As you can see in previous posts: the rear lights should look like the engines of a F15 at full throttle. Starting with a mock up of the rear. A lot of tape and try to hit the right lines.

before I went further on this I had to make sure what the dimensions would be of the "nozzles". So I started to shape them first.

Having these around, I turned back to the bike with a hack saw. Unbelievable how quick a blade gets blund from the fiberglass.

Now the first step in filling the (huge)gap.

From flat to shape...

Fitting as you go...repeating these steps until .....

Detail of the poprivits I used to attach all the panels. Next project I want to try real countersunk rivits. This baby will have bad flying manners with these rivits, but then again .. maybe it is better that we stay on the ground.

and still growing strong. It tuned out that I needed 3 to 4 hours for every panel. The rear having 11 panels. Don't want to pay someone to do this for me. Hack..NO BODY touches my bike and I'm having to much fun in doing this myself.

Sight from the rear, with rear light unit in it. The unit is a replacement unit with LED for a R6, fitted up side down..

I'm very pleased with the effect the lights have...

You keep switching from the bench to the bike. Fitting and checking. I think that this will improve in time. I need as much time to decide how to proceed as I need to actually fit the panels.

The rear of the seat are two panels which have a more complicated shape. At the corner I had to create a double curve. It turned out all right. I still can ride it bare, without body filler.

Two times a half gives one complete panel. In the mean time I had to go to the hardware store to get a new box poprivits. 500 pieces this time.....

 So at last the shell is done. Because I removed the complete subframe some work still has to be done. The passenger seat is gone, and I will create a small storage  space instead.

Looking at it, I can say I'm pretty proud on my first full aluminum  body piece. Next time maybe a little bigger pitch of the rivits. I used now between 18 and 20 mm.

Close up of the local runway..