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Home made light weight hood

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bigdog10110

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I am really thinking about making my own mesh hood, somthing similiar to a diamond S hood. I want to still have my gauges, and just a single fog light on the hood as well. I am extending the track and would like a cool lightweight hood as well for next years riding season. I need so ideas of where to get the mesh material and how hard you think it will be?



Thanks, Ryan
 
On the old forum there were several threads on this. Textiline is the material you speak of.

I made one with Textaline and Cordura. It looked cool when it was first done. My brother uses it now. Much cheaper than buyin one. Doesn't look as cool now but it has been like 4 years of use and abuse. Still functional though.

Not sure of the spelling of the actual stuff. Google will find it
 
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I have build several with the same materials used for M series or XP side vents, PET SCREEN you can get at Lowe's or Ace, can be ordered in grey also.
Secret is the frame, tig welded al pipe or titanium on $$ hoods, flat aluminum stock pop riveted together on the B&M Lightening products hoods, that's the easiest route for home built, nasty sticky double back tape is what the $$ hoods use for keeping the mesh on the frame.

I just mocked my frames up on the sled, aliminum strips, start clamping and bendinng then pop riveting when you like the fit. 5 or 6 pounds when done, I made most of mine to light and too flimsey, tough though. rolled my sled several times on my earlies mesh hood, no problem.
 
I looked at the textiline, and it is pretty spendy, more than I want to spend really. Now is that pet screen the same thing as the textiline? I also found PVC Coated Woven Polyester, would that work? It's like $14 for a couple yards of it.
 
I built one out of a wrecked M-series hood and pet screen from home depot.
My dealer had a cracked hood of which he gave to me for free. I mended the cracks by riveting aluminum on the back side, then used epoxy for extra strength.
I then swiss cheesed the hood with various sizes of hole saw, and covered with black pet screen.
It weighs 5#, hinges on the front, holds my windshield, and if I wanted will utilize my stock gauge.
I have a bdx mesh intake, and use my bd box for RPM. I mounted a small round lightweight fog lamp under the hood that shows through the stock light location from behind the mesh.
I get some funny looks, but it works very well.
 
not meaning to high jack the thread but i was curious

I have a carbon fiber/kevlar hood and i was wondering what would be the best way to get mesh over the vents?

cause the thing is really flexable, thats one reason i haven't painted that ugly thing.
 
Pet Screen (black) cost me $13 for a couple yards tall and a couple feet wide at a local pet shop.
 
Hey guys, I am starting the hood project tomorrow after school. I figure I need a four foot by four foot piece of screen roughly and throw it on the sled. I also figured a way that I can run it with my gauges and still have a single fog light. I am going to make a place for my face of my gauges to sit so that I can throw in my tach and speedo. Then If I would want I can also attach my windshield bag without the windshield obciously for long trips.
 
First off what kind of sled is it on, do you have the original hood left over? my riding buddy made one of of the Pet proof screen stuff, it is $13 a roll that will cover a whole door, so there is plenty, he just took 1/8" x 1/2" aluminum and made a frame and riveted it on, he made a fiberglass guage and light housing. if you have the original hood, cut out the outer edge of it, that way you have a good tight seal, he spent tons of time trying to make his fit around the bends in the body, and it lets snow in.

taking a stock one, cut out most of it, just leave the seams or major body lines and just leaving tiny strips, maybe an inch wide with little strips of metal uner them would look real nice, have a good fit, and allow you to mesh really easily.
 
bigdog10110 said:
Hey guys, I am starting the hood project tomorrow after school. I figure I need a four foot by four foot piece of screen roughly and throw it on the sled. I also figured a way that I can run it with my gauges and still have a single fog light. I am going to make a place for my face of my gauges to sit so that I can throw in my tach and speedo. Then If I would want I can also attach my windshield bag without the windshield obciously for long trips.
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PM me your email, I'll send you some pics, too big to post here.

Don't use the double sided tape, use button snaps (like on a coat or jeans) you just rivet them one side through the aluminum and then the other side through the fabric and snap them together. Takes a little more fitting with the fabric initially but then you can take it off, wash it if it gets dirty, straighten the hood or add more bracing if you need, etc.
 
I dont want to wreck my hood, I am thinking of selling it for extra money, it is a mint condition hood that I didnt want to screw up in the snow. I was thinking of the button snap idea. What do you guys think about using another set of hood guides for the obttom of the hood and then building off of that? Oh and would a 550 fan pipe work on my sled, I want a 2 piece pipe and can so that I can put on an mbrp race can, or something equivalent.
 
bigdog10110 said:
its not a 550, its a 91 440. I just want a 2 piece pipe, so that I can run a can on it for a little added sound.
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you might be able to cut the exhaust pipe and get a can that will fit over it. Honestly though, a 440 is not going to benefit anything from the can, I would save the money and spend it on other mods that will actually improve performance (lighten something else - maybe skis?) or get a different track. No point in having a loud sled if you can't make it hook up and you're buddy waxes you with his Bravo. Walk softly and carry a big stick........
 
I already have camoplast plastic skis on the sled. I have a stock track thats maybe half an inch for the 133.5" track, so a new track is possible. I will put pictures up on here when I get the project actually going. The shop[ teacher hasnt let me touch one tool yet until he sees plans, which i just turned in today as I am now also making a 4 inch riser.
 
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