How do you repair plastic? :(

[xrocket21]

Went to go for a ride with my girlfriend to go get Ice cream last night, and my front faring is cracked all the way across.



from lower inside corners of the headlights, under the intake duct.



No clue what happened. Dont see any points of impact, dont remember anything happening. NO CLUE HOW IT GOT THERE. Ill take a pic tonight. Maybe someone kicked it in the parking lot at work??? But like I said, no indication of an impact. Any way to fix it? JB weld?

[union]

Find someone with a plastic welder.

[xrocket21]

Find someone with a plastic welder.

Never heard of such a thing.

Irritating that it just "appeared"

On the plus side I took farm road in dover on the way back from ice cream

[union]

I dont know anything about them but here is one.

Urethane Mini Weld Model 6 Plastic Welder w/ Removable Temperature Control at Arizona Tools

[xrocket21]

Ya, $160 though, I could probably find a used front for that cost

[BigShel]

Send it to EmpireGP.com - Motorcycle Plastic Welding, Gas Tank Repair, Custom Painting, Race Replicas

[xrocket21]

Such a pisser to open the garage door and say , "oh, hey, theres a crack across the entire front of my faring, NICE."

[xrocket21]

eBay Motors: 2003 honda rc51 rvt1000 upper fairing plastics (item 170131524202 end time Jul-22-07 18:09:13 PDT)

[Awesome]

Best tool to fix it with is a credit card. EmpireGP does good work.

[highsider]

Doing lots of wheelies will mess up your plastics, just ask Half Squid.

[xrocket21]

Haha, is there a funny story involved?

I don't wheelie too much, maybe some squidly 1' wheelies since the front is so light after I changed my gearing.

[akira700]

If you wanna do it yourself and inhale some fumes
look here
http://www.sportrider.com/tech/146_0204_body/

[duey]

from what i was told its not an uncommon thing to happen (regarding the crack in that area). But i'm sure other rc owners will chime in.

[hqp921]

Didn't you post recently about mismatched turn signals?

I think the bike is bad luck, better give it away.

[The Snowman]

Didn't you post recently about mismatched turn signals?

I think the bike is bad luck, better give it away.

Only Kawasaki owners give their bikes away when things go bad.

Honda owners see the issues through.

[xrocket21]

Didn't you post recently about mismatched turn signals?

I think the bike is bad luck, better give it away.

Oh ya, I really didnt get any replies so the blinkers are still mismatched. I was hoping someone had aspare. No luck though.

Bike has been a bit of a headache....

[The Snowman]

Maybe you should stick to cooking ribs.

[richw]

get the fiberglass tape and epoxy at a marine store

use 3 layers of blue painters tape on the outside across the length of the crack

make a bandaid on the back side with the tape and epoxy.

colorrite can get you the paint but usually be the time you get everything base, color, clear topping you have dropped 150 bucks

I would use their color but black from autostore and minwax urethane varnish for clear coat


For now put some duct tape on the backside and ride the bitch till winter

[benVFR]

I'm going to hazard a guess and say Empire GP will probably quote you somewhere around $200-$250 to repair that crack and repaint.

I got a quote from them today, the front cowl on my bike is cracked in two places.. cost to replace is $350, Empire GP says they can fix & repaint for $250.

[SSearchVT]

At the ends of the cracks drill a small hole to prevent them from spreading.

Go to an auto body supply shop and get the filler/epoxy they recommend for the plastic type you have. Use this on the edges of the material to bond/weld the crack shut. Let it set up overnight. On the inside of the piece rough up the surface, spread more of the epoxy with a paintbrush and pat in some fiberglass cloth.

Sand down any of the epoxy that oozed out of the crack, and decide if you need to paint. I’ve seen some of them that are so faint they look like a scratch.

[xrocket21]

At the ends of the cracks drill a small hole to prevent them from spreading.

Go to an auto body supply shop and get the filler/epoxy they recommend for the plastic type you have. Use this on the edges of the material to bond/weld the crack shut. Let it set up overnight. On the inside of the piece rough up the surface, spread more of the epoxy with a paintbrush and pat in some fiberglass cloth.

Sand down any of the epoxy that oozed out of the crack, and decide if you need to paint. I’ve seen some of them that are so faint they look like a scratch.

Its sitting in the kitchen patched with JB weld right now.

Heres the crack in question, no stop drilling needed as it goes coast to coast.