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peet2-her · #1 Post by **peet2-her** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 7:20 pm

hi all been lurking in the background watching all these bikes come to life .i stared this bike in 97 but the guy doing my cranks broke one. not happy . then i broke my back & it was packed in to a suit case .doing little bits over time hers a few pic of where im up to. http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii23 ... e_0002.jpg http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii23 ... 0_2348.jpg http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii23 ... e_0030.jpg http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii23 ... 0_1657.jpg hope this post works working my way through this cheer beers peet

Mike Cichetti · #2 Post by **Mike Cichetti** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:12 pm

Looking good! Keep us updated with your progress and details.

Dakine · #3 Post by **Dakine** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:42 am

as Mike said "looking good". What are you using to repair the the fairing? I am at that stage and using fiberglass cloth and bondo.
Dakine

peet2-her · #4 Post by **peet2-her** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:11 am

ive used allsorts of styff over the years but now ive got it down to using m e k & fileing down abs plastic or you could buy plastex its a clear liquid & poweder .the poweders made of plastic & carbon fiberdust it to us realy stron but verry pricy.there are other products around. it melts plastic basicly & rejoins like one pieace. you can use fibe glass sheets to make up large areas .ive done this on the lower fairing on to edge where there is no bolt hole yet . hope this gets you started peet. http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii23 ... 0_1665.jpg

Dakine · #5 Post by **Dakine** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 1:29 am

Thanks for the info Peter

Matty · #6 Post by **Matty** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 4:16 am

Nice one peet. Is that another RZ I see peeking out from under a cover ?

rzatch · #7 Post by **rzatch** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 11:04 am

peet2-her The mek repair sounds interesting. Mind explaining more about it?

peet2-her · #8 Post by **peet2-her** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:23 pm

methyl ethyl ketone is whot you need. if you have a crack to repair .on the back side dremil out a groove i put a couple of drill holes in on ether side. like stichig.dont drill all way through . thay act as a a holding plug . mix up some mek & old plastic that you have filed down in a steel bowl or some thing like that as mek will melt most plastic. my take a hour depend on plastic sizing .now place that brown packing tap over the painted side .this will stop mek comming onto the paint. i use a paint brush to put mek over the grove area to losen up the part in repar .dont wont to much leaking over the paint & through the crack..lay slurry into the groves . i use a eyedroper to put a little more mek over the repair every hour or so 3-4 times .not to much mek. this will take a few day to dry out.. you could buy the plastex to start out .but the way thay say to do it i cant get it to work .thay say to use a eyedropper with the liquid in it & pick up a dap of powde on the end & place it on the plastic. i lay the poweder in the grove & drop the liquid over it .you will go through the liqud lot more this way .thats why i use mek $1.80 aliter over & $30 per 50 mils. powder is a little quicker . dont know if it stronger.. you can repair or all sort of things with little bondo and parts can be repaird & painted to orignal . pm if theres more you need to know i could do some repair pic ive got some to do . cheers beer peet. ps how do get this keyboard into pargaph & wheres the spell check

Dakine · #9 Post by **Dakine** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:38 pm

Cheers for all the great info Peter. I have one last question about MEK is that something you can buy at the hardware store in Australia or is it something you buy from a specialty shop. I found Plastex on the web http://www.plastex.ca/ but it sounds like MEK would be a more cost effective way to go. Now to find somebody that sells it. If I get back to Australia I will buy you a XXXX or a VB.
Mahalo,

Dakine

peet2-her · #10 Post by **peet2-her** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:16 pm

industrial chemical suppler or as i did whent down to a rubber belt splicing shop /belt reco/ brought a 4ltr can of them . chemical suppler would only sell me 20 ltr drum.pick up yhe phone & ring around as soon as you tell the about your project people are keen to help out . cheers beers peet

rzatch · #11 Post by **rzatch** » Wed Jan 23, 2008 10:42 pm

Thanks peet presently I have no need for it but it's alway nice to learn new things. Dakine it's almost like laquer thinner. You normally can find MEK at most home improvment stores in the paint section.