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Not a SIX but at least it's a Kawasaki. 7 years 1 month ago #15715

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Hi John,
The fenders are 16 OZ copper. I'll be covering the bottom faces with an adhered flexible foam pad to absorb small dents from thrown stones. The design of the fenders was a challenge for me. I didn't want to just bolt up something generic from a trailer supply house and I didn't have the skills to form my own complex shapes on an english wheel. As I said, I'm hoping the copper will tarnish until it's not too different from the stock paint. My camera didn't do a good job of capturing the paint color. It's that stock Kawasaki brown. Is it called cinnamon?
My next steps are to further quite down the exhaust and construct some sort of luggage rack.
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Not a SIX but at least it's a Kawasaki. 6 years 6 months ago #17243

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I've now built some "SaddleBags" or probably better described as storage compartments for my trike. They're made from 1/4" birch plywood and will eventually be painted with sheet copper applied to the top curved surfaces. I just now ordered some flush mount LED stop/Tail lights.
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What do you think?
Bill
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Not a SIX but at least it's a Kawasaki. 6 years 6 months ago #17251

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Glad to see you're having some fun with it Bill. it will be cool to see where your artistic developments take it. Enjoy.

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