frEEk
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posted May 07, 2003 12:57 PM
 Edited By: frEEk on 7 May 2003 17:21
repairing plastics
found what seems to be a decent little article on the issue http://www.sportrider.com/tech/146_0204_body/
cant say i'm willing to go to that much trouble and expense right now tho. am gonna try just using epoxy. anyone know if that works ok? dont need a perfect repair & i'm not worried about small stress cracks breaking the paint since i'm not gonna have a new paintjob soon anyway. any tips in general?
   
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12RPilot
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posted May 07, 2003 07:27 PM
Years ago I roughed up the back side of the plastic and used a fiberglass repair kit. Worked fine for the two years I kept the bike. It's not like a "proper" repair, but hard to see.
 
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Megabyte
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posted May 07, 2003 09:01 PM
Thanks FrEEk, I'll file this one 
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GOZR
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posted May 07, 2003 10:38 PM
get some sracth powder from an older fearing thean mix it with trichlolitirene then you have a perfect solution . better than glue better than welding crap...
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fly zx12
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posted May 15, 2003 06:27 PM
I just got done fixing my front fairing that had cracks from incompetent mechanics. There is a plastic bondo made by evercoat called poly-flex. You can get it from a auto paint store. It seemed to work ok and I did use fiberglass on the back side of the fairing for extra support. Give that a try.
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frEEk
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posted May 15, 2003 08:27 PM
actually gonna try to have it plastic welded. i'm told that will allow it to keep it's natural flex, which seems important int eh case of the tank cover. gonna be fun tryin to smooth out the surface tho. i'm guessin i'll need some bondo type stuff to do so, as the original paint is chipped away in places, making for a less than smooth surface. u know if that plastic bondo u mention works in that way fly?
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