Custom fuel tank mould - Ducati Monster

Building the mould for the fuel tank | Ducati Monster cafe racer
Preparing the mould which will be used to make the basalt fibre fuel tank.
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[@fabianmartinez39]

man iv seen this vid so much times and it keeps me pumpt love your work bro and your work space

[@johnnguyen6026]

very nice

[@utahnick]

Cool

[@lukaszM46]

thats really great work! I assume you then do the same for the bottom of the tank? and how do you join the top sides with the bottom plate when doing the layup?

[@maxbetteridgedesign]

dudekidPL thanks!
Have a scroll through my instagram @max_betteridge_design or on my website maxbetteridgedesign.com . there are photos of the finished tank there. The base piece is inset about 10-15mm and there is a 10mm lap joint all the way around the bottom edge. It's just glued together with thickened epoxy and sealed with caswell fuel tank liner.
Specifically: www.maxbetteridgedesign.com/building-the-flat-white?lightbox=dataItem-j7365bzj2

[@lukaszM46]

@@maxbetteridgedesign thanks a lot for the quick reply! I had a look at your Instagram and gave you a follow. You do great and inspiring work. I wish to do a carbon tank on my cb750 from 1980 in the future and your content is a great help

[@brittenv1000]

What weight was your first layer?

[@armaniwhitaker1663]

Would you happen to be making Ducati Fuel tanks for sale?

[@tancakar8987]

Hi from London.impressive job, seen your website, only wish you are not at the other side of the world :D

[@hqracing013]

So where is the bottom part and how is it connected to each other?

[@maxbetteridgedesign]

Have a scroll through my instagram @max_betteridge_design or on my website maxbetteridgedesign.com . there are photos of the finished tank there. The base piece is inset about 10-15mm and there is a 10mm lap joint all the way around the bottom edge. It's just glued together with thickened epoxy and sealed with caswell fuel tank liner.
Specifically: www.maxbetteridgedesign.com/building-the-flat-white?lightbox=dataItem-j7365bzj2

[@alessandroferrara6988]

@@maxbetteridgedesign interesting, I will have a look at your website. I was asked to make a tank for a Yamaha motorcyle, so I need info about the whole procedure

[@RodrigoNascimentoMattos]

Dont you remove the flange in the midle before laying up the other side? thats weird!!

[@maxbetteridgedesign]

Yep.. Pretty weird. This way actually worked out well though. The buck was made in two parts with a split down the middle. When I put the flange in I separated the two halves and sandwiched the flange material in between the halves, spacing the two halves of the buck out by the thickness of the flange material. This way I could do both sides of the mould in a single layup. And when the two halves of the mould were put together they matched up fine and were the correct size.

[@RodrigoNascimentoMattos]

nice! thanks for the quick answer!

[@brittenv1000]

Do you use specific ethanol proof resin?

[@maxbetteridgedesign]

I used standard epoxy resin for the layup, then used a special epoxy based tank liner made by Caswell to line the inside. We don't have ethanol in our fuel in New Zealand , not sure if it'll hold up to ethanol.. I did some research before I picked the resin and found that the standard epoxy was the most chemical resistant option available.

[@walkertongdee]

How does it hold gas WTF?

[@danielito956]

Lol

[@MikeMiller-fc2cc]

Is this your fiest fiberglass job? sure looks like it. Delamination air bubbles all though out the lay-up. Have you heard of a roller?

[@RodrigoNascimentoMattos]

also it will not fit in the bike! the flange was left in place while doing the other side!

[@I0ITuGI0I]

loads of carbon fibre vids on youtube and not one of them goes into actual detail on how to do it, all timelapse with shit music in the background