A new Seat Cowl

I handmade this seat cowl, I think it is pretty cool, of course it is not painted yet. But I was thinking about making some more of them, but I need to know what other years it will fit onto. I made it for my bike of course. '87 VFR 700. Any ideas of knowledge on this would be greatly appreated

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I think 86-89 were the same as far as the rear cowl goes. I'm sure there are others with more knowledge that will confirm or correct me. When you get a chance, take a pic from the side showing the entire side profile with the cowl on. Looks racy!

That's too much work for me.

It looks kinda big though.

Might want to trim Ver 2.0 down a bit.

For those who want an exact repro of the '86-'87 seat cowl, click on this link and ask the guy if he has any more for sale:

http://feedback.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBa...9603514&frm=284

Kind of looks like a Hump Back Whale, would have to see the whole bike finished to get a real feel for it.
Lots of work your doing, thats great. beer.gif

Would make a good storage trunk! tongue.gif

well when I get it all painted, and the rest of the bike too, so it actually looks good, I will post a picture of the whole bike.

baileyrock, Feb 10 2006, 09:09 AMKind of looks like a Hump Back Whale, would have to see the whole bike finished to get a real feel for it.
Lots of work your doing, thats great. beer.gif

Would make a good storage trunk! tongue.gif

It's got that "'Busa bump" going on. I kinda like it!

I applaud your go get 'em attitude and skills to do this kind of stuff. I've always wanted to venture into playing with fiberglass (other than cutting a hole in a brand new AirTech upper for a headlight) to make pieces the way I wanted them but never went past the "wanting to" phase. Riv has my admiration as well.

I LOVE IT! NO REALLY! IS PERFECT!
Finaly a place where i can freaking stick my wallet a water bottle and my cell!
That and if it had anice little padding on it....oooohhhh!
If you make one and paint it pearl white i'll buy it from you!

I was serious if you are going to make a few let me know i'll pick up a pearl white one from you!

I think the only differences in the cowl on the '86-'89 model is that some of them (I believe the Euro model and all from '88-'89) have little cut-aways near the bottom edges for the grab rails. Lookin' good, now hurry with the paint smile.gif j/k

Yah I need some place to store my wallet and my cell phone on rides!

I will definatly make you one. just send me an e-mail. All I have to do is to just get some finishing touches make sure it is perfect, and I will prime it post the pics, and then make a mold to make more. Just let me know, e-mail me shylion77@aol.com. It will come primed, you will need to paint it or have it painted, if you have the paint though and want to send that to me, i would be happy to do for an extra charge. I think I will sell them for like $150 plus Shipping and handling. Maybe like $200 + S&H if you want me to put a pad on the back of it for the rest of you. And it will have a lock on it, with keys, and trunk area accessable from underneath.

Mine's coming along nicely. Looks like the stock one, but a little taller and longer. Not much, just 3/4 of an inch taller and 1/2 an inch longer.

I also focused on eliminating the gaps that you see in the stock cowl. I wanted the gaps to be nearly eliminated. I offset the locating tabs to inside the cowl sides so it will almost fit flush to the tail covering up the slots they fit into. I think it looks a little cleaner.

So far I have about 10 shots of tequila into it. 2 shots per hour. beer.gif
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