cowl design take 2

[gpostarmy]

OK had some time today, and went ahead and changed some stuff with the seat cowl based on some suggestions from the old thread. First I added a ridge to negate the boxy look and kept it low profile to save the ability of using a tail bag. Second, I painted it yellow to show that seeing the seat under adds an aesthetic to the look. Keep in mind this is just a model to make a mold from so I can lay up a finished pieces in fiberglass or carbon fiber.
Here are a couple pics of design one.
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Here are some pics of the new design with color.
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[Wolfman]

OK had some time today, and went ahead and changed some stuff with the seat cowl based on some suggestions from the old thread. First I added a ridge to negate the boxy look and kept it low profile to save the ability of using a tail bag. Second, I painted it yellow to show that seeing the seat under adds an aesthetic to the look.
Here are a couple pics of design one.
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Here are some pics of the new design with color.
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Looks great, but the ridges on the sides bother my eye a little...just my 2cents, i would round the sides off, and leave the cantre ridge, but round off the centre ridge at the front of the cowl....

Love the Yellow, that is a great colour

:thumbup:

 

[Humperdinkel]

I love the lines of the 2nd design , stick with it :thumbup:

 

[Jb40k]

The 2nd gets my vote... Although I'm with Wolfman, the sharp edges look a little too harsh for my liking. Nice work though :thumbup:

 

[wolfe1down]

2nd designs looks pretty good. To echo some of the others though, the sharp angles look a little 'off'. Nice design though :thumbup:

 

[Kazza]

I went number 1

 

[grommit]

I think I like the first one but I would defo mod the sides thus, I did it free hand so. (I think thats what Wolfman was getting at).

 

[Boneman]

2nd. See I knew that once it was yellow, the black seat peaking through would look great!! (some of us just have more vision than others! :thumbup: )

 

[Shiny_side_up]

#2 looks fantastic. Makes me really wish my bike weren't black.

 

[mrphotoman]

looks really good so far, i would like it better if you could not see the seat on the sides but it still looks good.

 

[gpostarmy]

#2 looks fantastic. Makes me really wish my bike weren't black.

I plan on doing it with a layer of carbon fiber on the out side for some of them. That might look nice with a black bike. The inner layers will probably be fiberglass to save on cost since weight won't be really an issue.

 

[Wolfman]

I plan on doing it with a layer of carbon fiber on the out side for some of them. That might look nice with a black bike. The inner layers will probably be fiberglass to save on cost since weight won't be really an issue.

Keep at it man, Rome was not built in a day, but you are a lot closer in getting this little "rome" built, than the rest of us....

:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:

 

[Jb40k]

On a completely unrelated note gpostarmy... Whose swingarm plugs can I see in the first set of photos up there?

 

[CdnMedic]

I think I'm going to start on mine today