Why don't you try air side panels Kyle - they never need cleaning, it's easy to see what's behind them and they don't need attaching, Graham
On Mar 11, 2009, at 9:27 AM, Kyle Munz wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
