Filling in a hole on my Left fairing

rzadbandit · 08-23-2010, 09:53 AM

I recently did a small project filling in a hole where my left fairing connects to the frame. It's not really a "how-to" post so I didn't put it in mechanical-technical, but rather a post to show my work and get feedback, suggestions for better methods, tips, and tricks from others.

The entire album can be found here through Picasa/google, but i've included some of the photos also.

The fairing with the missing piece.

and up close.

Using loctite plastic epoxy, I filled in a water bottle cap with plastic and used that as a base to shape the piece I needed. I realized later that I made the piece too big and dremel'd it down more than halfway.

I simply used foil and tape to cover up the hole before using more plastic epoxy to put the shaped piece into the hole.

This is the attached piece after it's been drilled through, sanded down to shape, and smoothed out a little bit.

Masked and covered courtesy of Jack in the Box.

shot of primer

shot of black

I realized later that I was going to have a line because I got lazy and didn't clear coat a larger area.

The final piece sitting on the bike. I used a rubber washer between the bolt and the piece because the angle on the piece wasn't quite perfect. You can also notice the clear coat line I was too lazy to sand down and blend in.

Any tips / tricks / suggestions would be coo, this isn't going to be the last time i'll do plastic work..

nvryder · 08-23-2010, 02:43 PM

looks good...time to open up a shop.....

rzadbandit · 08-23-2010, 05:01 PM

heh, maybe not quite yet.. still kinda a hobby thing right now. Plus I don't have all the parts/tools i'd like to be able to do better work. I'm thinkin of doin recreational repairs on friends' plastics in exchange for them buying what I need for it and lettin me keep it afterward... just things like polish and sandpaper or whatever I don't have at the moment. As long as they're ok with it taking a week or two to get their plastic back :P