great write up! this is very helpful i think im going to try to fix a small crack in one of my fairings now. thanks!

 

I didn't get a chance to take pics last night, but I promise I will tonight - trying to get the upper cleared and some other pieces finished on wetsanding N polishing

 

Great writeup-I'll be saving this one for a rainy day as I know eventually it will come in handy.

 

finally shot some pics:

Lower after the first round of polishing compund


Upper, cleared before any wetsanding


And the only piece to go back on the bike yet - tail, wetsanded and polished, looks better in person

 

great work

 

Great write up!

 

Awesome info

 

Looks great! I only have a few comments to add.

If you have cracks and no missing pieces of plastic I would choose to do a plastic weld over any sort of epoxy. I have done epoxy on flexible fairing cracks and it never lasts. (you would be fine on the rigid front fairing pieces) So, side panels and rear panels... weld them. All you need to do is get a cheap radio shack Soldering Iron, and melt the crack.

Also, I used the green fiberglass bondo for filling gaps and holes on flexible fairings and it has held up for 8 years now. Not that there was anything wrong with your method at all. Just putting that info out there.

Last but not least, If you weld or use epoxy you want to sand a little more. You don't want paint melted and mixed into your weld and you want epoxy to bond to plastic, not the paint.

I just noticed the paint job too. Turned out excellent.

 

wow this is going to be so helpful...im planning on starting on my set in a couple of days. Like you, I looked through youtube and different forums but this is the best write up Ive found. Thanks for taking the time to share and educate

 

EXcellent write-up and even better job of repairs. Thanks for the information. Now if you excuse me...I'm gonna go work on my CBR.....RVN!