fairing repair - plastic welding

reckon

reckon

the cake is a lie
been awhile,......

just wanted to drop a note that I am back doing fairing repair/plastic welding/fiberglass/carbon-fiber fabrication

if anyone has any crunchy body parts they need back in one solid piece, give me a call.

repair only, no paint services, and usually completed in a day, maybe two for major repairs.

thanks for putting up with my blatant whore-ing, but I just got cut back to 20 hrs a week at work, and I'm worried about rent and bills.

as usual I will also help anyone that wants to tackle these projects on their own: advice and instructions are always free.



ride safe, or WIN!
 
reckon

reckon

the cake is a lie
tjBlotto said:
How do you replace a chunk that has chipped off and is missing?
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this happens all the time, and takes a little artistic creativity to fix: first off you have to ID the plastic, usually on the inside surface of the fairing, near the injection site there will be something that looks like this: >ABS<, that tells you that the fairing is made from ABS (acrylonitrile butadene styrene) TAP sells ABS sheets in black or "natural" (translucent). it might also say :pPE (polypropylene), or PE (polyethylene) or TPO (thermo plastic olefin: kydex), if you are having trouble id'ing the plastic, give me a call, or send me an e-mail, there are many ways to tell what kind of plastic you have. (too many to type them all out!)

ABS can be solvent bonded (glued): but it's not recommended for a motorcycle fairing, because it's not strong enough.
most other plastics you find on a motorcycle will be weld only, like PPE, or PE, or TPO, or the new composites you see on newer yamaha's, suzuki's, kawi's, and honda's, and those can only be welded using some part of the fairing, or another like fairing, for welding rod.

what I do is take a piece of poster board (thin cardboard) and cut and bend it so that it fits the missing pieces shape as accurately as I can, then flatten the cardboard out, and trace the pattern on the abs sheet, and then cut it out using tin snips, now I bend and form it so it's the same shape as the fairing, using a heat gun, and some "ove gloves" (walgreens $15).
once the piece is bent and fits the hole, I'll tape it in place from the opposite side, and tack weld it in so it's attatched, then I cut chamfers for the weld rod, and weld all the seams.
the pictures below show this on an old ninja fairing, the shiny piece you see on the inside of the vent is the donor piece of ABS that was fabricated.
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reckon

reckon

the cake is a lie
thank you very much to the several people that wanted estimates,......

"have welder, will travel" :D


(shameless bumpage)
 
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reckon

reckon

the cake is a lie
PainterDude said:
Will you come to Monterey & do my Fiberglass work...I hate it... I paint maybe we can work a deal...
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PM sent

and thanks again to the several people that have dropped off work, and called for estimates.


:ride ride em' if ya got em'
 
Jaydagod

Jaydagod

Knight Rider
So has anyone used this guy? I have some work that needs to be done on a vfr really bad and I don't have money for the new or used fairings.
 
Burning1

Burning1

I'm scareoused!
Jaydagod,

After the 6th or so crash, I sent my tattered Ninja 250 fairings to Reckon for some repair work. I was very pleased with the results. Most of the welds were performed on the inside with very clean results. My repaired fairings appear to be as strong as new, and I wouldn't hesitate to shake, bend, or generally abuse any of the welds without fear that they might break. Beyond mending cracks and patching holes, he was able to rebuild a few of my mounting tabs.

Reckon was very knowledgeable about plastic welding, and stands behind all of his work. The prices were excellent, and he was very up front about what work would be performed, how much it would cost, and what to expect.

FYI, he does this kind of stuff for a living. I highly recommend him, and will certainly send my future repair work his way.
 
reckon

reckon

the cake is a lie
Burning1 said:
Jaydagod,

After the 6th or so crash, I sent my tattered Ninja 250 fairings to Reckon for some repair work. I was very pleased with the results. Most of the welds were performed on the inside with very clean results. My repaired fairings appear to be as strong as new, and I wouldn't hesitate to shake, bend, or generally abuse any of the welds without fear that they might break. Beyond mending cracks and patching holes, he was able to rebuild a few of my mounting tabs.

Reckon was very knowledgeable about plastic welding, and stands behind all of his work. The prices were excellent, and he was very up front about what work would be performed, how much it would cost, and what to expect.

