How To Repair Cracked and Broken Motorcycle Fairings Pt 2 (Tutorial)

[@coppermine64]

Acrylic nail powder and Acetone. All it is. Been fixing motorcycle fairings for years. Even better than this is to create ABS glue (I use lego pieces in a jar, cover with Acetone and melt it down). Best fairing repair you can make. Great channel though.

[@donksx]

Thanks for sharing that tip!

[@Batti2323]

Yes!!! I would love to see you document the process!

[@howtowithkel3352]

I'll be starting it soon.

[@riloforrealtho22250]

@@howtowithkel3352 I would love to see this as well I recently bought a bike with a few cracks in the plastics and its a starter bike and they don't make much for after market fairings for a Kawasaki ninja ex500d so I'm wondering a cheap solution to repair the plastic and maybe do a complete paint make over because im not in love with the yellow but I've never done any auto body or paint work so this is all super intriguing

[@tomedelkowski6567]

@@howtowithkel3352 did you start an document?

[@stevengrande2364]

What is the name of the product? On Amazon?

[@tomedelkowski6567]

@@stevengrande2364 Plastex Repair Kit - but you can use superglue and baking soda, that should work also, what i heared. i use an piece of broken fairing, remove all paint and cut it into small pieces. then add aceton in a glass, seal it and wait, the aceton dissolve the abs plastic and you get an good glue for repair. workes only with ABS! no PP or PET.

[@TerrySmith-fo3qe]

Yes..absolutely!!…I’m doing it to a wrecked superbike too

[@garyryan1890]

Nc 29 i have one looking to fix the fairings good work

[@andrewkidd282]

Video of the bike repair? Well "Yes" of course. Just making a track bike myself. Bought new farings and would also love to see tutorials on painting them. I'm a complete novice BTW.

[@howtowithkel3352]

Hey Andrew, if you have any questions I'm here.

[@andrewkidd282]

Thanks Kel. You are very kind. I’ll let you know.

[@americanwriter2533]

🤩🇺🇸👍⚖️👁️👁️⚖️🇯🇵🏁🏁Great stuff! Will be restoring my 84 Gpz soon! Been mothballed since 94. Fairing was damaged in crash around 88. Original owner. Retirement "Mad Mac" trophy project. Wiseco 810 kit...Kehien CR 33 mm Specials...4 into 1 Vance & Hines exhaust! Flame spitter! Thanks for video! All the best!🏁🏁🏁🏁

[@howtowithkel3352]

Nice ride :)

[@OLKO-wv9hy]

Hi. Would you please explain what type of glue you are using?

[@howtowithkel3352]

Hi, the product is called Plastex. It is available on amazon.

[@ross5490]

I'm new too your channel great vid mate liked and subscribed

[@howtowithkel3352]

Thank you, If you have any questions just ask.

[@riloforrealtho22250]

if you have any recommendations on a cheap way to repair and paint my fairings I would be all ears I love your content just scared to do it myself because im on a budget

[@howtowithkel3352]

Rick, how are you? Don't worry we have all been there. What we used to do before all these new products hit the market was to get a soldering iron and some staples or paper clips. Lay the staple or paper clip acroos the crack and heat it with the soldering iron. After in sinks into the plastic let it cool and use whatever glue we had around to seal the inside of the fairing. You need to put a staple ever 2 inches or so. This is quite strong after the glue dries. Then flip it over, fill, sand and paint the outside. Go for it...

[@oliwally]

Hi Kel, just stumbled upon your videos and wow! So good. Thanks so much for sharing. I followed some of the links for the materials you buy and found that they lead to Amazon USA. How do you go about buying the 2 part primer & clear coat here in Oz? Thanks for your help, Oli.

