Hugger Broken...

[Bubbs]

... Putting my rear wheel on on the Ninja, and was struggling to get the wheel and spacers all through on my own so decided to drop the back of the bike down with the paddock stand to slot it all together and as it came down the bike slipped off the paddock stand on the sprocket side and ripped the hugger out through the plastic near the bolts... should have asked for help really, gutted.

Just checked online and huggers are £67. Fuuuck.

So... How do I botch it back together. Any suggestions? It's literally just the bolted bits that's snapped off. Want it back on looking reasonably tidy.
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[lihp]

Got pics of it?

Maybe possible to fibreglass over it (put washer on rear of it where bolt goes through and fibreglass over it) get it smooth again, cut to shape, redrill bolt hole, sand, and paint.

Should be quite straight forward.

[T0MMY]

Or you could clean it up on the inside and araldite strips of plastic or metal across the cracked bits to hold them together maybe?
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[Bubbs]

[FerretFing]

Look up Milliput...that's what I'd try first for repairing - it dries like rock-hard plastic & has loads of uses

[CaNsA]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SK06-Hugger-KAWASAKI-ZX6R-ZX-6-R-RearMudguard-98-02-/310283634118?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item483e5885c6

£29.70 +£8.00

Says it should fit...... but check 1st dude

[Noxious89123]

When putting the back wheel in, use a couple of bricks, one at the front of the wheel and one at the back. Get the wheel in the middle of the swing arm and push the bricks against it, front and back. Roll it backwards onto one brick. and pull the front brick under the wheel. Roll the wheel forward and push the other brick under the wheel.

Rinse and repeat until the wheel is in the correct position and you easily push the spindle through
https://img813.imageshack.us/img813/3871/softlysoftlyliftywheel.jpg

If you use the same method in reverse when your taking the wheel out, it'll be alot easier to pull the spindle out as the bricks under the wheel take all the weight off the spindle
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[Vincent]

Depending on the damage, I'd just use a couple of plates on each side of the hole. Use Stainless or maybe something you can paint the same colour.
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[Bubbs]

[Bubbs]

[Noxious89123]

I was initially using the bricks to stop the wheel rolling down the patio as it's on the wonk, but they proved to be more useful than I first thought.
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'06 Honda CBR125RW-6 ~ '00 Honda CBR600F-Y ~ '07 Honda CBR600RR-7 ~ Bikeless
'53 Ford Ka 1.3 ~ '03 Vauxhall Astra SRi 1.8 ~ '52 Vauxhall Astra SRi 2.2 ~ '53 Vauxhall Astra GSi

[Skudd]

When taking a wheel out I usea short length of plank amd some 2x2, plank can be used as a lever to raise the wheel or a small ramp to push the wheel up.
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[FerretFing]

[mysterious_rider]

Yeah new holes and metal plates. You can buy that stripping stuff with holes already in it from places like b&q. Done it to my friends hugger.