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freebeard · 10-18-2015, 06:25 PM

Use the roof box directly instead of as a form. Cut the driver position into the back, gusset it appropriately and have 6-8 fasteners to remove it.

You could use a roof box as a boat tail, as well.

Downforce cycle fenders was a joke.

Edit: the nose is better IMHO. Think about a U-shaped clear plastic hatch that hinges open for ingess/egress but fits closely round the helmet just below the eye-slot. If you didn't have the helmet it would knock you teeth out, but the helmet is required. Just make the plastic edge weaker than the helmet.

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freebeard Master EcoModder Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: northwest of normal Posts: 28,714 Thanks: 8,150 Thanked 8,928 Times in 7,371 Posts	Use the roof box directly instead of as a form. Cut the driver position into the back, gusset it appropriately and have 6-8 fasteners to remove it. You could use a roof box as a boat tail, as well. Downforce cycle fenders was a joke. Edit: the nose is better IMHO. Think about a U-shaped clear plastic hatch that hinges open for ingess/egress but fits closely round the helmet just below the eye-slot. If you didn't have the helmet it would knock you teeth out, but the helmet is required. Just make the plastic edge weaker than the helmet. Last edited by freebeard; 10-18-2015 at 06:31 PM..