| Author | Message | ||
     Jayvee |
Trying to cut-down the plastic tailpiece, the Dremel cutting blade leaves a flat edge sort of perpendicular to the panel. Is there a 'safe' way to get this back to a gently rounded edge like the stock plastic has? If I sand it, then I have to re-paint it, which I'm very much trying to avoid. I was afraid to try a cigarette lighter, but that's what I was thinking. Maybe melt the edge just enough to round it? Any trick to this, cutting without repainting? | ||
| S1owner |
Nope its not plastic | ||
| Phelan |
If it's like most all other tube frame tail panels it's fiberglass, not plastic. | ||
| Kilroy |
i have a cut M2 tailpiece that i cant give away. it needs to be painted, i did sand the edges to round them off. Let me know if you want it, you can mess with it and not ruin the one on your bike. | ||
| Mtjm2 |
Kilroy , can you post a pic of the tail peace !? I may want it ! and I'll give you something for it if I take it ! | ||
| Ratbuell |
Use a sanding block, it will let you direct the sanding to the edge, and not scratch up the paint. | ||
| Kilroy |
Mtjm2 - PM sent | ||
| Jayvee |
Now that you mention it, I vaguely recall this, the fuell tank is plastic right? And the rest of the bodywork is fiberglass. | ||
| Robertl |
The tail piece on my M2 is plastic. Tired and not paying attention one night the garage door caught the back end of mine and cracked it under the seat. I melted down legos with acetone to fill in the missing areas and redrilled the mounting holes. I've seen pictures of a few trimmed rear plastics so hopefully someone will chime in but I don't see any way around repainting if you cut it down. Robert | ||
| Imadog |
Robert "Genius" Great idea on fixing plastic!! | ||
| Robertl |
Google "welding plastic" and "fairing Crack repairs". It worked really well but I did not realized the plastics were painted so using Legos was unnecessary and could use ABS plastic pipe from hardware store. I will say the yellow was close enough in color that only the knowing would really notice plus it is under the seat. | ||
| Lakes |
Thanks Robert, I have cracked my M2 tail in half i am using 200mph duct tape to hold it together as i ride it a lot. i'll get some ABS plastic pipe, and melt it , do you spread the melted plastic over the crack to join it? how long to go hard again? | ||
| Robertl |
Jayvee, sorry to highjack the thread so I created a new thread on repairing the plastics. Lakes, see the Old School Buell section for more information: http://www.badweatherbikers.com/buell/messages/476 23/755030.html?1420403196 |
