Sad about the damage I found on the fairings.

[Tim Wayne C]

So I had ordered new decals to replace the crappy chrome decals the previous owner had put on the bike. I knew he had scratched the paint removing the factory decals. But had no idea it was this bad.bad.The chrome decals peeled right off. Revealing deep gouges and a ton of deep scratches in the fairings.

I was so mad. The tail was pretty bad but the side fairings were worse. I just had to leave it alone a few hours contemplating paint or new fairings. Then I decided to wetsand all the damage. I couldn't make it any worse then it was.

After 5 hours of wetsand in all the damaged areas with 2000 grit and lots of buffing I was able to save most of the paint. There are a few spots to deep to fix without touch up paint but I may be able to hide them with the new decals.

I didn't take any pics of the paint before I wetsand ed and buffed it. But here is the finished deal. Decals will be here later today.

 

[Dscahill]

Looks good now!

Sorry to hear about the decals before.. When I bought mine, it was sporting a Harley sticker on the windscreen..


-D

 

[Tim Wayne C]

Started with the new decals. One side done atleast. Will get better pics in sunlight tomorrow.

 

[Tim Wayne C]

I have these 4 large decals left. I know the suzuki is meant for the tank but I have the chrome S on the tank. Thought about putting them on bottom of fairings.

Opinions?

 

[Dscahill]

Ive seen them applied to the runner between the two vents in the side fairing before, That'd look good.


-D

 

[Tim Wayne C]

Ive seen them applied to the runner between the two vents in the side fairing before, That'd look good.


-D

The suzuki or hayabusa sticker?

 

[Big E]

R1 wheels look fantastic. Sorry to hear about the fairings.

 

[EchoBase]

When I bought mine, it was sporting a Harley sticker on the windscreen..

LOL

 

[RedBusarider]

I have these 4 large decals left. I know the suzuki is meant for the tank but I have the chrome S on the tank. Thought about putting them on bottom of fairings.

Opinions?

I think it looks good just the way it is.

Used the left over stickers on your tool boxes.

 

[Tim Wayne C]

Some pics of new decals

 

[nosbig]

Looks great, good job.

 

[Tim Wayne C]

Thanks. I was kinda skeptical about how they would look. But they match the bike pretty good..

 

[GNBRETT]

personally I think it looks better with either no stickers or
OEM stickers.

 

[GIXERHP]

Looks great, sorry you had to manage the repair due to the previous owner's, lack of caution!

 

[dadofthree]

 

[RedBusarider]

Looks like 1 of a kind to mine.

Where are you that you can have your bike outside with NO snow in February?

 

[Tim Wayne C]

South Central texas. It will be in the 70s this weekend so hope to get some riding in.