Plastics Repairs ?

Tab broke off the rear fairing on my Tuono. Lost rear lens but somehow the light fitting stayed attached just by the wires !!!!

Got a pair of new lenses from Aprilia Spares site, but need to repair the tab. Rear fairing not easy to remove, so repair in situ would be better, but might have to take it fully off.

Any suggestions ???

 

Have a look at bondic ultra violet plastic repair on YouTube

 

Never heard of the baking soda trick, but just googled and it seems to be a 'thing' !!! Will give it a try.

 

So went with the two part gorilla epoxy, I keep this in stock, as it will sit on the shelf opened for a year without going 'off'.


Made a little strip of Ali to strength it and provide a greater area to grip. The spring clip held it nicely in place on the tab.


Held in place with a bit of tape whilst it sets.

 

Used to do it for a living !!!

When studying for my Engineering Degree and when I was made redundant (5 times), I used to fall back on floor laying. I was a dab-hand at welding polyflor'ing. Next time your in a pub, look behind the bar or in corridors & toilets, and you'll see plastic flooring with spec's of metal embedded. That is polyflor. I could cut and weld a very nice mitred corner, back in the day. If you remember Maplins - we did a load of their big stores in Polyflor, and fitted their carpets too. Had their name running through the carpet, cost a fortune.




Not my own work, but to give you an idea of what we did. All the corners are radius'ed, so you can easy mop the area with no sharp corners to hold the water.

 

Did look to do similar on mine, but I had no room to allow a build up of plastic on either side. Front had to allow the lens to sit flush and inside the metal clip was just at the break.

Have done similar to what you suggest on a car grille, after a pheasant strike.