[Gary]

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I am trying to repair cracks in the trunk of my 1200 I, would anyone know what could be used ," that will work" thanks, Gary

 

[wingdawg101]

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I would use "5 minute Epoxy" on the inside of the truck, it comes in a big syringe and works great!

Someone on this site said they use a "Black Epoxy" (syringe type) to match the color, I've never seen Black in the States or Canada but you can ask?

Can use "Fiber Glass" , but unless you're an expert with it , it's a mess and tricky to apply!

 

[wingnut]

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Or a better bet is U-Pols Plastic-X repair. Really good and doesn't eventually flake away like some epoxy glues.

 

[Skooter]

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Hey Steve, thought you were away until tomorrow! Did you buy loadsa shiny bits for the Wing!!

BTW, the UPol plastic repair stuff comes in hard & soft versions. Bike shops prefer the hard type for typical ABS plastic repair.

 

[Goldwinger1984]

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I used a very large soldering iron and some cut up strips of ABS plastic to repair mine. You can't even tell it's been repaired and there is no worries about disimilar materials showing thru the finished paintwork.

Vic

 

[FitzAl]

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Thats a good tipa bout the soldering iron. I will be trying that out sometime!

 

[Skooter]

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The soldering iron trick is how it's doe anyway Alan. The plastic welding lads just use a fancy machine that applies the abs as itmelts the damaged surface. Sound tip, using a soldering iron and its just a bit slower than the fancy way.

 

[JDuggan]

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The Plastic-X from UPol is definitely the way to go, unless you are handy with the soldering iron. Fibreglass is no good for plastic, it just flakes off, so does epoxy adhesive.

 

[BigAl]

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There is another very good plastic repair kit available, you can even make plastic parts from it. Its called Plastifix and is here --

http://www.urethanesupply.com/storeplastifix.html

 

[Skooter]

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Plastifix is good stuff as well, although not as easy to work with as the U-Pol item and also considerably more expensive.

 

[BenMC]

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I use Plastex, its not very expensive compared to other stuff and it does an extremely good job. You can see it on this link http://plastex.home.att.net/

 

[austinstreetman]

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Electrical Connection advertises two part ABS glue for motorcycles. I haven’t tried it. I got a stator wiring harness from them and was very impressed, however.

http://www.electricalconnection.com/non-electrical/abs_repair_kit.htm