Supplies: SuperBrightLEDs.com model WFLB24 (I used 3 of these, I suppose you could use 1 96 piece instead if it fits, i.e. if you go on the outside rim instead of the inside, read on for details). Also, you’ll need a vehicle. Mine is a 2002 Honda VTX 1800C The Build: I put my lining the inside of my passenger backrest, it turned out pretty well because it’s discrete, was relatively easy to epoxy...

  As some of you may know, I am in the business of taking stock motorcycle seats and making them more comfortable, because anyone that’s ridden for more than 20 minutes know that stock seats suck.     There are two things we do, one is shaving down some of the stock foam and replacing it with memory foam. This has proven to be an improvement, but we’re not satisfied with...

Can it be bondo times now? (read: stupid caturday compositional risk). Time for another custom fender update, and as you may have guessed it’s all about bondo! What do you say instead of me blabbing about it, we just get right into it? Lots and lots of bondo. Yummy! This stuff hardens pretty quick, and is startlingly easy to work with. Maybe it’s normal, and we’re just used to how much of...

So the shell was made. It was not very strong, and far from road worthy. First, we had to reinforce it. Since we made the fiberglass fender on the outside of the current fender, it’s safe to presume that the fiberglass copy is just a hair larger than what it should be. For that reason, we decided to reinforce on the inside. We skipped a few steps without photographing, but basically we trimmed all the...

This was much more enjoyable, and felt like it would produce better results. We started the process by using the current Jackpot fender as a base. This was the key different, most of the other stuff was relatively similar. We used saran wrap to completely mask off the fender, and painter’s tape to get the seams. On top of the clear saran wrap we used spray adhesive to hold long strand fiberglass mat in...

The aftermath. So, I ended up undoing a lot of what I had done. Go figure, all the DIY articles on the topic I read online were right, but I had to try improving their method otherwise I wouldn’t be able to live with myself. As it turns out, the sleeves got REALLY hot, resulting in my shutting off the clothing before the rest of me was warm, but that wasn’t too big of a problem. The biggest problem...

Got the blanket today! Stripped the inner lining: So I stripped out all the wire, which took a little while but it wasn’t all that bad. I’ve managed to pull out the wire, go out to radio shack and buy 1/4″ Mono phono jacks (3 males, 3 females), and get cheap black weave gloves from K-mart. So far total price of this project is $37, and I’m nearly done. Here’s all the cable woven...

I decided I was going to buy the gerbings heated gloves this winter season, because that’s the part of my body that REALLY needs it. After pricing out my setup, I then decided there must exist a cheaper way, and I must figure out a way to do it. So i bought a heated blanket off amazon for $25.00, (used filler items to reach 25 for free shipping). The heated blanket I picked out is a travel blanket, so...

After the very good lesson and loss of Part I, it took us a bit to get started on the second fender. One of the big problems with the first attempt was the gap left by the back of the seat to the front of the fender. Since we made the fender right on the rails it went low, unlike the stock fender which bows up to make a much rounder shape, which also fills the gap. I don’t really know why we didn’t...

Part I was a complete bust, but here is what we did and how we failed. Don’t worry, part II is far more promising so I’ll keep this short. So the ultimate goal was to create a fender that showed off a lot more of the rear tire on the Victory Vegas Jackpot (it’s got a 250mm wide rear, stock). If you’re not into bikes, then I suppose you won’t get this, but the rear end was just...