Custom/ Homeade parts

[HondaRacing83]

I've kind of been getting into making some of my own parts, like my oil cooler/frame guard. &I polished some stuff. Just wondering what you guys have made or polished and post some pics!

[TacicalRedneck]

I've made a few things.. but not on my 400ex.

Put stacks on a go kart, along with LED lights, a windsheild (made from... some clear something at lowes...)

Redid the wood in the seat.... Not much i can improvise on a sport quad though.

[dxcody]

Just curious, why the ambulances in the baclground?

[TacicalRedneck]

sorry ↑ my computer GRRR anyway

theres the thing i had to run outside on a cold snowy day and stop traffic, a guy hit an electric pole, the car was wrapped ALL up everywhere, lines in the road... I drove out there and stopped traffic.... they didnt even pay me anything....

[TacicalRedneck]

like a 1/4 mile streatch was FILLED with cops, vfd, electric people.... EVERYWHERE.. that was right after the 1st few got there... there were surely 20+ vehicles there..... fire engines, like 2 ambulances, some med dude or 2 driving BRAND new f250s in my neighbors feild... ehh yeah

[250x_kyle]

aluminum airbox i built for my 04 trx450r

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f134/needanewquad/PICT0025-2.jpg

stock 400ex header with heat sheild removed and polished way back in the day

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f134/needanewquad/PICT0216.jpg

[Rohr397]

Polished my clutch cover, posted a thread so I'll just throw the link in here.

http://exriders.com/vbb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=487935

[HondaRacing83]

ive been looking at making an airbox. how difficult? i like the header to

[250x_kyle]

well when i built that at the time i had acess to a cnc plasma table and tig welders.

took cardboard and made a rough template of what i wanted and then wrote all the measurements on it in sharpy. after that i drew them up in cad and had my buddy cut them out on the cnc plasma table. after that i cleaned the edges up and tack welded it all together making sure it was square. after that i spend about an hour and a half tig welding all the seems. their not hard to make its the matter of haveing acess to all the right tools and comming up with a design. i built that on a friday and didnt have alot of time so the welds didnt look the best in spots but o well.

[on the rocks]

i have mad a couple things

first: copper heat shield. hammed from a flat sheet of copper. and polished


http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad194/sas10_bucket/4%20wheeler/copper.jpg


next made a gusset just cause something needed to be there


http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad194/sas10_bucket/4%20wheeler/gussit.jpg


and for my dads POlariS i made some rock sliders

http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad194/sas10_bucket/realy%20random/yep3.jpg

http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad194/sas10_bucket/realy%20random/yep4.jpg

http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad194/sas10_bucket/realy%20random/yep6.jpg

now painted in bed liner

no pics of it but if you look in the last pic of my dads POlariS you can see extra shock... made the shocks mounts for that too.

made a rear brake lever for my buddys 400. his got lost when it fell off riding... some how lol

http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad194/sas10_bucket/realy%20random/brakelever.jpg

almost forgot
i made this for the hell of it, toung made from a racing go cart slick and just pop rivited it to a bent over tooth.

http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad194/sas10_bucket/realy%20random/mytouch.jpg

[TacicalRedneck]

HA,

all you need now is some banshee lights with the eyeball covers

[chronicsmoke]

Mudcaps..

[on the rocks]

Originally posted by TacicalRedneck
HA,

all you need now is some banshee lights with the eyeball covers

it was a 500 dollar 300ex my buddy had so he wasn't gonna put money in it. good idea though lol

[Reece616]

On my 400 I have a custom made poly skid seen here
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i255/Reece616/newSprocket.jpg

Custom welded in brackets for easily mounting the skid plate
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i255/Reece616/standingUp.jpg

CBR900 Clutch perch (to delete ebrake cable, but keep clutch safety switch)
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i255/Reece616/lever.jpg

And a custom dash panel CNC'ed by a friend of a friend.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i255/Reece616/2012-05-11_17-39-13_226.jpg

And a custom fiberglass frame guard I made
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i255/Reece616/2012-04-12_16-38-39_749.jpg

[on the rocks]

fiberglass frame guard is a good idea since the paint always get wore off there.

[HondaRacing83]

bump

[Stickman400]

Well I guess I wired up a custom starter button/headlight switch, and relocated my neutral/reverse lights. Here it was when I first did it, when I had shaved fenders(new plastics on in the pic).
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv192/Stickman400/Quad%20Pics/IMAG0139.jpg
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv192/Stickman400/Quad%20Pics/IMAG0140.jpg
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv192/Stickman400/Quad%20Pics/IMAG0141.jpg
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv192/Stickman400/Quad%20Pics/IMAG0143.jpg
Then after I put on my new plastic I didn't like having to reach all the way around the fender to start it or turn on my headlights, so I moved it up to my bars. Here it is, you can see it's a headlight/killswitch button for bikes, but I wired the killswitch to be the starter button and taped off the killswitch wires:
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv192/Stickman400/Quad%20Pics/IMAG0496.jpg

[HondaRacing83]

i like it. im in the process of polishing my side cases now ill try and get pics of them and my polished motor mounts, dash, and custom oil cooler / frane guard

[Ruby Soho]

i dont have pics but on my old 400 i made a dash piece, doubled up 450r pegs, couple fender brackets, an airbox for the battery, gusseted the frame, and a couple other small mods.

made a few parts for my 110 as well.

peg mount, pegs, and engine cradle

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/312253_10150288342111493_1847373299_n.jpg

custom intake manifold, cut ignition cover and left side engine case to adapt a rear facing intake

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/294327_10150262045511493_7680022_n.jpg

bracket inplace of the oem airbox

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/320662_10150336172241493_674141492_8380186_4869516 73_n.jpg

among other stuff

[HondaRacing83]

looks good guys. sorry I havnt put any pics up yet i get my new computer tomorrow im on my ipod now. but i got avquestion, how do you guys go about polishing stuff? i put some wd 40 on steel wool and go to work occasionally wiping it off and when im done i take some aluminum polish rags and clean em up. mine still arent as shiny as some though especially napalm nate (diff thread) and kyle how did you go about polishing stock header?

[250x_kyle]

various grits of sand paper followed by a 2000 grit wet sand apply mothers aluminum mag polish or something meant for the specific material. and lots of elbo grease and polishing with a wheel on a grinder or drill.

[HondaRacing83]

oil cooler/ frame guard
http://i48.tinypic.com/j0ci7s.jpg