you could epoxy (plastic on plastic) over the hinge and screw the otherside to the fender? Magnets do work nice on my tank bag, but... it might fall off. Then you really got a dingle-berry with a panel hangin by a thread. lol
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 5:59 AM, Kyle Munz <kyle...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've often wondered about glassing some hard drive magnets onto the back > side of my panel to see if that would make them stick on better. Another > friend of mine actually threads a small bit of fishing line through one stud > and ties the other end to the frame so if it does fall off it won't go far. > > -Kyle > > > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:56 AM, Graham Mitchell <cakra...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On second thought, I always thought that those panels could be better >> fastened with hinges, that screw off for removal. Since you're motivated to >> do something, and have an otherwise junk panel, to improve it >> (read:hack-job) you could try Ace Hardware for some big 2" door hinges and >> cut them down. >> >> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 5:53 AM, Graham Mitchell <cakra...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Kyle, >>> Well dude, with that description you might have convinced me that unless >>> you start appreciating flapping body panels that one might not be fixable. >>> lol >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 5:50 AM, Kyle K.K. <not.chr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> It's not just missing studs that are the issue. The person who owned >>>> the bike ahead of me melted the panel so it really doesn't fit well >>>> without some wire holding it on. >>>> >>>> Thanks for the idea though. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 4:36 AM, cakra...@gmail.com <cakra...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > >>>> > I would like to add to this that I had some success repairing one of >>>> > the plastic mounting studs on the inside of my '86 CB700SC. The >>>> > rearward stud on the left side busted from... stuff, and i lost the >>>> > piece too. I waited it out for the OE rubber grommet piece to come in >>>> > the mail. I went to Motorcycles Unlimited, in Stanton, CA and found a >>>> > similar, but longer stud off an old Yamaha I think. I stuck the hack- >>>> > job together using some bent welding rod for support, and Permatex 2- >>>> > part plastic weld epoxy and my Dremmel for a custom fit. The grommet >>>> > was like two or three dollars and I had the other stuff so this >>>> > repair, although time consuming, is super low cost. For alteration of >>>> > body panels... good luck hotrod.. >>>> > >>>> > On Mar 10, 10:10 pm, "Creative Residential Designs" >>>> > <finderskeep...@qwest.net> wrote: >>>> >> No can do partner. It's PLASTIC. You can go pound one out of sheet >>>> metal and >>>> >> weld some tabs on. Get out your calculator and ruler..Hotrod. >>>> >> >>>> >> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> >> From: "Kyle K.K." <not.chr...@gmail.com> >>>> >> To: <nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> >>>> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 10:54 PM >>>> >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Body panel question >>>> >> >>>> >> > I'd be willing to modify the body panel. I'm just tired of my right >>>> >> > side panel almost falling off. >>>> >> >>>> >> > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:25 PM, Dennis Hammerl < >>>> blues...@yahoo.com> >>>> >> > wrote: >>>> >> >> Why don't you check an on-line Honda parts look-up and see if both >>>> parts >>>> >> >> have the same number ? (hint... they don't) >>>> >> >>>> >> >> --- On Tue, 3/10/09, Kyle K.K. <not.chr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >> >>>> >> >> From: Kyle K.K. <not.chr...@gmail.com> >>>> >> >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Body panel question >>>> >> >> To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com >>>> >> >> Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 9:28 AM >>>> >> >>>> >> >> Anyone know if a right hand side 650 side panel will work (with >>>> >> >> modification if need be) on an '83 550? >>>> >> >>>> >> >> -Kyle >>>> > >>>> > > >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
