Fairing decided it was time to leave me.

I was just hitting 70 on an on-ramp when I hit a mean crosswind. I had previously wired and epoxied a large crack in my left fairing about a year or two ago, and I think I was also running minus a stay or three. Well, this is when a large chunk of the fairing decided it was time to go solo.

Help me get the band back together! Looking for a left upper fairing on a 90-93!

Ken

 

yeah .....good luck on that one......unobtainium.............. better of putting it back together........do you have all the peices.

 

oh and by the way epoxy sucks. the only way is to weld them pieces back together

 

you can get them from the dealer.

I just bought the upper and middle new. My middle is probably salvagable for someone

 

Picked up a couple of parts for my gen three new from the dealer, was very suprised and glad I asked. If the parts guy states it is not in the system ask him to check with Honda, both times it was not in the dealer parts system and flagged it with a message as such but could still be purchased.Good luck and let us know please.

 

Check with service honda. They should be able to tell you what is still available and usually they are less expensive than the stealer-ship.

 

The first thing to check with a dealership parts dude is whether of not he is related to the owner, or the sales or service manager. Then say "caveat emptor" three times.

 

There is a glue called Plexus that will work wonders. But I don't know if it's readily available, we get ours from the local commercial composite shop. If you do find any, Wash clean with soap and water, thoroughly scuff, blow the dust off, DO NOT wipe with thinners, and then apply. You can add some very thin glass cloth, but you must be very fast. It's so thick that you can make or reshape pieces, just mould and then sand to the shape you need. It takes paint very well. Good luck.

 

Looks like this may be the adhesive you guys use. http://www.itwplexus.com/UserFiles/File/tds/19.pdf

Sometimes these companies will send out some samples to try if there is a market potential. With the number of thrashed ABS fairings there is..


Ahhh. Fond memories of Kelowna and the now defunct "SportBikeWest" until the RCMP shut it down..

 

Just another thought, has anybody tried the plumbing ABS glue? It might not be the identical product, but if it melts the base material it should work. It's best to try it on some extra parts first. Good luck. P....

 

Not identical but close enough. Being a slurry, the dry and cure times are slow and the "weld" is soft. The "parts" can be held together with gel superglue. Backing can be fibreglass cloth (A triaxial weave is best IMO) or ABS screenwire in layers or even aluminum screenwire. Best IMO to overfill a fix and remove the extra with a small Surform file (cheesegrater) or a nifty tool that is a little hard to find called a nib file.

Best to check out the various types of plumbing "glues". There are several types..

 

I have had good fixes using ABS dissolved in an MEK solution and squirt bottle. Prep the fairings like you would for steel welding, squirt the dissolved abs solution in the prepped areas and allow to set up. Preferably 24 hrs, but I have ran some fairings with only 3 hrs of cure time in the past to get me on the road. This technique has been of use to me for many uses and years. Good luck