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Wyberton John |
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Wyberton John Nova Slayer
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Posted: 20:39 - 20 Apr 2019 Post subject: Minor Paint Repairs |
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I was planning to respray my upper fairing, but having had a good look, found the previous owner has done some really cack fibreglass work on the underside of it and I doubt I'll ever get it smooth enough from the spud-field it currently is. I thought there was some damage of some kind, due to the fact that the bottom half is painted black - yet these bikes originally had all silver top fairings.
I paid less than the usual, though.
Anyway, as it will cost me £150 for a decent pattern top fairing, unsprayed, and I'm a pauper pensioner, I thought I'd just get a touch-up bottle and tidy up the 2 scuffs, plus a minor one on the tank, and get a new fairing sometime in the future.
I used to do up old cars and sell them as a side income in the '80's, but haven't done any panel paintwork since about 1988 - so to say I'm rusty (no pun intended) would be an understatement, but I do scale modelling as a hobby, so spraying paint is something I do regularly.
The pictures below show the scuffs - would be grateful for any tips from people who do this kind of thing regularly, or have done plenty in the past.
https://i.postimg.cc/vTw3mcxB/paint0.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/25J0PHzn/paint1.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/pTFsxDT4/paint2.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/YSjXDcwp/paint3.jpg ____________________ Fazer Thou Gen 1 |
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chickenstrip Super Spammer
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Posted: 21:05 - 20 Apr 2019 Post subject: |
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Fazer no.3 professional fairing repair:
https://i.postimg.cc/qv12xdQg/DSCF0284.jpg
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Wyberton John Nova Slayer
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Posted: 19:03 - 21 Apr 2019 Post subject: |
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I have some touch-up paint coming, was planning to see if I could thin it a bit then spray it on.
The right shade of paint (Holts) costs £18.99 for 300ml on ebay, which isn't too bad. Halfords are very unlikely to have the right shade - not that you can tell by the tops anyway with silver.
I'll look for that other stuff - thanks for the tip.
**edit: Yeah - I know that stuff - used it to repair the fairing on my ZZR when I fell off and smashed the indicator through the fairing. Good stuff.
Saw this today, which looks interesting:
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Fuck off... That's a new.panel they fitted. 🤣 ____________________ Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN. |
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Posted: 22:02 - 21 Apr 2019 Post subject: |
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MCN wrote: |
Fuck off... That's a new.panel they fitted. 🤣 |
It was done by a chap who used to compete in "World's Strongest Man". I wasn't going to argue with his repair method ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Posted: 08:40 - 22 Apr 2019 Post subject: |
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1&2 can't be seen from the riding position. 3 looks more like something stuck on?
Problem solved. Get a new fairing some time in the future.
Or don't. It's doing everything a fairing should do. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
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Posted: 11:04 - 22 Apr 2019 Post subject: |
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I give up, you win ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Posted: 12:32 - 23 Apr 2019 Post subject: |
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Fuck me! Touch-up "bottle" just arrived - pictured next to my pinky...
https://i.postimg.cc/X7jtVHgG/fazerpaint.jpg
It is enough, though - like I said, mixed with a bit of thinner for spraying through my H&S airbrush, it would probably be more than enough. Still, £6 for that piddley amount.. ____________________ Fazer Thou Gen 1 |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 4 years, 341 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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