FYI, he does this kind of stuff for a living. I highly recommend him, and will certainly send my future repair work his way.
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thanks for the kind words, I appreciate that alot.

his was a typical repair for an ABS fairing, that had seen several spills, luckily the damage was more cracking and not so much bending THEN cracking, so the broken pieces lined up fairly well and just chamfer welding the inside surfaces gave very strong results.

thanks again to all.


ride safe,..........................or WIN! :ride
 
reckon

reckon

the cake is a lie
bump to say thanks to jade and mark who dropped off plastics for repair, both ninja 250's and both repairs came out straight and strong.

thanks again to barf, and teh barferz

:ride
 
Vector13

Vector13

Well-known member
So this is where all the plastic sheets I cut down are going! I shoulda known!


Bump for a fellow plastiholic.
 
reckon

reckon

the cake is a lie
thanks to blackoutgxxr for dropping off his side panels for repair, and he also was kind enough to let me buy an entire crunched GSXR side fairing, so I now have welding rod material for most 2002 and newer Honda, Suzuki, Kawi, Yammy motorcycles as they all use the same alloy or composite side fairing material that can only be welded using itself as weld rod (PA6+AS and sometimes MD-10 too)

he had a tab that needed fabricating, and four fairly small cracks on three different pieces, and it ended up costing him $40 and took a day.

thanks again, to teh barf and all it's reader/ridership.

ride safe,..........or win! :ride
 
rjbrittain11

rjbrittain11

923 Track Junkie
I have a question, hopefully you can help out:

On my track fairings, I have a tank cover that is a tad damaged. But the damage is the bolt holes. There are two bolt holes on the cover that bolt the tank cover up by the triple, which I have had my steering dampener bolted into, and the tank cover bolt eye holes are in this location (I'm sure you know where this is). After time this has cracked the bolt eye holes and broke one to were its only half the bolt hole now.

The other bolt eye hole that is having a problem is also on the tank cover. This one is one of the bolt eye holes that go under the seat and mount where the front of the seat slides in.

My question is how do you repair these "holes"? Can you add fiberglass around it, and then cut out a new hole? Any help would be greatly appreciated. :thumbup
 
reckon

reckon

the cake is a lie
rjbrittain11 said:
I have a question, hopefully you can help out:

On my track fairings, I have a tank cover that is a tad damaged. But the damage is the bolt holes. There are two bolt holes on the cover that bolt the tank cover up by the triple, which I have had my steering dampener bolted into, and the tank cover bolt eye holes are in this location (I'm sure you know where this is). After time this has cracked the bolt eye holes and broke one to were its only half the bolt hole now.

The other bolt eye hole that is having a problem is also on the tank cover. This one is one of the bolt eye holes that go under the seat and mount where the front of the seat slides in.

My question is how do you repair these "holes"? Can you add fiberglass around it, and then cut out a new hole? Any help would be greatly appreciated. :thumbup
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I'm sure there is something we can do,....

usually I re-enforce the area with an other strip of similar/bondable/weldable plastic, then drill the holes through. I can even install a metal insert to further strengthen the hole.

I'd need to see the part to make any kind of firm estimate, but a rough ballpark figure would be $35-$50
and would probably take a few hours, and if it's fiberglass add about 6 hours curing time, so drop off, and pick up the next day for fiberglass repairs.

call me if you like, it might be easier to go over details
(and thanks btw :thumbup)
 
rjbrittain11

rjbrittain11

923 Track Junkie
I will give you a call this week :thumbup But i may have another snag. And maybe you can work around it. The fairings are already painted. And i would certainly like to keep it that way. Is that possible?
 
reckon

reckon

the cake is a lie
rjbrittain11 said:
I will give you a call this week :thumbup But i may have another snag. And maybe you can work around it. The fairings are already painted. And i would certainly like to keep it that way. Is that possible?
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"of course it is!" (marlon-finding nemo)

yes, I can keep the paint in pristine shape
the trick is to wax all the painted surfaces really well, then mask them off, even if you get some resin seep under the masking, it wont stick to the waxed surface at all.
 
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