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Last 50 of 75- How Can I Fix This, Broken Seat Cowl Tabs. On my rear tabs, I make them over size then trim to fit.
- How Can I Fix This, Broken Seat Cowl Tabs. I've made those seat cowl tab repairs several times. Resin
- Ride Height Lowering, Rc 36 Ii - Help I was able to decrease my seat height by 3 inches by modifying a new set of riding boots. I had a quality shoe cobbler replace my boot sole, and install a taller heel. Be sure to install a good non-slip sole and heel. I…
- R/R warning I mounted a small CPU cooling fan on top of my voltage rectifier. I have no photos, but if anyone is really interested later I will remove the aft fairings for photos. Right now I'm recovering from surgery, so no…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks Repairing a thin plastic Instrument cover using two similar parts to make one good part: Note: This probably will be my last posting on this topic My black outer instrument cover was broken, and I was missing a large…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks Hi Duc2V4-- Take your time, and they will come out great! fix your smallest crack as a test unit/ then do all the other cracks afterwards. Be sure to clean everything, prep, and clean again when repairing your cracks.…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks This thread was generated to encourage VFR owners to make their own ABS body repairs. I covered ways on how Ive done some basic ABS repairs. Like most things, there are many available plastic products. I didnt intended…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks Repairing damaged body parts does change the appearance and value of your bike. I've attached several photos of an early Ninja that received extensive body damage. My photos illustrates what can be done to prolong the…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks Thanks for your suggestion on using pliogrip is an alternative to epoxy resin. The labor required to use pliogrip, and the resin I use would be similar. However the curing time for pliogrip is faster. They both require…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks I've been working on too many different projects at the same time, which didn't allow me to complete the final detailing of my patch work done on inside of the saddle bag, but I will post that photos in a day or so. The…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks The two attached photos show my dirty fiberglass mold attached to the back side of the saddle bag, and my fiberglass patch work. The mold was simple to make, it took very little time to make, and prior to the mold being…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks Repairing a large hole: I'm not sure how the damaged occur, but the hole must be fixed, so I've decided to make a fiberglass repair. It could be repaired with a formed piece of metal, riveted as a patched section, and…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks I'm finishing up a fairing set for a Ninja. The last ting I'm doing is fixing three inner mounting tabs. I fix tabs last, because they're fragile, and I sometime brake them, or crack them, because too often they have…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks Gusty, People do things like that all the time! I went to a football game once, only to return home to find out my wife sold our Datsun 510 station wagon at her garage sale, because it had a bad head. She got $75.00 for…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks Earlier I began making a repair on a left front fairing. That fairing repair is now nearly complete. I trimmed and dressed the slotted area to allow a silver grill to be installed. I purposely didn't trim my mold,…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks I sometimes will drill holes to help secure things in place, but the two critical areas up along the top off the fairing have little to no spots to anchor my molded add on. The area where my new vents go have a large…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks Today I decided to get into the glassing of the fairing's air vent area. I didn't allow several days to laps before I did my glassing. The glassing only took 15-20 minutes. I've spent more time doing my photo work, and…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks I recently began making a repair on a left front fairing in an area where most think a repair can't be made! I was making a major repair on an another exact fairing, then I remembered I have another part that's the…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks For me trying a new laminating epoxy resin is a love and hate thing! I have used many different resins. Buying an untested resin is something like buying any new untested paint. My postings has been things I've found…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks Seat Cowl Tab Finished And Installed: The other day my broken seat cowl tab got fabricated, and was test fit to both my seat cowl, and to my rear seat fairing.. The tab was sanded, and CA to the inside of the seat cowl.…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks It's common for ABS components to develop fatigue cracks, structural wear, and chipping. Realize your body parts are 20 years old, so you expect some required maintenance . May I request you post a few photos of those…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks I'll illustrate how to make a missing tab, and how to install your newly fabricated tab to a rear seat cowl: Unfortunately our rear seat tabs too often become broken off. First photo shows a new tab being molded. This…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks I've nearly finished the basic repair work on the Triumph front fairing. I've attached three photos: The first photo shows the fiberglass after I applied several light plies of fiberglass. The second photo shows the…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks I've not done any bike work for sometime, since I have been raveling for over 5 weeks. This repair procedure is on a Triumph front fairing. I use the same procedure for most ABS repair work. I wired my two broken pieces…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks I just recently posted some repairs on a front left fairing. It was near ready for an initial application of body filler, sanding, and premiering. My next photos show the fairing filled and near ready for premiering.…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks [image: post-22834-0-04514400-1370451878.jpg]I applied baking soda in tight areas with an eye drop applicator, and in areas when the fiberglass plies had become separated. The CA glue and baking soda makes a quick and…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks Big Hint For Everyone: I'm working on repairing the mentioned above fairing set, but I wanted to take the time to pass on a wonderful hint. I suggest to use an empty eye dropper to store your baking soda. It keeps it…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks [image: post-22834-0-44800500-1369261974.jpg][image: post-22834-0-00117500-1369261996.jpg] Tonight I picked up a set of Suzuki GSX 750 fairings. The fairings are composite, not ABS. The repair technique wil be performed…
