CycleCar Build: 2015

7/26/15

Test Drive

It's done. Sort of. Everything works. Now it's time to take it all apart and make a few changes to the chassis, steering and fuel system to make it right. Before it comes apart to paint the chassis, I took a ride around the back yard. Look closely, the dog is in the passenger seat.

7/20/15

Roll Bars

I fitted the roll bars tonight. Been a busy week building a dash board and wiring. Rebuilt the upper fire wall and mounted the electronics. Installed the speedometer, ignition switch, kill switch and battery disconnect switch. The little stuff takes the most time.

7/8/15

Where has the time gone.

2013

2015

It will be 4 years this fall that I bought the CX500 parts bike and started building the chassis. 2 and 4 years have passed between these pictures. It's about time I get this thing done. I've got a check list of things to do before DMV inspection. Hopefully by the end of summer

2011

7/2/15

carbon skin on the boot lid

One layer of carbon fiber over the fiberglass. Easier than painting!

6/28/15

Fiberglass, Carbon Fiber and epoxy

Got the hood made this weekend. Six layers of fiberglass cloth and one layer of carbon fiber on top. I got enough carbon fiber to cover the trunk also.

6/25/15

Starting on the hood

Sheet metal portion of the body is roughed in. Time to turn my attnetion to hood.
Step 1: Make a mock up out of masking tape.
Step 2: Step back and say, hmmmm, that'll work.
Step 3: Get buisy building a mold for fiberglass.

6/17/15

Body sides

I hung the body sides today.
.040 aluminum, pre-painted black.
I can almost feel the wind in my hair.

6/10/15

The trunk!

This was a challenging task. I've never worked with fiberglass.
I prepped the mold with release wax and PVA. 8 layers of 6oz boat cloth and 1 gallon of marine grade epoxy over 5 applications. It took an hour to release it off the mold. trimmed the edges and i got a trunk.

5/27/15

Junk in the Trunk

The seat is done and it's time to move on to the trunk lid mold. I built a foam mold by stacking 2" polyurethane foam boards on top of a hard board base. I glued the layers of foam together. I carved the rough Shape of the trunk with a hand saw and smoothed out with a DA sander. I sealed the foam with water base poly. Fiberglass cloth and epoxy is next.
This part of the build has been challenging, as I have never worked with foam or fiberglass.