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Hurricane Dan Boom chika wow wow... Posts: 296	Coroplast Sep 26^th, 2009, 11:24am Aside from collecting old signs, anyone know where someone could buy sheets of coroplast?
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goatstick Team SCDRR Posts: 349	Re: Coroplast Reply #1 - Sep 26^th, 2009, 5:31pm Regal Plastics
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Opus the Poet Five Star Member rbent member Posts: 1353	Re: Coroplast Reply #2 - Sep 26^th, 2009, 7:30pm Sign shops
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JimFPU Five Star Member RBENT member, now in Virginia. I miss Texas! Posts: 1011	Re: Coroplast Reply #3 - Sep 26^th, 2009, 8:25pm There is also: http://www.coroplast.com/index.htm There is a Dallas location.
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Bud_Bent Moderator Posts: 3311	Re: Coroplast Reply #4 - Sep 26^th, 2009, 8:53pm I have some sheets of black 4mm, and would part with a couple. $20 each.
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Hurricane Dan Boom chika wow wow... Posts: 296	Re: Coroplast Reply #5 - Sep 26^th, 2009, 11:19pm Thanks! I'm mainly trying to tie down some pricing right now. I found some 4'x8' sheets of 3003 aluminum for about $45 so I'm not sure which way I'm going to go yet. I'm determined to have a Velo even if I have to make the darned thing myself!
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Re: Coroplast
Reply #6 - Sep 28^th, 2009, 9:41am

Me too Dan, and I'm thinking something along these lines...http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/acabian-gto/#35

I already have a GEBE 32cc motor on the back of my Infinity (hope that's not too blasphemous for some here) and I love it! With a fairing I wouldn't mind riding all year! I’ll go back to motor-less on the Infinity when I get the velo built. The frame is already 90% complete with full suspension; I’ll just have to figure out the outriggers for when the weather calls for full siding.

It's all being built around the CF seat I got from FlyingLaZBoy.

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Re: Coroplast
Reply #7 - Sep 28^th, 2009, 6:02pm

Quote from JimFPU on Sep 28^th, 2009, 9:41am:

I'm thinking something along these lines...

You da man! I can't imagine starting from scratch on something like this. I'm just planning on stealing some ideas from the Alleweder to put a body on one of my older bikes. I'd prefer a trike but can't afford a fast one right now. Powerbent is pretty sure we can build one ourselves, but getting the steering right and all the parts aligned properly scares the mess out of me.

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JimFPU Five Star Member RBENT member, now in Virginia. I miss Texas! Posts: 1011	Re: Coroplast Reply #8 - Sep 28^th, 2009, 8:02pm I have a few of Atomic Zombie plans, and they are very well done. If you want to take a look at them sometime let me know, and maybe we can schedule some time to get together and look into the builds... I have the latest trike he made: the Warrior, and that one is great! AZ has a great way to get the proper Ackerman for a great ride.
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Hurricane Dan Boom chika wow wow... Posts: 296	Re: Coroplast Reply #9 - Sep 28^th, 2009, 11:00pm Don't suppose you're coming to the picnic with a flatbed trailer?
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Re: Coroplast
Reply #10 - Sep 29^th, 2009, 12:16am

Coroliner projects from recumbents.com:

http://www.recumbents.com/wisil/Teubner/orangeII.htm

http://www.recumbents.com/wisil/tailbox/barracudatailbox.htm

http://www.recumbents.com/wisil/barracuda/barracudafairing.htm

A major coroliner teaching seminar that built a Coroliner in a weekend http://www.recumbents.com/wisil/gin/fairingseminar.htm

Another Coroliner by a major player in the HPV racing scene http://www.recumbents.com/wisil/Warp/warp_drive.htm

More of Eric's Coroplast hijinks http://www.recumbents.com/wisil/warp/eric_warps_tail_boxes.htm

Another velo fairing http://www.recumbents.com/wisil/practical/hpvpfair.htm

Good Luck!

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JimFPU Five Star Member RBENT member, now in Virginia. I miss Texas! Posts: 1011	Re: Coroplast Reply #11 - Sep 29^th, 2009, 8:45am Quote from Hurricane Dan on Sep 28^th, 2009, 11:00pm: Don't suppose you're coming to the picnic with a flatbed trailer? That would be fun, but my in-laws are in town this weekend. Maybe another time...when my kids can do longer distances. It would be fumn to get together with a bunch of other bent riders.
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JimFPU Five Star Member RBENT member, now in Virginia. I miss Texas! Posts: 1011	Re: Coroplast Reply #12 - Sep 29^th, 2009, 8:56am Thanks for those posts Opus, I've read most of them several times now. I also have Ed Gin's video of the project somewhere, I got it from People Movers on video sometime back. Anyone have one of those VHS to DVD machines?
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Re: Coroplast
Reply #13 - Oct 1^st, 2009, 1:23pm

Yeah, I've read most of that. I really like this site:

http://www.ihpva.org/Projects/PracticalInnovations/index.html

Because of my preference for aluminum, I am now considering doing the whole thing myself. Although someone is selling a raptor trike for $600 in San Antonio, I think I can make it more "body friendly" starting from scratch. I'm working on some drawings and will probably try to run some stuff by you and powerbent to see what you think. 'Preciate any help you can give!

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JimFPU Five Star Member RBENT member, now in Virginia. I miss Texas! Posts: 1011	Re: Coroplast Reply #14 - Oct 2^nd, 2009, 10:17am Sounds good...always nice to collaborate on a project!!
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