I put a F1 fairing back together on a bike I bought many years ago.. the lower was in two pieces... I put crazy glue right on the edges of the crack and held the halves tight for about five or ten minutes (longest five or ten minutes ever, BTW) since no clamp would work. I then took some pieces of plastic from some of those disposable putty knives, and used pieces held with crazy glue to make a "bandage" across the joint every couple of inches.. then covered the whole crack on the inside with good quality bondo and mesh tape as smooth as I could get it.. I ended up sanding the back of the fairing a bit, too and primered it to look a little bit less rough. On the front side I sanded the crack with heavy grit paper, then filled it with bondo and sanded like a normal repair. Believe it or not, it held up to Philly streets for the next two years til I sold the bike. I live in the NW area of the city where we have trolley tracks, too... I am always worried about crossing those things ;-( Glad to hear you are okay, and sorry about the bike.

 

Ya, stubborness Figured the streets were wet but it was barely raining so why not.

It'll be more than a mini project. Going to go back and fix all the missteps I made on the first paint job. The tank was horrible and there were spots where I stubbornly (there's that word again... life pattern?) refused to sand to perfection (and it showed).

Didn't burn thru my pants but got a couple quarter size friction burns. I guess from the pants sliding against my leg.

 

Sucks to hear about the bike. I've had a couple spills like this (dime size strawberries at most) and for me the biggest injury was my pride. Hope the bike comes bike better than before!

 

DUDE! I SWEAR you and me must be twins or something. So much stuff happens to you that has happend to me. Except you kinda fell and i hit a racoon. lol but it was only a short while after i finsihed painting my bike and now its all fvked up. lol

Ill let you know next time something bad happens to me to give you a heads up. lol

 

How bout u let me know when u win the lottery so I can go play

 

Sorry to hear about it man, good you are okay though.

I've put gobs of two 2 part epoxy gel glue on the backs of
fairings to temp hold then together