Is it possible to repair fairings as damaged as these. I'm not sure what they are made of ( Triumph Sprint St 995i) I had thought that maybe I could repair using fiberglass matting on the unseen inside, but possibly they are too far gone. I'm reasonably familiar with using fiberglass matting from building a Mirror dinghy an age ago, and of course all the repairs to cars! Triumph Sprint St 955i Photos by tigerjohn | Photobucket
I would say that is past being repairable........or at least not worth repairing...........I reckon it would all show to some extent.............Insured full comp? Still......at least we know why it happened....................Its green. AL.
Al, Although I'm insured fully comp, my reasoning behind fixing it myself was to avoid the inevitable hike in premiums in the future for the bike, and no doubt my car insurance. I have already bought a replacement headlight from e bay, and had a look for fairing panels on e bay. At the moment I'm considering just making some temporary repairs to enable me to continue to ride the bike whilst on the lookout for suitable replacements. btw, I have received several compliments on the bikes colour , beauty is in the eye of the beholder!
Anything is repairable with today's technology don't use fibreglass on plastic there is special plastic welding methods available if you have all the pieces it can be done. The question is cost how much would you be prepared to pay to get them repaired ?
Fujack In your experience, what are the fairings likely to be made of? I have some experience gas welding, could this skill be used to join plastic fairings together using a suitable filler rod? And; as I know you are in the paint business, a ballpark cost of respraying the l.h.s panels, and the front panels?
I can't really see the pictures on my phone can you email me some and I will work out some prices for you [email protected]
Green vehicles are supposed to be unlucky................but then its bad luck to be superstitious:wink:
@Fujack 3 photos sent to your e mail address. @ Al Well in this case it's looks like you are right, only had the bugger a few weeks!
Just glad you are OK.............. Touch wood, I have only had one bad one, back in '69; but these days the more people I hear of having even minor offs starts to get to me and I am constantly assessing whether I should go out on the bike or not....... .....then when I do, I find I can still remove my brain and leave it in the shed. AL.
i agree with fujack. Everythings repairable, just depends on how patient you are if doing it yourself. I'd think if you were planning on paying someone it wouldn't be financially sensible though.
Hi Crystaljohn, my son has just had is Sv650 repaired which i think was worse than yours , a local guy (Norwich) has plastic welded all the nose, fairing, and resprayed for not a lot of money about £220 or there abouts the Sv decals cost £48 ! and made a fantastic job you cant see a crack at all from either side, we looked at replacing everything but strugled to obtain for less than £650, the only thing is have you got all the missing pieces? you may find a sprayer local to you who can plastic weld? I hope you get it sorted. Bomaris
Bomaris I have got all the pieces, what I haven't worked out yet is what material the fairings are made of. If they are indeed plastic I would like to attempt welding them. I have been searching for panels on e bay, no joy yet!
I have repaired far worse very sucesfully. for good diy results the following works well.. Thoroughly degrease all of the plastics on both sides. Go to the pound shop and buy one of those boards of ten tubes of superglue. run super glue into the cracks and breaks, then using a 4mm drill 'stitch' the cracks back together by drilling either side of the crack and pulling it tight with cable ties. set the pannel aside for a few days the super glue will now have bound the panel together well, turn the panel onto its front, and fibreglass the back, go evenly across a lot of the panel - the larger the area glassed the stronger the repair. if the cracks haven't bonded with super glue you will need to to this in two stages, once around the cable ties, then when thats set, clip the ties off and cover the whole panel in glass fibre. If the superglue has held (it usually does) clip the cable ties off before fibreglassing to allow it to be done in one piece. with the panel now strong, a decent flexible body filler should be used to fill the lines and holes on the front Prime, paint and enjoy. I used this method to repair a Yamaha Fazer fairing which had been smashed into about ten pieces when it took a drop on a driveway at about 5 mph. The panel looked like new afterwards. If the back of the panel is visible use a small skim of filler on the back as well as the front before filling. You can use resin to take the glass texture out, but while stronger its a lot harder to sand.
Phil I am about to weld the cracks together using a soldering iron. I had considered the technique you mentioned, and indeed I might go that way if the welding fails for any reason. I have never had a great deal of success with superglue, despite thorough degreasing, except for gluing my fingers together!
Stitch it together with the soldering iron it's not gonna be easy and you will most likely end up with a stinking headache from the fumes and end up throwing it all in the bin
Sounds like the voice of experience talking lol I have a cunning plan to use a fan to direct the smoke away, I've got to give it a go anyway.
Superglue needs pressure and time to work well. I have very successfully (if unintentionally) glued myself to both a chevrolet Camaro and a Ford Mustang using super glue......