[@howtowithkel3352]

Oli, how are ya mate? The products in the links are no longer available in Aus. This is what I am using right now. HICHEM 2K PRIMER FILLER GREY 1 LITRE 4:1. HICHEM 2PK PLATINUM MS CLEAR 1 LITRE 2:1. HiChem is available in most auto paint shops and is a great product. If you want to buy it online, you can get it from Variety Paints in Perth. Just copy and paste the capitals above. 3 day shipping Aus wide. I have use them a lot and have no complaints. If you need more help with anything, let me know. Kel

[@oliwally]

​@@howtowithkel3352 Thanks very much for the info Kel, very helpful. You're videos have me itching to do some spray painting although I have no real need to spray anything right now. And buying guns and paint just for the fun is a bit rich for me. How did you go about matching the colour of your blue Suzuki. Looks perfect! Mine is almost identical in colour (GSX1250FA) and I am having a hard time finding colour codes. Regards, Oli.

[@howtowithkel3352]

@@oliwally Hey mate, your paint code is YUF and the colour is Alba Blue Metalic. Its a solid colour so matching should be very close. I will be doing a video on how to match colours soon. Kel

[@oliwally]

@@howtowithkel3352 Fantastic! Thanks Kel. I've been chasing all over the internet for that but perhaps just didn't have the right approach or key words to get a constructive answer. How did you work this out? Is there a chart or website? Will very much be looking forward to your next video. Keep up the great work!

[@howtowithkel3352]

@@oliwally Mate try Colorrite on google. It's pretty good.

[@funstuff286]

Great job 👍 do you paint the inside of the part when your finished???

[@howtowithkel3352]

Yes, when all the repair work is done I clean it up and paint inside and out.

[@SebastianTrii]

Too bad he started uploading.. great content

[@keithorlando6652]

Will this work on Carbon Fiber fairings?

[@howtowithkel3352]

Hi, I have never tried a repair on carbon fibre. Let me try and I will get back in a day or so.

[@keithorlando6652]

@@howtowithkel3352 awesome thank you so much! I have two carbon pieces that multiple tabs snapped off.

[@howtowithkel3352]

@@keithorlando6652 Hi, the product holds carbon fibre togetther very well. I tried black and clear powder. The clear I think is better because you can see the black powder and it would look a little ordinary if it were to be applied on an area that is very visible. Good luck.

[@robmuhfacka5986]

Man I love your content, I'm a bathtub and countertop resurfacer, same basic concepts hvlp sprayers and such but I bought a motorcycle that has a lil bit of wear and needs a lil bit of love done to her ❤️ so now I'm here haha are you still active in this channel just in case there are any questions I have or tips you can give directly?

[@howtowithkel3352]

Yes Rob, I'm here. Ask away if you need to.

[@insydneytls]

you might find it easier, and more accurate, to apply the powder with a similar plastic bottle to the resin (you call it glue) with a slightly larger opening... thus avoiding the 'too much powder issue...

[@christopherjohnson6056]

Yes yes 👍

[@jamtheman7030]

haha...yeah man...where are the build vids!!

[@broderp]

No disrespect intended, but it seems like you are just winging it with that product. Do the instructions say to apply that many layers at one time? or to over saturate the powder with glue which forces you to add more powder, then glue then powder etc...? I would think that a nice simple clean line would suffice for mot of these repairs if done properly. ??

[@howtowithkel3352]

Hi, how are you? Your criticism is welcome and you are correct. I am not an expert with this material I have just used it many times. I am a diy guy just like all the folks out there. I'm just sharing what I have learned over time. I respect your opinion and you are welcome to critique my stuff anytime. Thank you for your input. Kel

[@timwegman5776]

I sure hope you did document the rebuild people love watching rebuilds as I would and I can tell you if you did you wouldn't still only have 2k subscribers. Your videos are great but they are to much of a niche content if you want to grow and have a channel that earns an income then hell yeah you need to document and rebuild motorcycles I mean how has no body told you this yet, you seem to know what your doing as far as fix, build and repair and your ok with the camera so start building and stop these little quick fix videos unless you want to have only 2k for life or do both but for God sake do some big rebuild videos please you could be rolling in views.