I say go with the PCB board that would be retro! On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Creative Residential Designs < finderskeep...@qwest.net> wrote:
> Kyle, you're a genius. I was going to suggest wood and screws myself. > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Kyle Munz <kyle...@gmail.com> > *To:* nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 11, 2009 7:27 AM > *Subject:* [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Body panel question > > I'm going to make new side panels out of paper mache, I'll let you know how > that goes... > > -Kyle > > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Creative Residential Designs < > finderskeep...@qwest.net> wrote: > >> >> Yes, but in this case the 550 panel is substantially smaller that a 650 >> panel. I envision hacking the thing in two both directions and then >> re-studding it too....hmm. An experiment that I will wait for the results >> on. >> (P.S...I have both a 550 and a 650 in my shop. I would be willing to >> measure >> the 550 panel for our friend here and maybe he can manufacture one.) >> Hotrod. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <cakra...@gmail.com> >> To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 3:36 AM >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Body panel question >> >> >> >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
