that centers of the of all circles I needed to cut out.  My goal is to create a cover out of diamond plate aluminum that will "box in" the CVT to replace the original cover(without hacking up the stock cover) and allow for cooling and looks.  Just working out some design details to support the starter bendix and a alternate method to start that replaces the loss of the kick starter.(Area 51 stuff) |
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Post by niz76 on Sept 17, 2016 0:37:40 GMT -5
I can deform/melt plastic with a heat gun too, yet there it is as a heat shroud for my engine. I want some clear shrouds!!  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2016 0:47:43 GMT -5
Many different types of plastics out there...
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Post by gsx600racer on Sept 17, 2016 1:19:02 GMT -5
I can deform/melt plastic with a heat gun too, yet there it is as a heat shroud for my engine. I want some clear shrouds!! Two words, transparent aluminum. |
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Post by AtariGuy on Sept 17, 2016 7:06:54 GMT -5
There are high temp clear plastics out there, gotta injection mold them at (correct me if i'm wrong) 600 degrees, but once it sets, it would burn before it melts again. Anyway, i was considering using the acrylic for the body panels around the engine compartment to be like view panels/windows to the engine bay. 2 cents
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2016 11:52:58 GMT -5
Now I see what you are saying...YES, that would be cool! Maybe even add some led lighting for night riding and man, I'll bet that would look beautiful.
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Post by humanshield on Sept 17, 2016 12:09:05 GMT -5
My scooter was hesitating when the wind was buffeting (not Jimmy lol) around and it would surge and act goofy. Created this deflector and never had that issue again. Turns out the air pressure was changing at the intake and would cause the mixture to fluctuate between rich and lean. You can do a lot of cool stuff with acrylics...as long as heat is not involved. Did you know you can heat and form GLASS....however (and engine heat would not affect it) ?   |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2016 13:20:13 GMT -5
Nice deflector...looks good too. Well, the problem with glass is, unless it is specially manufactured (think Pyrex)it is does not deal well with thermal shock. The engine may not heat up fast enough to damage it but..if the glass is now hot, and it rains? Hit a puddle? Ride through a car wash like Brent did? Forget it. Like Mick Jagger sings....Shattered.
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Post by humanshield on Sept 17, 2016 15:44:41 GMT -5
Nice deflector...looks good too. Well, the problem with glass is, unless it is specially manufactured (think Pyrex)it is does not deal well with thermal shock. The engine may not heat up fast enough to damage it but..if the glass is now hot, and it rains? Hit a puddle? Ride through a car wash like Brent did? Forget it. Like Mick Jagger sings....Shattered. Bill Good point. But somehow, I seriously doubt anyone will actually ever see glass motor shrouds for a scooter. Pyrex or not. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2016 15:59:58 GMT -5
Now, here is an idea...some really good airbrush artist could paint engine cooling fins with shadows on the engine shrouds to make it look like an engine with no shrouds. Those guys can work miracles. Hell, they could probably make it look like a V-twin, ha ha.
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Post by ThomasTPFL on Sept 18, 2016 1:09:41 GMT -5
I don't remember the types, but there are plastics out there, available in sheet from, that can be heat molded once. Their structure is such that they effectively temper after that first heat cycle and after that become rigid until they get hot enough to burn.
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