Established in 2006, Ragged Edge Racing was originally a part-time venture supplying bodywork for Suzuki bikes of the seventies.        It soon took on a life of it's own and I have been sourcing whatever   I can to suit a wider audience ever since.

My range is constantly growing as I find new items to take moulds from. (See below for moulding process).  Any items you have that may be of use are always welcomed.

THE TEAM                                                              Left to right; Production assistant/tea boy, Spike.    Team rider, Spike                                             General Manager/Chairman, Mr Spike Livingstone.      

PROCESS:     The fact that many pieces of bodywork from days gone by are now impossibly hard to find is what inspired me to start this enterprise. As a result I have spent several years buying and replicating genuine items. I am often asked where I come by my moulds..... Here's the answer;

This fairing was found on Ebay. It is just the thing for a 'Goldstar' racer or similar...                               It looks in fair shape, but is badly repaired in several places as well as showing normal signs of its age.

First the fairing is rubbed down through many layers of paint, this can take an entire day or more. Next it must be repaired and re-shaped...                                                           In this case the fairing was warped and squashed. To correct this it was clamped into a jig and reinforced with several layers of fibreglass so that it would hold a proper shape. Some sections had to be rebuilt, (as can be seen above), as the unit had been 'chopped about' and the mountings had been bodged with rivetted plates...    Not pretty.                                                                                 The fairing is then rubbed down to a 1000-grit finish before being polished at least four times with a wax release agent.

Gelcoat is then painted on. This will be the working surface of the mould, it is coloured orange so that uneven gelcoat in the finished product will be easier to see.                                          Finally it is layed up with fibreglass, using a special tooling resin. This is further covered using regular poly-resin to give a hard shell.                                           The edges are trimmed and tidied before the old fairing is lifted out. The mould inner surface is then rubbed down to remove further blemishes transferred from the original item.                                                        Wax release agent is applied and the mould is ready for use..  

White gel-coat... Two coats;                                                                                     Chopped-strand matting, layed up with Black resin;                                                    Once cured, I add a final coat of black resin to make a glossy, resistant inner surface.                                                                And then .......  ( Drum-roll )                                                                                             Remove from the mould a brand new lightweight fairing

Of course I wish they were all this easy................