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Build your own carbon fiber motorcycle frame

By Paul Crowe

carbon fiber chopper frameAfter mentioning motorcycle kits and components I noticed these two links describing the process for building carbon fiber bicycle frames. Super light and super strong, carbon fiber is showing up in all sorts of vehicles. I previously mentioned one company building carbon fiber motorcycle frames for the chopper market but when you look at the work these two did, you get the feeling you could adapt the process and do the same for a standard or sport motorcycle.

The process involves sculpting a styrofoam core, giving it a light fiberglass covering and then wrapping it in carbon fiber. If you used a standard motorcycle frame as your guide or even one of your own design, following this process, with some modification and adjustment to take into account the greater stress and loads of a motorcycle, you could have your own carbon fiber composite motorcycle frame. Not as cheap as a standard metal frame but a whole lot lighter and, if built correctly, stronger.

Carbon fiber has been around long enough for more home builders to be able to get into this. Carbon fiber is still not cheap, but if someone developed some skill here, they could be on the cutting edge of the next big thing in motorcycle frames.

via Hackaday

Posted on September 27, 2005 Filed Under: Motorcycle Builders, Motorcycle Technology, Workshop & Tools

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Comments

  1. Matt Guzzetta says

    September 28, 2005 at 11:07 pm

    How about a fiberglass-foam core car and motorcycle…..the car was built in 1967-1970, the bike shell is foam and fiberglass, built in 1982. The foam/composite construction can be light and very strong. Building the inside “skeleton” takes the high loads and distributes them through the skin. It is a great way to build.
    Love your site, great content.
    Matt Guzzetta

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    December 28, 2006 at 8:07 pm

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