[shibby]

great work! Good to see i'm not the only one sanding my a$$ off.

[Dexter]

On that mirror mount crack, you might want to put some rubber washers behind it and be very careful of the torque. That is a common stress point.

Thanks Kevin. I'll keep that in mind when I reassemble.

[Shifty]

The pictures don't do it justice... If you had seen it in person before, you'd want to give me a pat on the back for this one.

Consider this my pat on the back. I know that's a lot of work you're up against there. So far so good, keep it up! The end product will be so worth it.

[kevin2502000]

On that mirror mount crack, you might want to put some rubber washers behind it and be very careful of the torque. That is a common stress point.

[ctandc]

Lookin' good!!

Gives me motivation to start repairing the multiple spare fairings and tanks I've acquired so I can get on with my paint job.

[Dexter]

Very nice work man.

Can't wait to see the finished pics...

Krey

Me too.

[Kreylyn]

Very nice work man.

Can't wait to see the finished pics...

Krey

[Dexter]

*** 02/21/2009 ***

I worked for a couple more hours today. I fixed that bad crack... it actually turned out a lot better and stronger than I thought it would. I had to really dig this one out and fill it with some good epoxy.







Epoxy all sanded down and edges made round again.


The pictures don't do it justice... If you had seen it in person before, you'd want to give me a pat on the back for this one.






Have to make that bubble round again!


Until next time... happy sanding!

[Dexter]

What grit sandpaper did you use?

I started by sanding the decals and uneven paint surfaces with a 60 grit pad on my orbital with light pressure. I also did the curved areas and hard to reach spots with 60 grit on my detail (mouse) sander, which worked great. Then I moved to a nice 180 and started smoothing everything out. I treated the whole panel to 180 because of all the orange peel from the previous paint job. After that, I got all the edges with a red scotch brite and made sure there was no clearcoat shine left on anything, even in the bolt holes. After that I gave it a once over with 320, and I'm ready for the repairs. After I'm done filling all the scrapes, cracks and low areas, the whole panel will be sanded with 400, shot with etching primer in all the bare areas and doused with a good layer of high build urethane grey primer from my spray gun.

Alright it's coming along. Where did ya score the ABS sheet?

I got the ABS sheet from a place on Bleams Rd here in town (by my work) called WPS. They gave it to me for free because it was left over from an order that never got picked up. They have a whole skid of those sheets there!

and uhaul wants the blankets back

They're not going to get them! I worked there once upon a time, and I have plenty more. They come in handy.

[Slofuze]

It'll be interesting to see the finished product. It may give me some ideas if I ever choose to do the same.

[rexazz2]

Alright it's coming along. Where did ya score the ABS sheet?

and uhaul wants the blankets back LMAO

[Astro4x4]

Alright it's coming along. Where did ya score the ABS sheet?

[ctandc]

What grit sandpaper did you use?

[Dexter]

*** UPDATE 02/20/2009 ***

I had a couple of hours to work on it. Here's a taste of what I've been up to tonight. I decided to start with the worst fairing of all, which actually ended up looking pretty good underneath.

Decals, stripes, rough areas, road rash and cracks sanded down.




This area inside is to be reinforced (road rash on the front side) I'm using premium ABS cement and 0.030" black ABS sheeting.




These were cracks. Reinforced from behind and they'll be dug out with the dremel from the front and filled with cement.


I'll tackle this one tomorrow.


That's it for now!

What colors are you going back with?

The fairings and top panels will be GM torch red and the lower cowl will be GM silver. I'll have OE-looking silver Katana, Suzuki, 750, and the "S" decals which will be clearcoated over. I'm also going to add the Katriders.com stickers after everything is cured.

[Shifty]

What colors are you going back with?