RE: [ST] Fairing Replacement/Repaint?

[Dan Wolf <dan_wolf@xxxxxxxxx>]

Naaaa... I've got that beat.  Barely.  Just the fourth day after picking up my
new ST two years go, I tipped it over in the parking lot at work.  There are
two concrete parking spaces for motorcycles, which were wet from over-watering
the grass early in the morning.  For some reason, I was putting the bike on the
center stand.  My foot slipped off the stand just after I started pushing on it
and lifting the back of the bike.  I wasn't very well balanced, and the bike
started leaning away from me.  All I could do was hold on as it slowly tipped
over onto its right side.

Nothing broke, at least.  Just a few scratches on the bar end and mirror, and
more noticeable scratches on the big plastic panel.  I got the touch up paint,
but wasn't too happy with the look of it.  It went from white scratches to
darker-than-the-rest-of-the-panel blue blotches.  Then again, I'm no painter,
so I'd call it operator error.  Last year, after getting a bonus at work, I
bought a new panel.  Paid the dealer $550 (now ex-Triumph dealer).  Maybe I
should have shopped around.  And that didn't include the foam.  I've left it
as-is, assuming the foam was just there to suppress the noise or vibration. 
I've never noticed any extra vibration or other problems from not having the
foam installed.

Dan
'00 Blue ST
Longmont, CO

- --- "Harries, Mort" <mort.harries@xxxxxx> wrote:
> I have the dubious distinction of owning an unblemished ST for probably the
> shortest time....  I dropped my brand new ST at about 1 mph in a parking lot
> about 1 week after I got it...aaaargh!!   I got the touch up paint which
> covered the scratches nicely.  It is far from perfect, but not bad; you have
> to look closely to notice it.  If you are totally anal about repairing
> scratches, read this: http://www.carcareonline.com/paint_chips.html I was
> going to follow their advice, but I just don't have the patience for it, and
> covered the scratches as best I could.  
> 
> At about $12 for the touch up paint, it's cheap enough to try before you
> plunk down several hundred for a new or repainted side panel.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Mort Harries
> '00 ST
> Haworth NJ


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