VF500F Video and Plastic ?'s

So since the bike has been home for the last week, we have gotten about 85 miles on her. Now that she is mechanically sound, I have some quick questions about plastic repair. I explain a majority of my questions in the video I made, but I was wondering what was the best way to repair the back mounting points on the front fairing??? Right now I am riding her naked (hah :tongue. You see what I mean later in the video....

[video=youtube;wDjgqrrwLtA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDjgqrrwLtA&feature=youtu.be[/video]

 

one hidden repair I've seen done

 

Hmmm, interesting. Never seen that before, but it seems like it would be nice and sturdy. Might be easier than fabbing a flimsy tab out of some fiberglass and other stuff.

 

Plastifix is amazing stuff. Not sure what the 500 fairing is made of, if ABS then this is the way to go. You can mold any small tab and it's strong. Even if you don't have a good tab to mold from, you can build up the area with Plastifix and shape a tab by hand.

[video=youtube;P9DrfxHy2GU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9DrfxHy2GU[/video]

 

Hmmm... Looks like good stuff. Problem is I dont have an existing side tab so I would have to build one myself, or model one off of the front mounting holes and build off of that.

 

Another 35 miles today after work. The bike is running stronger and stronger and I'm trusting it for longer jaunts. I really need to get these new BT45s spooned on because as I have shaken the rust off, I am pushing the tires and suspension harder, and I dont want to blow the old front. If I had some extra money right now, I would definitely do stiff springs, heavier fork oil, gold valves, and some new fork seals. But otherwise this thing is a fucking riot to ride...

I hope to decide what I'm going to do with the mouting tabs in the next couple days or so. I have next Saturday off and I am going to do the fix that day. I've been riding her naked for so long now, I forget what it feels like to ride with the fairing. I'm 6' 1" so I dont remember that fairing doing much anyway.... lol

 

This repair looks good to me...cheap, easy, probably last from now on. Thanks for the post.

 

I have a similar repair on my VF's old yellow fairing. There's a metal plate on the inside riveted to the fairing. It's a pretty good fix, I think. I'll get you a picture tomorrow.

 

Here's what my old fairing had on both sides, worked pretty well for what it's worth: