Bikini Fairing fabrication

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Bikini Fairing fabrication

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I find it annoying when I paint my bikes and then invariably they get scratched at some point. Every time I climb on I'd see those scratches. Scratches combined with broken pegs on plastic panels, there had to be a better way. Then I came across some vintage bikes on Instagram with bare aluminum fairings and bodywork, no paint, scratches can be buffed out and panels can secured with bolts/pins/fasteners.
I asked a friend who was an aviation metal fabricator how difficult it was, "There's a learning curve but you can do it. And I have an English Wheel and sheet metal Brake I can lend you." I had no idea what I was getting my self into :lol: .

I'm halfway through my fabrication of my new body work for my GSX and about to begin on the fairing which is a major challenge so I thought I better get some practise on something smaller, replacing the acrylic bikini fairing on the CBX. Using the old fairing as a template I drew out what I wanted on some scrap from my GSX project. I wanted to completely wrap around the headlight but if I failed I was prepared to cut it back to match the template. I'm also considering swapping the CBX headlight for a 8" GSX headlight so the opening would need to fit both sizes.

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When you don't have the proper tools or metal fabrication experience cutting a circle is a challenge, start small and work my way out to the approximate size.
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At this point I've bent it over my thigh for the approximate curve I want, refined that with the english wheel and began bringing in the tighter bottom radius with a shrinke, plastic mallet/beater bag and heel dollie.

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At this point I'm quite happy with the shape, it needed some more time on the english wheel to remove imperfections and tool marks.
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Balanced on the headlight here it still needs to attached to the mounts. Once the mounting is done I'll polish it up to a mirror finish. Slightly larger than the fairing it replaces, just large enough to keep the wind off my torso and bugs of the gauges.
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Admirable work. I wish I had that kind of skills.
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Either garage is too small or we have too many bikes. Or Momma's car needs to go outside.

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