Tue Jun 17 16:46:01 1997 - Message No. 1063
From: Katsanos Phoebus

Subject: Re: Fairing repair


At 08:44 рм 17/6/1997 +0000, you wrote:
>Hi AT riders,
>
>a friend of mine tried a new braking method with its 5000 km brand new
>Transalp: throw everything (the bike and himslef) to the ground. As a
>result, he stopped quite rapidly but the fairing of the Transalp suffered
>from the contact with the road. There is now a crack of about 5 cm in the
>fairing flank (due to the crash bow). 
>
>I will welcome any idea/suggestion/experience on how to repair the
>fairing.
>
>Thank you in advance,
>Pierre
>
I had a Transalp for 86000 km and i broke that damn fairring a few times!
From my experience the cheapest and good enaugh way to fix it is to go to a
guy that will stick with polyester and then paint it.I did this and it
looked like new, costed half the price of the new one, BUT you must be
carefull with the places on the bike were the fairing gets mounted: If they
are bent (i bet they are) you must fix them very carefully because if you
dont, they will pull the fairing and it will eventually brake again.

Anyway, the best tip wich i guess your friend knows by now is to by crash
bows, and as soon as he fixes his fairing install them.

I really loved my Transalp (it was my first bike!)


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