Fri Aug 8 21:11:03 1997
- Message No. 1245
From: Katsanos Phoebus
Subject: Re: english: Ersatzteilpreise
At 06:17 рм 8/8/1997 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi AT Drivers,
>okay, here is the translation from german (BTW: it is uebermensch [ue == u
>with funny dots above it]). Please reply to ulrich for details, my english
>is not the best :-))
>Just to give my opinion about this flame: the real problem with writing
>messages
>in german, swedish, greek, italien,... is, that the one, who maybe could
>help you,
>doesn't understand the contents of the message.
>
>Original message from: a.ulrich@fichtelgebirge.baynet.de
>
>My AT unfortunatly fall of the side stand against a wall. The upper part of
>the plastics got damaged.
>
>Above the head light, there where the plastik "goes inside", is now a
>crack.
>Also, the painting got some deep scars.
>
>Has anybody an idea, what the original replacement part will aproximatly
>cost ?
>Does anybody knows, if there will be a visible difference in colour,
>painting ?
>Anybody knows, if toleranzes will make mounting a hard task [very free
>translation :-)], or
>do these spare parts fit perfectly ?
>last not least, anybody experience with repair of these plastiks ?
>
>With best regards, a frustrated AT bike,
>Alf
>--------------------------------------
>(now me again)
>years ago :-) somebody posted a english, german, italien, etc.. dictonary
>of the
>most used technical words to the list (piston, crankshaft, etc.)
>maybe a good idea, to repost such a list to the list...my translations
>migth improve a lot :-)
>
I once had a Transalp and droped it all the time.
When i bought my AT, i only took it off the shop AFTER they had installed
crash bars!
Now, i fell with approx 60 kmh, and the bike only suffered a small scratch
at the top right of the front "mask". So, defenately get crash bars!
As for repairs, with my Transalp i had done it at least twice, and the
results were very good, almost for 2/3rds of the price of replacement. They
stick the plastic where it broke, after they painted and you couldn't tell
the difference.
Only problem was that the Transalp has a small "base" for the side plastic,
a little iron thing low at the sides were the plastic fits, (if that makes
any sence...) and those things get bent very easily, so fixiong the plastics
again after the repair is hard and may cause them to brake again.
However, the AT has much better plastics and fixing points, so i don't
beleive this will be a problem.
If you don't have problem with big scratches, or you want to save even more
monney, you can stick those broken plastics with epoxy glue.
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