Hey guys, I'm about to do some bodywork on my track bike and was wondering exactly what products I should be looking at getting and a little bit of guidance on the whole thing.
The bike is a 2008 ZX6R. It is running complete track plastics, which are nothing more than fiberglass, not the original OEM plastics. When I first bought the bike, I dropped it unloading off the trailer (by myself in the rain whoops) and it took a layer off the front fairings and did a bit of damage I the tail as well. I'm fairly sure the damage on the front can be solved with just some filler as I'm pretty sure that's all that's come off. The tail will
need some work but I'm not afraid to do it because worse comes to worse, a new tail isn't all that expensive but I'd like the experience. I'm assuming it will have to e built back up from resin and cloth and shaped up with filler. There are also some spots along the bottom of the fairings that need some attention. Race plastics are designed really to be used with cat less exhausts and since this bike is still running the factory cat, it's gotten hot and formed like heat bubbles in the fiberglass that are cracking and look bad. No idea how to tackle that.
Anyways what are some good products to use for all this? I'll post some pictures up tomorrow when I get the bike pulled out and dusted off. I don't want to use the cheapest stuff out there (unless that's good enough) but I'm not looking to sink too much into this as some of this stuff ain't TOO expensive to replace. I don't mind spending a little more if it'll make the job easier and te final product better, but it will probably go down again so no need for top or the line. Any tips and suggestions will be appreciated.
Thanks guys
The bike is a 2008 ZX6R. It is running complete track plastics, which are nothing more than fiberglass, not the original OEM plastics. When I first bought the bike, I dropped it unloading off the trailer (by myself in the rain whoops) and it took a layer off the front fairings and did a bit of damage I the tail as well. I'm fairly sure the damage on the front can be solved with just some filler as I'm pretty sure that's all that's come off. The tail will
need some work but I'm not afraid to do it because worse comes to worse, a new tail isn't all that expensive but I'd like the experience. I'm assuming it will have to e built back up from resin and cloth and shaped up with filler. There are also some spots along the bottom of the fairings that need some attention. Race plastics are designed really to be used with cat less exhausts and since this bike is still running the factory cat, it's gotten hot and formed like heat bubbles in the fiberglass that are cracking and look bad. No idea how to tackle that.
Anyways what are some good products to use for all this? I'll post some pictures up tomorrow when I get the bike pulled out and dusted off. I don't want to use the cheapest stuff out there (unless that's good enough) but I'm not looking to sink too much into this as some of this stuff ain't TOO expensive to replace. I don't mind spending a little more if it'll make the job easier and te final product better, but it will probably go down again so no need for top or the line. Any tips and suggestions will be appreciated.
Thanks guys