New styling for xtx
 

Hi all, I've been busy, and thought I might share my little project with you all.
Much as I love my xtx the one thing that lets its looks down ( for me ) is the huge! Tail end! Now I have looked everywhere for a decent bolt on tail tidy that doesn't require any! Cutting of the original stuff, but alas nout! ( Nothing to my satisfaction anyway ) So I decided to do it my self. It's not finished yet but will be soon, so the following pictures are of my progress to date, feel free to comment if you wish.

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Ok so this is the mock up design I've settled on, I decided to go the whole hog and make it a tail tidy/ pan.

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Messy bit.
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Bit off red spread.
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Bit off filler....lots actually!
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I've tried to keep the styling the same as the rest of the body work
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I've mounted it as simply as possible with 2 (screws at the moment) soon to be s/s button bolts, to the flange at the bottom used to attach the original rubber splash guard, and at the top with 2 bolts to the original frame tags on the underside of the tail.
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Final rub and into primer she goes, few it's taking a lot longer than I thought!
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Nice one mate. Is the whole tray hollow, useable? What is the shell material you've used? Looks like a good job!

Good skills Shifit!

There are really some clever people knocking about,

Hi ozzz, yes the whole pan is empty, 2 reasons, one for ease of fitting indicators,number plate and reflector nuts and bolts. And2 it has created another storage space, for me, that's to put my bike cover in, but could be used for anything really! The finished article will be cast from 2/3 layers of grp, should be nice and light.:icon_burnout[1]:

Thank you mate.:D

Thank you too mate :D
Hopefully it will all come out good.

Well, got my OTR rear hugger to go with the new style rear, Hummmm not happy! Very poor fitment, as you can see the holes are out by quite a bit!! Perhaps it's just my bike lol. But any way I don't much care for the style, so you guessed it, I'm going to remake this too! http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/02/aqu8uva9.jpg
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Not liking this shape, think I'm going to mimic the lines and shape of the front weather shield....mudguard.
And probably extend it slightly to taiper to a point as well, like the front. Should Mach the tail pan shape then.
Also going to sacrifice the chain guard into the new mould to keep it looking original'ish. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/02/5u3a7abu.jpg

Blimey it looks good well done!!!!!

A bit of work in that project, looking forward to seeing the final result.

Thank you very much Simon Roma, and Kev, I appreciate the encouragement! It's taking its sweet time but it'll get there. I'm no quitter ! :003:

Ok a little bit more progress today before work, http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/03/urusamem.jpg
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Ok a bit more progress, http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/08/7eqaga2e.jpg
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Quite pleased with how the pointy bit looks!
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Sorry no shots of it in filler,I got a bit carried away, anyhow ,here's one of it finished in paint! Ooohoo can't wait!
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Oh and the clay is prep for the mould, don't forget this is the " plug " shame it's gonna end up in the bin!

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Ok so clayed it up, now the nerve wrecking bit.
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It's turning out to be quite complex to mould! 3 parts, only cause I made a return lip/flange facing rearward hard to explane but see the finished result soon ,hopefully lol, or it could fail badly!

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Ok now got to make assembled fixings, then ease it apart, wish me luck!
More soon.

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Ok Frankenstein mould ready,lol.
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All good!
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One in......
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And one out! Sweet!lol
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Well chuffed!

I'll be fitting this tomorrow, and put up some pickies. Then onto the tail tidy/ pan.

It on! Only the slightest bit of fettling very happy. What you all think?
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Looks great, I'd say now you've got the mould made, you could be making some nice cash

That's nice of you to say, bluecorp thank you.:woo:
If some people want them I will make more.
Still making the tail tidy/pan at the mo.

Great job mate, I always wanted one of them for my XTX.

The tail pan tidy, at last! http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/13/abu6e7er.jpg
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Wowowow nice, any idea of what price you could offer them??????

I'd like to see that back end fitted.

Ok guys, I've just finished for the night, and thought you might like to see it so far, on the bike.

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I'll take some more picks tomorrow, with exhausts and seat on. Off to bed now.

.? How much would you realistically pay for a tail tidy/ pan, bolt on.??

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Thought I'd paint these two, glad I did just the right amount of blue now. :)

Oh... I don't like it now sorry :(

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