- Location
- Hillbillyville
Is that one of their chans or some other hull i wonder?
Freestyle factory Backie chan
- Thread starter davidk131
- Start date
Although to respond to your post, I don't think anyone should expect sloppy work on a baseline model. The craftsmanship should be high quality for $3500. You aren't paying for the materials, you're paying for the craftsmanship, which makes up the majority of the cost.
Being a demo unit, I wouldn't expect production units to look like that.
What would material cost be on a glass hull?
- Location
- detroit MI
depends on the material, the resin, the weight size of hull. too many variables. and Dalton thats exactly my point. the extra time and care is why i would be paying for a higher finish quality. bottom of market right now is the 3500$ price point. so at that point i expect quality to be in durability not in a perfect finish in my engine bay. its an engine bay lol. but i have never been a pretty engine guy. outside is all i care about along with performance but thats just my opinion.
ill take a $3500 hull that in 3 years it is still structurally perfect than something like a gen 1 bob that was pretty but fell apart
ill take a $3500 hull that in 3 years it is still structurally perfect than something like a gen 1 bob that was pretty but fell apart
If i has to guess, All chop and poly. 500. A good hull 1500 with hardware.
- Location
- Houston, TX
If they are going with a "good" layup, I don't see why they would hand lay the hulls. The additional cost in consumables to infuse the hulls is marginal. Now if the goal is economy and the layup is chop and a gp poly resin, it makes sense to see a hand lay. At 75 lbs, I would assume they are using a "good" layup though. Chop/poly at that weight would be eggshell tough.
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- Location
- detroit MI
we were discussing the motor mounts. hand laying vs infusing them into the bottom of the hull. not hand laying the whole hull.
Who is infusing motor mount plates?
- Location
- detroit MI
that looks like it was vacuum bagged to me. hand lay i have never seen that kind of consistency on a 3d plane.
It doesnt matter. Clearly FF did not bag them. What would the point be to bag chop mat?
The bagged ones in that picture are from a very reputable hull building company with experience. Goes to show you the difference in quality from a company who has been building for a while and a company who just bought the molds. Everyone has to start somewhere though.
The bagged ones in that picture are from a very reputable hull building company with experience. Goes to show you the difference in quality from a company who has been building for a while and a company who just bought the molds. Everyone has to start somewhere though.
100 pound S glass infused hull costs $432 in glass and epoxy resin but that's not buying bulk like these guys would be.
- Location
- Cruising Around
Who and what is the hull?
Pretty sure its a havoc. Looks like their work. Some of their dead give aways are the bead rolled tubes, scupper screen, and those bagged mounts.
I think you need to start producing somebodies hulls, lol. You do some beautiful work. This new Backie Chan is scaring me a little.
Thanks but ill leave it to the pros. Im going back to riding.
- Location
- Cleveland, Ohio
No, you should produce your own... Ive seens pics of your work and it looks top notch!