fix those ugly rashed covers

norm nason · Mar 10, 2008

heres a quick easy way to fix those ugly rashed up case covers. ive had 2 salvaged bikes im repairing with all the covers rashed and one passenger peg.
i was planning on getting powdercoating done anyways so this worked great.theres not much to it. all i use is a palm sander with some 80 grit sand paper. remove the covers of coarse. this only took me about 5 to 10 minutes per bike to fix. and you don't even have to powdercoat. you can use high heat paint and take things into your own hands. so with the paint and sandpaper about a 10$ 1/2 day fix. and the finished product will be worth it. heres some pics. hope this helps someone. good luck

Moeman · Mar 10, 2008

Looks much better man great job man

mhaile · Mar 10, 2008

Looks great! Looks just like powdercoat. What kind of high heat paint did you use?

argibson · Mar 10, 2008

also, what did you prep the metal with before shooting it?

and what was the finest grit that you ended with?

Looks good, thanks!

norm nason · Mar 10, 2008

nono guys. these parts are powdercoated a texturized black. but ive seen on the how to remove covers a guy painted his with high heat black paint and it looked just as good and he didnt even remove the covers. so i just sanded smooth and then i sandblasted the hole thing and then i took it to powdercoat

norm nason · Mar 10, 2008

if your painting your covers i looked it up and its sparknocker who posted his paint and it looks great so heres the info on painting on page 1. good luck
http://www.600rr.net/vb/showthread.php?t=95245

usmcr6 · Mar 11, 2008

I did the same thing with my old honda. I polished them instead of powdercoat/paint though.

cloudcbr · Mar 29, 2008

how did u get all that rash off?? with just 80grit sand paper?? how long did it take?? u just sand by hand till smoth?? then just paint? thx for the help.

norm nason · Mar 29, 2008

just check out my pics. used a palm sander.(like the 4th pic down) and it only took like 5 to 10 minutes with just 80 grit(no hand sanding). very easy, quick and cheap. dunno about the paint prep. check out the link i posted above. i would prime and then paint all with high heat but keep in mind i never did mine so double check

bsho426 · Mar 29, 2008

I did this last weekend and to prep for paint i used 80 grit then 180, 220, and 320 and painted. I tried using Rustoleum grill paint and it was too flat so I just went to Autozone and got a can of Dupli-Color engine enamel in low gloss black and it turned about the same color as my frame and swingarm. Hope that helps!

Coyote · Mar 29, 2008

Does it work on the frame too?

norm nason · Mar 29, 2008

my frames scuffed on one of my bikes but i didnt want to mess around with the frame because its hidden by the fairings anyways. if it was showing and not to deep then personally i would try to fix it. it would be easily fixed aswell but know that i havent done that before either

whodey · Mar 29, 2008

this is going to sound completely noob, but what is the chance of sanding through the covers? I know if it's worn down from the slide it's lost some of the thickness right? how thick are the OEM covers?

rtmech301 · Mar 29, 2008

how much did it cost to get all that powdercoated?

norm nason · Mar 29, 2008

just got my second bike done. i got the swing arm, engine covers and all the pegs done for 150. not sure about sanding through the covers. im sure it can be done. if i had a really deep gash i probably wouldnt go the whole way. its a judgement call. feel the thickness and youl have a rough idea.

datnguyen24 · Oct 8, 2008

nice write up i am going to either try this or send them to powder coat, sometimes the simplest things to do are the hardest. i lack that patience.

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