- R/R warning Earlier I mentioned my thoughts on having a dash mount volt meter. Today my two voltmeters arrived. They only cost $5.00 each! These meters should work very nicely for our applications. Making a nice installation can…
- R/R warning Someone mentioned to install a Battery Tender. I have three Tenders. I used two on my motorhome, one for the coach batteries, one form the chassis battery, and my third Tender is on my project VFR. My daily bike is…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks #3Making a replacement fibrerglass section, and repair a missing boss mounting section: [image: post-22834-0-73665500-1367524030.jpg] Initially this missing boss mounting tab might suggest a major problem, but it’s not!…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks [image: post-22834-0-28181000-1367523034.jpg][image: post-22834-0-78916800-1367523096.jpg][image: post-22834-0-79576300-1367523122.jpg]# 2 Repair void area under AFT tail section: # 2 Repair void area under AFT tail…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks Yesterday I received an E-mail with three supporting photos requesting repair assistance. I’ll address the simplest repair first, and I’ll address the complicated repair last. The repair of the missing boss section will…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks This evening I got a few questions from VFRcracked. He also enclosed a few photos of his rear fairing. It has a few cracks, one upper the seat missing boss mount, and some other minor damage areas. One brake away is…
- R/R warning I experienced a similar problem with my regulator last summer. I check it's output, battery fully charged with a multimeter. My output was 11.4. I purchased a new Electrosport regulator, then I tested my newly installed…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks Everyone, please forgive me for not being able to get back to posting more on this project. I've been involved with too many other projects which has taken me away for my VFR fairing repairs. I must complete this…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks Hey guys, I've been swamped with work, so little has been done on my VFR fairing repairs. As soon as I complete an old Dunstall fuel tank repair, along with my other glass work, I'll then be able to resume my VFR faring…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks Get this-- I'm actually using polyester Resin!! OUCH I don't be leave I'm actually admitting to using polyester resin. I thought I would see about using polyester resin on my current repair work. I tested the resin to…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks Yesterday I did my first major fairing check, in doing so the garage door went wacky, so there will be some lost time to correct that issue. I quickly attached nearly allmy fairings to get an overall look as to how my…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks I'm sorry I haven't been able to to keep up my postings as I had originally planned. My repairs have turned out to take longer, especially due to these postings. This week I will return to my fairing repairs, and post…
- 4Th Gen Tail Swap And 929 Rear Shock You mentioned you like the single head lamp set-ups. I too, but have you figured out what lamp you will use, mounting it, and how you'll set-up your lamp adjustments? In June I was riding around the Golden Gate area,…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks Due to the holidays, and my other obligations, I've not been able to doing any addtional posting until now. My current plan is to complete all my fairing repair work on my salvaged project, get the bike safety…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks Helpful Hints : 1 Suggested vender who carries a proven product line. http://www.cstsales.com/products.html 2 Have a proper means to weigh your material when dealing with weights Note: CST sells calibrated dispensing…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks I have very little time to make this posting, but I wanted to illustrate my new composite fairing. Basically the fairing is done. However it does need to be drilled for the tab fasteners, sanded with 400 wet paper, and…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks Early this morning I layed-up one composite oil cooler faring, and I also made two small front light faring tab molds. If all goes well, I plan to post all these results within a day or two. I'm under a tight schedule,…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks The photo below shows my original fairing that I repaired, and my raw mold. The orange mold was made without using any tooling resin, just laminating epoxy resin, and fiberglass cloth with a pinch of orange pigment…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks Below is my small oil cooler fairing that I will mold. This part makes an excellent example for illustration purposes on how I make a basic mold. Below are 9 easy steps covering how to make a simple one piece mold. 1.…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks The below photos show an oil cooler fairing that had one of it's mounting tabs broken off, and the other mounting tab, had several small fractures. Earlier I showed this fairing. I used tape to hold the tab in place so…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks You want to use the baking soda , not baking powder. Many people put an open box of baking soda in their refrigerators to help reduce nasty food odors that tend to collect in a stale refrigerator. Please excuse my box…
- How To Repair Broken, Or Missing Abs Body Tabs, And Hair Line Cracks I was asked how I tape my broken parts, so I attached a fairing photo showing several major cracks Notice: Electrical tape was pulled tight, because it can be stretched. I originally applied my tape going across it's…
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