[xbubbax]

im sorry man buts thats the dumbest thing ive ever heard. court.... OK.
new bike for you. personally i would have smashed out his windows in his car and called it even, or go skipping off to court.
its a win win situation. but now u cant ride and u have to do all the work(even though your a DIY) it sucks ballz doing somthing you dont have to, or didnt have to in the 1st place.
my motto is if its not broken dont fix it, if someone else breaks it, your 1st inline to play a good game of ro-shambau. id take the court approach because
1 you dont have a signed document stating that he gave u money for the incident.
2 claim it was a hit and run and u just found the kid in town and turn in the license plate # and bam. take pics of damaged bike.
3 if he denies it goto court and show the whole world what happened. and u win, and u scored free cash off and asshat who tried to make u look like a fool and him a cool drunk, but now hes the AUI idiot. (AUI = always under infuuence of a substance)

[Waltari]

I have been doing experiments with plastic welding.
I've been using a standard soldering iron with a large tip (1/4") I'm getting good results.
I fashioned a pair of air box covers.
(I'm going with a half fairing)
I'm getting strong welds using strips of old fairing plastic for filler rod.
Once I get it down pat I'll post some pics.

I use a soldering iron myself and used to use scrap abs. Now I buy packs of abs welding rods from eastwood automotive for $12 a pack and I think using the rod is alot easier. For anyone doubting the soldering iron methods strength, if you take some time and practice, the welds will be excellent. I usually weld everything up, sand off the excess material and then twist/bend the living hell out of the area I've welded to see if I can get it to crack. 9/10 times it's good on the first try.

[Zukiman]

While you were giving me advice on fixing my plastics, i was reading your post about "kreeming" your tank

Now thats what I call loving your bike.

[benchfalco]

paint stripper safe for plastic??

had the plastics off....turns out that there aren't any cracks in the plastic at all, only the paint was cracked!

The ABS is only 2 yrs old with a new (cracked) paint job. I'm going to strip the plastic and prime and paint etc, just like if they were new. soooooo...

Can anyone recommend a paint stripper that's safe for ABS plastic?

[SweetLou]

I would think any paint thinner or Laquer thinner would be fine.

[The CyberPoet]

Re: paint stripper safe for plastic??

had the plastics off....turns out that there aren't any cracks in the plastic at all, only the paint was cracked!

The ABS is only 2 yrs old with a new (cracked) paint job. I'm going to strip the plastic and prime and paint etc, just like if they were new. soooooo...

Can anyone recommend a paint stripper that's safe for ABS plastic?

Best way is to bead-blast them... not sand-blast... ask around at paint shops in the area -- the blasting is usually cheap if they're not doing any other work on it

Lou is the paint specialist around here these days, so whatever he says goes for chemicals

Cheers
=-= The CyberPoet

[SweetLou]

Re: paint stripper safe for plastic??

Lou is the paint specialist around here these days, so whatever he says goes for chemicals

Cheers
=-= The CyberPoet

Thats only because Corey and I like to play with chemicals to see what will disolve what

Oh, and if using a thinner, wear rubber gloves, and you will need more than one pair. That stuff will soak through your skin and go right into your blood stream. Then your pee smells funny, and you get a headache.

Well, Corey is also a speicalist, he is just the slower one out of the 2 of us.

[benchfalco]

I'm not much for introducing foreign chemicals into my bloodstream.....at least not the kind that would make my pee smell funny....