Aight so i put a fresh set of plastics on and I'm guessing someone has fiberglassed these or they are not OEM like the guy said. After about 3 or 4 sessions on the bike my tail is starting to crack from where I stand. What are the tricks everyone has for this? My other plastic i ran for a year and a 1/2 never had this problem..

 

+1 i want to know also

 

Tailsaver or you can build up a bunch of fiberglass mesh that they use for body work on the inside of the tail. With doin this you have to run it to the outside of the seat past where you would stand.

 

hmm.. sounds like something to do when i repaint the abike?

 

na dude its really easy, and has nothing to do with ur paint....

take it off, flip it over, cut a bunch of 12-4 sheets of fiberglass mat, and get a tub if resin.
use a brush and just dab the resin on top of every layer of fiberglass...


u can build it up rock solid, just make sure u tape off ur paint on the outside and dont jam too much resin on the mounting points

its a decent afternoon project

 

^^^^^Exactly. Just make sure you go out past the edge of the flat part in the back to help spread out pressure of where you put the mat and the resin.

 

Hmm I may have to try that. I dont know **** about bodywork/fiberglassing. I can get that stuff at any autoparts place or wut?


*edit* and ya mine is cracking toward the edge. I got big *** feet so i'm all over that tailsection

 

if you do build it up with fusor use an acid brush and dont just wipe the fusor over the fiberglass sheet make sure you poke at it and actually push the fusor into the sheet to get a good bond. and grind the back of the tail a little bit to rough it up and give the fusor something to adhere to. it wont stick if its not it will just harden up be easy to pop off.

 

Damage Control Products makes a tail saver. i emailed them directly and said they could make a custom one. i havent bought it yet though

 

well if u get it post up a pic

 

on the 05-06 636 you have to first take out all the heatshield foam stuff.

 

take all the screws out......worked for me lol

 

damn.. on the money i did that on my old bike and it worked wonders sweeeeeeeet