vodaphone mclearn aerox project *FINSHED*

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Clean hock:

 

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cheers mate i wanted to give it the new factory look and looks like i have done this so far.cant wait till i get the desgine applyed to the bike once i get time i will post up about the desgine work that i have done so far.

 

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Design part one

On the first day

So after getting the body work on the bike it was time to start designing the paint scheme I had done about 3 designs before finally getting the design that I liked and suited the bike. With the design all finished and on paper it was time to start making templates and getting the sizes for the vinyl. I got some thin tape and started going around where the red vinyl is going to go, the good thing about using thin tape like this is that it is easy to work with and you can change your lines without having to start again. I had brought two Yamaha sticker’s off eBay so I put them in the position where they will go and then started to size up the swirls which are also going on the belly pan.







The next step is to make the templates, So I got some tracing paper and traced around the blue lines which wasn’t the easiest thing to do as with the curves on the seat and mudguard kept creasing the tracing paper even though it was stuck down with masking tape but finally getting a good trace I used some thin cardboard and placed the tracing paper over the cardboard which formed my templates. The seat template came out right first time, same with the front nose panel, but after having a look at the mudguard and the side panel template they didn’t look quite right but I ran out of time so I had to leave it till the next available day.



On my next day off work I got the bike back out and wanted to redo the mudguard and the side panel templates. The side panel didn’t need a lot doing to it just the side closest to the front of the fairing side. I wanted to pull it in more which I did by taking away the old tape and putting a new piece down then re traced it and put it onto cardboard and it looked fine. With the front mudguard that proved to be more of a pain when I first done the lines I found that it was too narrow and wanted to spread it out a bit more. I took all the blue tape off the mudguard and started from scratch , I re laid down the blue tape this time spreading it out more and traced it again onto cardboard and then when I went to make sure it fitted around the lines ok, it kept pulling in along the straight lines and without seeing this before, I saw that the mudguard had a double curve on it, so after deciding what to do I re traced it again but just the right hand side this time and cut 2 pieces of cardboard but flipped over one piece to make the left hand side then put them onto the bike and joined them up at the middle and with a bit more tweaking to the template I finally got the template right.

 

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The vinyl is being printed as we talk and they should be ready to pick up late next week. ive taken next week off work so I should have the bike finshed . I have just got to fit a new water pump, m.o.t, go back to a standard air box and apply the vinyls to finsh the bike.

 

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bike looks mint now!

found a vodafone rep aerox while i was browsing before

http://forum.scooterforum.net/forum/f66/r1rox-projectt-174861/

 

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Cheers burns cant wait to get it all finshed now. the other vodafone rep aerxo does look nice. it looks good with the air brush work , would hate to think how much he spent on doing it all.

 

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Design

Part two

Having made all the templates for the aerox, the next step was to size up the spaces that the stickers will go into, which would give me the sizes I need for the stickers.
I then took it one step further and printed off the logos on my computer to size, on normal paper, and then i blue tacked the logos to the bike where they would go so I could get a good idea of how the bike will look



This proved to be helpful as it showed that some of the logos had to be moved about and re-sized and saves the printing company time on having to size it all up





This is the contact sheet that the printing company provided to me so I could ok the sizes for them to go ahead.



At the moment am wating on delivery of a new water pump so hopefully by this weekend the bike should be completed .

 

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The vinyls done yet?

Is there not going to be any red/orange on the bike?

 

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http://forum.scooterforum.net/forum/f66/r1rox-projectt-174861/
that Vodafone rep is real nice

 

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vinyls are looking nice although i feel theres not enough going on to be a vodaphone rep :beg:

 

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Hi guys sorry for the lack of update just been really busy this week. I picked the vinyls up yesterday and also the new water pump was delivered yesterday so I put that on yesterday have decided to go back to a standard air filter as I didn’t want the hassle of re jetting and it setting it up on the dyno. I bought a second hand unit and gave it a clean and check over plus a good polish to bring it up like new. I also had to re- tuned the carburettor for the new air box, it ticks over nicely and the throttle response is very good and picks up on the throttle really well. Afterwards the bike was taken out on the road today by my dad, he come back with a big smile and said it rides like a brand new bike and it goes well, which pleased me a lot.

I started to apply the vinyl to the bike this afternoon but this does take time and I didn’t want to rush it so I have only done one side apart from the seat unit which hopefully will be finished tomorrow. I wasn’t going to put any pictures up until it was all finished, but you guys made me change my mind, so here is just a little peak of what has been done so far today and what is to come. I hope you like what you see.



I hope you like what you see.

 

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I like what i see, but can't help to want more red :blush:

 

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dont worry gregzzz there is more red that is going to be on the bike .

 

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very nice so far mate, good stuff :good:

 

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I got my local printing company to print all the vinyl logos and to supply me with a sheet of red vinyl so that I could cut out the red background myself using the templates that I made earlier; this helped in keeping the cost down as my budget was running out fast.

With not wanting to rush doing this stage as it was my first time working with vinyls, my Dad helped by showing me the best way of applying the vinyl’s. I started applying on Friday afternoon to the belly pan, first by prepping the surface to make sure the bodywork was clean and then spraying soapy water where the stickers were going to go. By doing this, it allows you to still move the sticker about when it still on the transfer paper. You can then start to place the sticker in position, apply them and getting the water and air pressed out by using a plastics scraper, then remove the transfer paper, making sure the sticker has stuck to the bodywork and has not come back off with the transfer paper. Its quite funny when doing this because you need it wet underneath so the vinyl can move around but 9 time out 10 when you got it in place and go to apply it, it moves then you got to start again LoL .



I only got one side of the scooter bodywork finished by Friday night so I got up early Saturday and was outside by 7.30 am to get the rest of the scooter finished. I started by measuring each of the stickers positions and transferring these measurements to the other side of the scooter and then the fun started with lining each of the little devils in position so that I could apply them. I finally finished knackered but happy late Saturday afternoon.



When I first started this scooter project, my design brief was to achieve a McLaren F1 team pit scooter and not a full custom McLaren scooter. I have a lot to learn about all aspects of scooter / motorbike mechanics and customising but for my first scooter project I think this has turned out very well, I haven’t the expertise or money to do a full paint job yet, this is why I decided on using vinyl’s as you can cock up and start again with little cost to your pocket plus it is a hard wearing material and should take a lot of abuse. I’ve just brought an air brush kit and will be learning how to air brush over the winter and then I can start doing nicer paint jobs on further scooters in the future.

Thanks to everybody for looking at the project and I hope you have all enjoyed watching the bike transform from a pretty beat up example to a nice Aerox scooter. I have just got to take the scooter for its M.O.T and then the scooter will be up for sale, so anyone interested email me.

 

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How much you looking for it... i'm tempted...

 

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Very nice mate. You've done a wicked job of it and made it mint.

Even if ya don't get ya money back on it, you've learn't things you didn't know before, same with my VX, I might not make money on it but I've learn't fibreglassing, spraying, preping and playing about with a 4stroke runner.

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cheers jefro i have learnt alot thought doing this scooter just cant wait to learn how to do air brush work .

 

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to be honest you should keep it man enjoy it and your hard work

 

Looks great. However the white yamaha stickers aint doing it for me :hmm: