Falco tail tidies
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- Firestarter
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I think I was clear that the ones I was selling were uncoated. The general consensus from the people who expressed an interest was that uncoated was the way to go.
i painted mine with plasticoat anyway.
i painted mine with plasticoat anyway.
fatboy wrote:Wayno, I think I got the only bracket that some lazy bugger got bored of linishing before it went for coating.
Nothing wrong with your work mate !
Re: Falco tail tidies
If you are still looking for more buyers to make the min of 5, I would like one so please count me inwayno wrote:Overmakes from when I made my own one (I got a batch of blanks made)
The Falco - a gentleman's sports bike; a hardcore sports-tourer; a connoisseur's motorcycle (BIKE Mag July'08)
Tail tidy
Hi Pete
I'm gathering names from here and Apriliaforums. I'll check back with you just for confirmation before I place an order. Keep checking your inbox as i have no idea when i will have enough interest.
Cheers, Daz
I'm gathering names from here and Apriliaforums. I'll check back with you just for confirmation before I place an order. Keep checking your inbox as i have no idea when i will have enough interest.
Cheers, Daz
Re: Tail tidy
No probsFalcoDaz wrote:Hi Pete
I'm gathering names from here and Apriliaforums. I'll check back with you just for confirmation before I place an order. Keep checking your inbox as i have no idea when i will have enough interest.
Cheers, Daz
The Falco - a gentleman's sports bike; a hardcore sports-tourer; a connoisseur's motorcycle (BIKE Mag July'08)
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Quite so. I had two, and got one polished (for the blue bike) and the other one powder coated satin black (for the flamingo red/graphite bike), and both look great, fit great and work great. Excellent initial design by Wayno, further improved by using 2mm stainless sheet in your updated version, Daz.FalcoDaz wrote:I think I was clear that the ones I was selling were uncoated. The general consensus from the people who expressed an interest was that uncoated was the way to go.
i painted mine with plasticoat anyway.
Excellent piece of kit and I cannot see how the design and execution could be improved.
New batch
Okay Falconistas, I've set the wheels in motion for 5 more tidies to be made. If you've PM'd me I'll be in touch to check if you're still in the market. I hope they'll be ready before the end of the month. Same deal as before, £25.00 incl UK delivery or for overseas the equivalent of £35.00 in your local currency.
Little addition...
Hi all (especially those who bought one of the tidies),
With my impending MOT I've decided to try and create a little mod for the tailtidy so that the original reflector can be incorporated back in. The reason is I don't want to drill my number plate, which was going to be my first solution. So I've been back on the CAD system and knocked up a bracket which will sit behind the plate allowing the reflector to sit just below the bottom edge of it, depending on the size of your number plate of course.
What I now need is somewhere who can cut it (them) out for me from some 1.5mm-2mm "plastic". I'm thinking PE or HDPE something not too brittle but very light. Does anybody know anywhere that cuts plastic sheets?
If I find somewhere then I'm offering to make a few of these, and send them out to people who bought the tail tidies and can use one, for the price of postage only.
btw I have 3 tidies still available, but they are on "you know where" so could go in a flash.
With my impending MOT I've decided to try and create a little mod for the tailtidy so that the original reflector can be incorporated back in. The reason is I don't want to drill my number plate, which was going to be my first solution. So I've been back on the CAD system and knocked up a bracket which will sit behind the plate allowing the reflector to sit just below the bottom edge of it, depending on the size of your number plate of course.
What I now need is somewhere who can cut it (them) out for me from some 1.5mm-2mm "plastic". I'm thinking PE or HDPE something not too brittle but very light. Does anybody know anywhere that cuts plastic sheets?
If I find somewhere then I'm offering to make a few of these, and send them out to people who bought the tail tidies and can use one, for the price of postage only.
btw I have 3 tidies still available, but they are on "you know where" so could go in a flash.
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Yeah, I'm not impressed with those. I know they make it through the MOT, but I think I'm a frustrated engineer who likes a more refined solution.
For the MOT, i will probably use a piece of plastic and some gaffer tape! There's refined for you.
For the MOT, i will probably use a piece of plastic and some gaffer tape! There's refined for you.
Aladinsaneuk wrote:I have a stick on reflector - about the size of a 20p piece that sticks on the number plate....