Saturday night we REALLY had some wind !! My 300+ pound bike got blown over ! It was under it's cover, parked in the back yard/drive between the covered '77 Bonneville and the -also covered- {tall sided} Potter15 sailboat. Went right over -opposite side to side-stand- onto the trailer tongue.
The cover got ripped in a couple of places. Joanne & I got it up, BUT the RIGHT side of the plastic 'frontage' {where the headlight is inset} is all cracked !!
a - does anyone have a used one available ? 'aged', faded & sub-bleached, etc is just fine
b) anyone know what a new one costs ?
c) A 'fix' I am thinking about takes me back to Viet Nam . . . as a wooden boat builder I am VERY familiar with Epoxy & Fiberglass cloth. Some 5:1 mix and some 2in strips of cloth should be almost invisible. However, when I was 'over there', there was a C-123 that 'accumulated' a 'few' bullet holes during operations. No problem, the 'tin benders' would patch her up with strips & squares of Aluminum riveted over the holes. They would paint them RED and the ship was nicknamed 'Patches' !! I just may do the same with the fiberglass repairs !! . . . or paint the whole front Camouflage . . .
Ron
2003 KLR650
1977 T140V Triumph Bonneville {soon to have a sidecar}
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Jennifer!!!!!!!!!! Have not seen that name in here in years. Long live Jennifer!!!! The topic of many interesting discussions years back.

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'on another note . . .'
Hey Ron,
I've got a Peep Hen out at the lake. Used to race up and down the lake with a guy in a Potter 15.
Don Dodge

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 9:22 AM, 'Magen, R. A. ' quahaug@... [DSN_KLR650] DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com> wrote: [u][/u] Saturday night we REALLY had some wind !! My 300+ pound bike got blown over ! It was under it's cover, parked in the back yard/drive between the covered '77 Bonneville and the -also covered- {tall sided} Potter15 sailboat. Went right over -opposite side to side-stand- onto the trailer tongue. The cover got ripped in a couple of places. Joanne & I got it up, BUT the RIGHT side of the plastic 'frontage' {where the headlight is inset} is all cracked !! a - does anyone have a used one available ? 'aged', faded & sub-bleached, etc is just fine b) anyone know what a new one costs ? c) A 'fix' I am thinking about takes me back to Viet Nam . . . as a wooden boat builder I am VERY familiar with Epoxy & Fiberglass cloth. Some 5:1 mix and some 2in strips of cloth should be almost invisible. However, when I was 'over there', there was a C-123 that 'accumulated' a 'few' bullet holes during operations. No problem, the 'tin benders' would patch her up with strips & squares of Aluminum riveted over the holes. They would paint them RED and the ship was nicknamed 'Patches' !! I just may do the same with the fiberglass repairs !! . . . or paint the whole front Camouflage . . . Ron 2003 KLR650 1977 T140V Triumph Bonneville {soon to have a sidecar}
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