Tail Box for my Speed Machine Clone.

Thanks to Those who posted pages on making a coroplast Tail box. They include Ed Gin, Warren Beauchamp, John Foltz and all the others. Without your inspiration and instruction This would have been impossible. LONG LIVE THE INTERNET!!!

Side view

Frontal view

Rear View

I was amazed at how tightly the zip tie assembly method worked. Simple and Strong!!

I will add performance improvements after I’ve ridden it. It is a virgin tail box as we speak.

Late April, 2003

I have now ridden my bent with the tail box installed for about 50 miles. I
thought I would report back.

I'm sorry to say that I can't notice any clear increase in speed. I'm still
hanging in there at 17 to 19 mph. Today, I rode 20 miles. The first ten I
averaged about 18. (about because I screwed up the cyclometer in my
anaerobic haze. I had 5 miles at 18.3 and 5 at 17.6.

I did notice a lot of red (my fairing is red) in the triangle formed by my
head, my shoulder and the fairing. I'm going to recut that area to see if I
can reduce frontal area.

I believe I'm just not powerfull enough, at this time, to go fast enough to
get the benefits of a fairing. I keep reading that they cut in at speeds
over 20. That's my ceiling now.