fredator Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Hello, I know that fibre glass isn´t that great when it comes to withstanding heat/wear from grinding on asphalt ... but, I am thinking of making some thick engine case sliders from fibre glass to my suzuki gsxr 1000k4. Thinking about making them about 5-6 mm:s thick. Has anyone an idea of how they would fair from say about 3-5 seconds of sliding on the track with the weight of the bike on them ? My fibre glass fairings have performed quite well on this task, but I would think that the fairing also "bends" and doesn´t have to withstand the pressure of the bike on it ??? And yes, I could buy these ... but I think they are quite expensive and I have some fibre glass in my garage just waiting to be used :-) warm regards, peter PS. Is there something suitable for laminating with the fibre glass that would make it more slider friendly ??? It would have to be quite bendable :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Pryde Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Kevlar is a much better material for abrasion resistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredator Posted February 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 My local shop sells some carbon fibre material suitable to use with resin ... but haven´t seen any kevlar material around. Is it suitable to laminate with or what ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefatman Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Kevlar http://www.polyfibre.co.uk/index.php?sec=prod&prod=54 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyfumi Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 My local shop sells some carbon fibre material suitable to use with resin ... but haven´t seen any kevlar material around. Is it suitable to laminate with or what ? Short answer, yes. If you can do fibreglass, you can do kevlar. It's just a different cloth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyJim Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 you might want to have a look at http://www.gbracing.eu/info/Engineering.24.html?osCsid=dd569ba9b44776bf8fca15202695db50 there's some info on what types of material they use in their covers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredator Posted February 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Okey ... thank you very much for your answers. I will take a look at kevlar cloth, but maybe left to version 1.02 as I started manufacturing from fibre glass already :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Pryde Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Okey ... thank you very much for your answers. I will take a look at kevlar cloth, but maybe left to version 1.02 as I started manufacturing from fibre glass already :-) Okay then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaighn80 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 There's some other polyester based stuff that's very much like Kevlar (which is a DuPont product name I believe) can never remember the name of it but where Kevlar and Carbon are upto £30 a square meter this stuff is about £4 and looks the same and isn't far off performing the same Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmfab01 Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 There's some other polyester based stuff that's very much like Kevlar (which is a DuPont product name I believe) can never remember the name of it but where Kevlar and Carbon are upto £30 a square meter this stuff is about £4 and looks the same and isn't far off performing the same Do you mean Black Diolen, it looks similar to carbon fibre but is not as strong but has better abrasion resistance and impact strength, I plan to make some engine case protectors myself & will use this when I've made sure it can stand the engines heat. (it's used for making/repairing kayaks & canoes etc) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorenzo Posted February 18, 2014 Report Share Posted February 18, 2014 Black Diolen, As in "Oh my Diolen, oh my Diolen, oh my Diolen Clementine"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaighn80 Posted February 19, 2014 Report Share Posted February 19, 2014 That's the shizzle! Fo sho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.