It's not just missing studs that are the issue. The person who owned the bike ahead of me melted the panel so it really doesn't fit well without some wire holding it on.
Thanks for the idea though. On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 4:36 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would like to add to this that I had some success repairing one of > the plastic mounting studs on the inside of my '86 CB700SC. The > rearward stud on the left side busted from... stuff, and i lost the > piece too. I waited it out for the OE rubber grommet piece to come in > the mail. I went to Motorcycles Unlimited, in Stanton, CA and found a > similar, but longer stud off an old Yamaha I think. I stuck the hack- > job together using some bent welding rod for support, and Permatex 2- > part plastic weld epoxy and my Dremmel for a custom fit. The grommet > was like two or three dollars and I had the other stuff so this > repair, although time consuming, is super low cost. For alteration of > body panels... good luck hotrod.. > > On Mar 10, 10:10 pm, "Creative Residential Designs" > <[email protected]> wrote: >> No can do partner. It's PLASTIC. You can go pound one out of sheet metal and >> weld some tabs on. Get out your calculator and ruler..Hotrod. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Kyle K.K." <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 10:54 PM >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Body panel question >> >> > I'd be willing to modify the body panel. I'm just tired of my right >> > side panel almost falling off. >> >> > On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 10:25 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> Why don't you check an on-line Honda parts look-up and see if both parts >> >> have the same number ? (hint... they don't) >> >> >> --- On Tue, 3/10/09, Kyle K.K. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> From: Kyle K.K. <[email protected]> >> >> Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Body panel question >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009, 9:28 AM >> >> >> Anyone know if a right hand side 650 side panel will work (with >> >> modification if need be) on an '83 550? >> >> >> -Kyle > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
