I was cutting off a remaining piece of rear fender with a hacksaw and gouged my tail fairing. My buddy says he can fix it with some fiberglass resin. Can I easily find the paint to match? It's the dark candy red or should I replace the whole tail fairing? If so, where can I get one? Bike is an '05

 

You can buy the right color touchup paint. You made a $20 or so mistake, though. Doh!


http://www.cyclesurge.com/HondaColorSelections.html


EDIT:: I take that back, i dont see '05 F4i red listed, you may have to look elsewhere, but you can find it.

 

i would definatly try to repair. have u priced the tail faring. not cheap anywhere.

 

unless you cut it in half, fix it.

That is assuming you aren't filthy rich. If that's the case, just give the bike to me and buy a new one.

 

Thanks for the input. I'll try to patch it with resin and find the paint. If all else fails, I'll slap a decal on it!

 

+1 on the decalhaha bikers duck tape.

 

i can tell you from experience you'll never be able to blend in the paint. it has a silver base coat and translucent red top coat. need more than one top coat too. pull off the stickers and paint the whole thing. it will save you a lot of frustration.

or, if it's just a few scratches, use some spot and scratch filler (red stuff in tube) and use the touch-up pens from color-rite.com.