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7 years 5 months ago #16666 by Bucko
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I'm looking at a 86 ZN that has some damage to the upper fairing behind and below the front signal lamps. Possibly repairable but I'm wondering how difficult it is to find an undamaged fairing. Thanks for any advice.

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7 years 5 months ago #16684 by Bucko
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Just bumping this....

Can anyone post clear side view pictures of a stock 86 ZN? I'm not clear on which bits may or may not be original. i.e I know at some point the engine cases on the 1300 were chrome plated - was that true of the ZN's or does that depend on the year?.

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7 years 1 day ago #18115 by usakz1300
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On the plastic parts of the bikes, most of them are injection molded plastic. Some people try to fix them with fiberglass resins and cloth, and that doesn't work well at all, as the resins really do not stick well to the plastic.

Now, to fix most problems with stock plastics, we need to use the right bonding agent with the fiberglass cloth.

Since most plastics are black ABS, simply substitute the resin for ABS cement, and cloth. Works better than anything I have ever used. I just refitted a side cover panel holder to the cover with ABS cement and fiberglass cloth, stronger than the cover itself. I use it inside parts, usually not on the outside, but, a couple of parts needed small holes filled, and I used just the cement, and sanded, body worked the cement, and repainted after it dried a couple of days, you can't tell it was ever damaged.

If you are not familiar with ABS plastics, it is the black drain piping in mobile homes, and houses, glues together with this stuff. Don't confuse it with PVC glue, that is for the white pressure pipes in those locations, and, PVC cement doesn't work on ABS plastics.

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7 years 1 day ago #18118 by Ledkz1300
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The ABS cement being yellow and stinks like the devil?

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