Cracked lower fairing.

Whilst washing my bike today I noticed that the left lower fairing is cracked; the crack starts right at the bottom of the fairing going vertically for around 3 or 4 inches (at a guess). As it is so far down you do not see it when you are normally looking at the bike and as I haven't had chance to even wash the bike for around 6 weeks I have only just noticed it today.

Is there anything I can do myself to fix this problem? I can't really afford to buy a new lower fairing at this time.

Any advice is welcome.

Cheers
Ant

To stop it getting worse you need to drill a small hole at each end of the crack, this will stop the crack from lengthening. Not so sure about the repair though.

get some fibre glass resin and mend it from the inside.

Originally Posted by husky03

get some fibre glass resin and mend it from the inside.

If your going to do this, be very carefull fibre glass repairs can be right pain make sure you take your time with it.

Or use Araldite, drill the holes at either end as someone has said and then Araldite washers at either end to it and then repair just to re-enforce the crack.

never had any issues with fibre glass resin repairs-must be down to the repairers skill

I've found a body shop that I'm going to take it to, see what he can do with it. Tried taking the fairings off to put them in my dads car but one of the bolts is completely stripped so I'll have to ride there with the cracked fairing; just hope it doesn't make it any worse!

Thanks for the advice though guys

Originally Posted by ant-g

I've found a body shop that I'm going to take it to, see what he can do with it. Tried taking the fairings off to put them in my dads car but one of the bolts is completely stripped so I'll have to ride there with the cracked fairing; just hope it doesn't make it any worse!

Thanks for the advice though guys

What you need is Q-bond and a dremel. Score along the crack both sides with the dremel and the fill with Q-bond, adding some of the filler that comes with it if the crack is very deep or there are gaps. Bit of wet and dry and then spray.

My lowers cost me 40 quid on EBay and they were in a s*** condition. Q-bond and a load of elbow grease (and a pro paint job) and they are the DBs