Posted by justwaitafrekinminute on March 18, 2008, 8:24 pm
Hi. I have a couple of questions for you folks. I have a small dirt
bike for my kids. It is a Baha brand, with plastic fenders. The
muffler cover broke into a couple of pieces in the cold winter. In a
boat, I would probably rough it up real good and use epoxy and a layer
of very thin, transparent, fiberglass cloth to make the repair. Epoxy
does not necessarily "stick" to plastic, but I have had good success
using a saw blade to really rough up the surfaces, sometimes a blade
edge to even create negative grooves to create a mechanical bond, hope
that makes sense. I have enough experience with these types of
materials, I could make it strong and even somewhat invisible, no
doubt.
I don't know exactly what material these are, is there a better way to
repair them? An if I do, would this type of plastic repair and it was
stable, would you think my kids would be able to race in organized
events, or tracks? If not I need to start to check into replacement
parts, but being a cheap brand, I wonder how hard they would be to
replace. I guess that's a question too, in case anyone has experience
getting parts for a Baha, purchased at an auto parts store;)
Thanks, Scotty
Posted by scrape on March 18, 2008, 9:44 pm
On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:24:10 -0700 (PDT),
justwaitafrekinminute@gmail.com wrote:
>Hi. I have a couple of questions for you folks. I have a small dirt
>bike for my kids. It is a Baha brand, with plastic fenders. The
>muffler cover broke into a couple of pieces in the cold winter. In a
>boat, I would probably rough it up real good and use epoxy and a layer
>of very thin, transparent, fiberglass cloth to make the repair. Epoxy
>does not necessarily "stick" to plastic, but I have had good success
>using a saw blade to really rough up the surfaces, sometimes a blade
>edge to even create negative grooves to create a mechanical bond, hope
>that makes sense. I have enough experience with these types of
>materials, I could make it strong and even somewhat invisible, no
>doubt.
>I don't know exactly what material these are, is there a better way to
>repair them? An if I do, would this type of plastic repair and it was
>stable, would you think my kids would be able to race in organized
>events, or tracks? If not I need to start to check into replacement
>parts, but being a cheap brand, I wonder how hard they would be to
>replace. I guess that's a question too, in case anyone has experience
>getting parts for a Baha, purchased at an auto parts store;)
Check some of the "universal" plastics from Maier and the like.
Look at motosport.com and rockymountainatv.com for starters.
Repairs will only last for a brief while at best. Fenders are
cheap.
----
Go fast and aim for where the trees aren't.
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Posted by justwaitafrekinminute on March 18, 2008, 9:28 pm
> On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:24:10 -0700 (PDT),
> justwaitafrekinmin...@gmail.com wrote:
> >Hi. I have a couple of questions for you folks. I have a small dirt
> >bike for my kids. It is a Baha brand, with plastic fenders. The
> >muffler cover broke into a couple of pieces in the cold winter. In a
> >boat, I would probably rough it up real good and use epoxy and a layer
> >of very thin, transparent, fiberglass cloth to make the repair. Epoxy
> >does not necessarily "stick" to plastic, but I have had good success
> >using a saw blade to really rough up the surfaces, sometimes a blade
> >edge to even create negative grooves to create a mechanical bond, hope
> >that makes sense. I have enough experience with these types of
> >materials, I could make it strong and even somewhat invisible, no
> >doubt.
> >I don't know exactly what material these are, is there a better way to
> >repair them? An if I do, would this type of plastic repair and it was
> >stable, would you think my kids would be able to race in organized
> >events, or tracks? If not I need to start to check into replacement
> >parts, but being a cheap brand, I wonder how hard they would be to
> >replace. I guess that's a question too, in case anyone has experience
> >getting parts for a Baha, purchased at an auto parts store;)
> Check some of the "universal" plastics from Maier and the like.
> Look at motosport.com and rockymountainatv.com for starters.
> Repairs will only last for a brief while at best. Fenders are
> cheap.
> ----
> Go fast and aim for where the trees aren't.
> ----- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -
Thanks, will do. Scotty
Posted by CrashTestDummy on March 18, 2008, 9:35 pm
wrote:
>Check some of the "universal" plastics from Maier and the like.
>Look at motosport.com and rockymountainatv.com for starters.
>Repairs will only last for a brief while at best. Fenders are
>cheap.
Yeah, and if you *must* repair the original (didn't you say it was
a "muffler cover?"), you might consider using thin metal on the back
side, with small nuts and bolts strategically placed through the two
pieces to hold them together (if possible). This could ensure
relatively great strength, but may not address the cosmetic side of
things.
Fred Bradford - CrashTestDummy
fjbradfordREMOVE@tx.rr.com
Posted by Wudsracer on March 18, 2008, 10:53 pm
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>On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:24:10 -0700 (PDT), justwaitafrekinminute@gmail.com wrote:
>Hi. I have a couple of questions for you folks. I have a small dirt
>bike for my kids. It is a Baha brand, with plastic fenders. The
>muffler cover broke into a couple of pieces in the cold winter. In a
>boat, I would probably rough it up real good and use epoxy and a layer
>of very thin, transparent, fiberglass cloth to make the repair. Epoxy
>does not necessarily "stick" to plastic, but I have had good success
>using a saw blade to really rough up the surfaces, sometimes a blade
>edge to even create negative grooves to create a mechanical bond, hope
>that makes sense. I have enough experience with these types of
>materials, I could make it strong and even somewhat invisible, no
>doubt.
>I don't know exactly what material these are, is there a better way to
>repair them? An if I do, would this type of plastic repair and it was
>stable, would you think my kids would be able to race in organized
>events, or tracks? If not I need to start to check into replacement
>parts, but being a cheap brand, I wonder how hard they would be to
>replace. I guess that's a question too, in case anyone has experience
>getting parts for a Baha, purchased at an auto parts store;)
>Thanks, Scotty
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I would cut a small piece of aluminum sheeting to span both sides of
the break (placed behind the plastic), and then pop rivet them
together using at least three rivets on each side of the break.
This worked very well on my Husky's front fender, and on a lot of
side covers in the past.
Wudsracer/Jim Cook
Smackover Racing
'06 Gas Gas DE300
'82 Husqvarna XC250
Team LAGNAF
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>bike for my kids. It is a Baha brand, with plastic fenders. The
>muffler cover broke into a couple of pieces in the cold winter. In a
>boat, I would probably rough it up real good and use epoxy and a layer
>of very thin, transparent, fiberglass cloth to make the repair. Epoxy
>does not necessarily "stick" to plastic, but I have had good success
>using a saw blade to really rough up the surfaces, sometimes a blade
>edge to even create negative grooves to create a mechanical bond, hope
>that makes sense. I have enough experience with these types of
>materials, I could make it strong and even somewhat invisible, no
>doubt.
>I don't know exactly what material these are, is there a better way to
>repair them? An if I do, would this type of plastic repair and it was
>stable, would you think my kids would be able to race in organized
>events, or tracks? If not I need to start to check into replacement
>parts, but being a cheap brand, I wonder how hard they would be to
>replace. I guess that's a question too, in case anyone has experience
>getting parts for a Baha, purchased at an auto parts store;)