newbie from tucson still needs advice

[Dan]

Well, I learned how not to go up a steep hill and now I am looking for a good paint match for my A 17 front fender. I found the frame paint match in the FAQ, but nothing pertaining to plastic. Do any of you know a paint that will work. Thanks, Dan B. A 17 KZ1100

[Mark Sampson]

Well, I learned how not to go up a steep hill and now I am looking for a good paint match for my A 17 front fender. I found the frame paint match in the FAQ, but nothing pertaining to plastic. Do any of you know a paint that will work. Dan I don't think you can paint the plastic----it just won't stick for long. Mark Sampson

[ckirkst2]

Dan- You may want to try Krylon's new "Fusion" rattle can technology plastic paint. I know I'm going to give it a shot in a couple of weeks when I'm back with the bike (which is now 500 miles away). I'm going to experiemnt on the underside of a panel to see if it'll bond. I'd like to change the A9 malibu barbie color combo to something else......anything else:) If you beat me to it, I'd love to hear your findings. Here's a link - http://www.krylon.com/product/op_consumer_product.asp Best - Chris Kirk, Jackson, Wyo

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Sampson" wrote: > > Well, I learned how not to go up a steep hill and now I am looking > for a good paint match for my A 17 front fender. I found the frame > paint match in the FAQ, but nothing pertaining to plastic. Do any of > you know a paint that will work. > > > Dan I don't think you can paint the plastic----it just won't stick for > long. > > Mark Sampson

[dooden]

Any color Band-Aid will work. Dooden A15 Green Ape

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Dan" wrote: > Well, I learned how not to go up a steep hill and now I am looking > for a good paint match for my A 17 front fender. I found the frame > paint match in the FAQ, but nothing pertaining to plastic. Do any of > you know a paint that will work. > Thanks, > Dan B. > A 17 > KZ1100

[Chris]

The word on the Fusion paint from a stunt club guy I know is, it works great on the lowers, but you can't get gasoline anywhere near it, evidently it dissolves it quite handily.

On Wed, Jul 30, 2003 at 10:01:21PM -0000, ckirkst2 wrote: > Dan- You may want to try Krylon's new "Fusion" rattle can technology > plastic paint. I know I'm going to give it a shot in a couple of weeks > when I'm back with the bike (which is now 500 miles away). I'm going > to experiemnt on the underside of a panel to see if it'll bond. I'd > like to change the A9 malibu barbie color combo to something > else......anything else:) > > If you beat me to it, I'd love to hear your findings. > > Here's a link - http://www.krylon.com/product/op_consumer_product.asp > > Best - Chris Kirk, Jackson, Wyo > > > --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Sampson" wrote: > > > > Well, I learned how not to go up a steep hill and now I am looking > > for a good paint match for my A 17 front fender. I found the frame > > paint match in the FAQ, but nothing pertaining to plastic. Do any of > > you know a paint that will work. > > > > > > Dan I don't think you can paint the plastic----it just won't stick for > > long. > > > > Mark Sampson > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > -- __ ___ __ / //_(_)__ _http://www.kingsqueak.org _/ /__ / ,< / / _ \/ _ `(_-

[xs650@dejazzd.com]

I've already applied Krylon Fusion to some plastic parts. Both were front fenders, one a UFO "superbike" and the other a 79 XT500. While they were both plastic, the UFO seems more like the polyethelene(?) that Kawasaki is using on the KLRs. All that is necessary is to have the part clean, and spray it. Clean means wiped down with a solvent first. I tried single and multiple coat applications, and it sticks! It can be bent and twisted without cracking and peeling. The bad news is that if it gets a whiff of solvent, it comes off(even after a week of curing). These same parts were later scuffed with scotchbrite, primed with a rattlecan lacquer primer, and sprayed with rustoleum. It seemed to stick just as well as Fusion, didn't peel or crack after curing, and was much less affected by gasoline. Avoid metallic rattlecan paints as they don't hold up to solvent either. Ace Hardware paint doesn't either... Eric in Pa

> > From: "ckirkst2" > Date: 2003/07/30 Wed PM 06:01:21 EDT > To: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [DSN_klr650] Re: Paint match > > Dan- You may want to try Krylon's new "Fusion" rattle can technology > plastic paint. I know I'm going to give it a shot in a couple of weeks > when I'm back with the bike (which is now 500 miles away). I'm going > to experiemnt on the underside of a panel to see if it'll bond. I'd > like to change the A9 malibu barbie color combo to something > else......anything else:) > > If you beat me to it, I'd love to hear your findings. > > Here's a link - http://www.krylon.com/product/op_consumer_product.asp > > Best - Chris Kirk, Jackson, Wyo > > > --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Sampson" wrote: > > > > Well, I learned how not to go up a steep hill and now I am looking > > for a good paint match for my A 17 front fender. I found the frame > > paint match in the FAQ, but nothing pertaining to plastic. Do any of > > you know a paint that will work. > > > > > > Dan I don't think you can paint the plastic----it just won't stick for > > long. > > > > Mark Sampson > > > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at www.dualsportnews.com. List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Unsubscribe by sending a blank message to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com . > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > >

[keithn1964]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Mark Sampson" wrote:

> > Well, I learned how not to go up a steep hill and now I am looking > for a good paint match for my A 17 front fender. I found the frame > paint match in the FAQ, but nothing pertaining to plastic. Do any of > you know a paint that will work. > > > Dan I don't think you can paint the plastic----it just won't

stick for

> long. > > Mark Sampson

You have to be able to paint plastic. Many cars / car parts are plastic. Automotive paint supply stores sell additives to promote adhession and flex to allow plastic to be painted. Also remember painting is a mechanical bond. Make shure you shuff every inch of the work piece as where it is not scuffed it will let go. Keith

[beygo]

Thanks for your quick response Devon and EJ, I mean to change the coolant first thing tomorrow. My current settings on the Mikuni VM38, same thing as Devon had, 35 pilot, 280 main, and 6F8 needle. And I'm geeting 53 mpg with these settings. Do you think that I need to change them? But I'm still wondering about the stripped thread. It's not the PO that screwed up the thread, it was I. I must have over-thightened the drain plug last time I changed the oil. Part of the blame, though I'm not sure, may be the fact that the drain plug that my bike has now is steel. Using a steel nut on an aluminum crankcase does not seem right to me... Anyway, I discovered that my thread was messed up in Flagstff and had to cluge a solution. Luckyly (or maybe very unlucklily) it's the very top of the thread that's gone. I beefed-up the very end of the nut (ie near the head) using teflon tape. And I rode back to Tucson. After 450 miles there's no oil leak however I don't know if the plug could be made to stay up next time I change the oil. Plus I'm worried about loose threads messing up the engine. So pray tell me: Is there any sense in trying to get the drain re- threaded without taking the bike apart?

[Fireman Ed]

--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "Dooden" wrote:

> Any color Band-Aid will work. > > Dooden > A15 Green Ape >

I know this is true, Dooden sent me one for mine, and it worked great. Fireman Ed