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1200 DVT Repairing Plastics

Discussion in 'Multistrada' started by Jackstraw, Feb 15, 2019.

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    Came off this morning on the way to the London bike show. Diesel spill right on the riding line. Only doing 5mph so almost no damage, light scratch on the fuel tank cover and radiator cover. At £550 and £200 respectively for new ones I’d like to look at other options
    Is it possible to get plastic repaired if so does anyone have a recommended repairer - happy to send the bits by courier to anywhere uk
    Willing to look at second hand bits - any breakers specialise in Ducati parts, are there any firms to contact who act as brokers or do I just need to contact lots of different brokers
    Or finally is it possible to repair it myself to a reasonable level (mechanically minded but no experience of plastic repair) or is it very much a job for the pro’s
     
  2. Why not try through the council or highways first. If it's been reported to them earlier than your incident, they should be liable.
     
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  3. Owch, hard luck fella. Hope you weren't hurt in any way. Hernia picking the bike up off the floor for example...
     
  4. Thanks JH, I shall do that on Monday. Newnham Council so won’t build my hopes up but may get lucky
     
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  5. Very slow low-side so no injuries whatsoever. Thankfully had three mates behind me so after laughing at me and generally taking the piss helped pick it up (and then reverted to laughing and taking the piss, who needs enemies when you’ve got mates!)
     
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  6. I wonder if people like dent master who concentrate on small localised damaged areas would be able to help?
     
  7. I would repair as best you can and cover with black tapered pinstriping .
     
  8. They usually turn up regularly on feebay ... but looks an easy fix for any decent body shop
     
  9. https://www.motopaint.org/

    Don’t know about posting to him (Lee) but he really does do great work at a sensible price, and matched panels on my Matt chrome (indeed) multi to perfection - admittedly after a bout of trial and error - but yours is red so will be fine.
     
  10. Some years ago I purchased from a model shop some soft very smooth filler which goes off hard as normal filler, I rubbed down the parts of my bike back to normal surface and got a local to me paint shop to spray it, Paint came from RS paints and cost me way less than the purchase of new parts. But looking on eBay helps, even if you repair the ones you purchase and keep yours as spares.
     
  11. The problem you have is that the cost of time and materials for a garage to repair them and then paint them could get you close to the price for new panels.

    That is repairable with acrylic hot-melt sticks. These are the same things car places use for bumper repairs.
    You should be able to flat back the paint, build up the edges that have been worn away, and then sand back to the original profile ready for paint.

    I would go find a local body repair place and see what they say, especially if you remove the panels and take them in loose. Or try the guy Handtoknee has mentioned (although I would prefer to deliver / collect than post so I could inspect before accepting them).
     
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