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This shows a crossection of the fenders: four carbon fibre facets, the top one consists of a steel strip of 1mm.
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Kees Hadderingh generously provided timber yard and skills to mill the originals of glued MDF.
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After the milling everything needs to be sandpapered and polished.
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The original copy is covered with polyester rugs.
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1 mm thick stainless steel strips; cut and rolled. They are clasped into the mold. | |||||
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Carbon is a fabric of fibres. It's light-weight and strong.
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Carbon and 2-component epoxy casting form the actual fender. Cock Springer (of the Poly-Stone company in Nijmegen) is smoothing it with a spatula.
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The finishing touch consists of spraying and polishing.
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And this is the end result of a year and a half's work.
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July until November 2003 I initiated 'Stage III': radical and less radical changes combined with necessary maintenance.
One of the more radical changes I made was replacing the fenders. The first and original fenders were made of carbon fibre, with a stainless steel strip in the middle. As steel and carbon fibre behave very different under pressure, the fenders turned out to be very vulnerable. And, moreover, I wanted them stainless to make the CBX INOX even more INOX. Aim at the picture to view the new front fender. |
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Same story for the rear fender: aim at the picture to view the new rear fender.
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Zoals zoveel wat ik ondernomen heb, bleek ook deze 'Making Of' complexer dan verwacht. Er moest heel wat gerekend worden (Jan bedankt!).
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De 2mm dikke stips heb ik laten laseren. Willy Naves nam het risico om de moeilijke vormen te lassen, en slaagde erin.
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