| Author | Message | ||
     Oldnotbold |
Well I went and dropped my Uly today trying to turn around on a narrow road without getting into the gravel. I ended up getting too slow with my wife on the back and full fork lock. Riders Edge instructors pointed out that this is my one of my weak points (still). Anyway, bent clutch lever, scratched turn signal and hand guard, but the left side bag took the brunt. My question for anyone who has already been their, what is the best way to clean up the scratches in the black plastic? I must say that these bags are durable and I really don't want to replace the thing, but I do want to try and clean it up. Dennis | ||
| Adrian_8 |
Just consider them "character lines"...just keep on riding it. I will happen again... | ||
| Ulywife |
Oldnotbold - Sorry to hear about the Uly. As you have found out, the bags make great frame pucks. The advise below is what a fellow Bueller posted after my husband went down on black ice. If it's not too far gone, you may be able to get them presentable with the following. Scape down the heavily abraded areas with a utility knife and then give it a very light sanding with 220 wet-dry sand paper. I've used Kiwi black shoe polish (paste) to blend the color back. Make sure that you let the shoe polish dry thoroughly before using a brush to buff it out. If the gray bumper took a hit (as ours did) you can call eurotechmotorsports.com and they can get you replacements parts. | ||
| Chris_in_tn |
Put stickers on it. | ||
| Dgunther |
Someone at homecoming had their bags lightly sanded and then painted and the paint filled the scratches so they were pretty much invisible. I know a lot of the BMW guys sand and paint their black plastic luggage with Krylon fusion and it looks good and does a good job covering up the boot scuffs and little scrapes. | ||
| Dgunther |
Or, you could just dump it over on the other side so the bags match!  | ||
| Bienhoabob |
I can't address the bags, but HVMP end bars have saved my mirrors, turn signals and levers on two occasions. Well worth the money, plus they reduce the bar vibrations big time. | ||
| Maximum |
I tried to repair a damaged top case that I purchased used. The sanding and painting thing did not work for me, but maybe I was sanding too much. It would be nice to have something with opposite texture to lay over top and heat, maybe something like that could work. But Ulywife is correct about ordering the replacement grey bumper, that is pretty easy to do. | ||
| Kip |
mine fell over in the driveway. I sanded it lightly where the scratches were and used some semi gloss black paint you can hardly tell. | ||
| Mike_dinger |
ONB, how did your wife react to the tip-over? That's my biggest concern when riding 2-up, is how my wife will fare, should I happen to tip. Did you both jump off quickly knowing your were going over, or did you both hang on until the final moment of impact? I realize this was a low speed dump, but what instruction is best to give in either a low speed tip, or a moderate to high speed dump? Please enlighten me. | ||
| Oldnotbold |
Thank you all for your suggestions. This was some very rough asphalt and the bag damage is not terrible. I think if it would have been smoother, there would have been almost no damage. Mike_dinger - There wasn't time to do anything. By the time a realized I wasn't going to keep it from going over it was done. I think I used my left leg and arm. My wife didn't have time to do anything. She may have hit her elbow (she doesn't remember), but she only ended up with small bruises on both knees. We always ride with full gear with CE armor (ATGATT). We got dirty, but thats about all. I have to say that with those bags installed it's pretty hard to get hurt on a fall like we had. Dennis | ||
| 911_racer |
dude dont cover those up! chicks dig scars! my bike has all kinds of scratches mostly from tree branches and a couple tip overs. I dont mind the scars. if I did I would put stickers on them. | ||
| Adrian_8 |
Same thing happened to us..wifee and I on bike doing a low speed turn in garden center..she leaned sharply into the turn...I couldn't save it....I yelled "JUMP OFF!...wifee OK......so from now on...I coach her..."lean out" on the slow turn arounds...No,I never said a word...except "Sorry Honey"... | ||
| Sanjuro |
I agree that this is a mental thing - but I still resent the fact that the first scratch was put on by my dealer! Anyways, I've gotten over the newness stage and see them as character lines. Although, the worst one I put on was put on by me on the goldish engine case while tightening one of the timing cover bolts. Unless someone knows a secret, I don't see how I can cover that one up. | ||
| L_je |
They should come from the factory that way! [scratched] If it really bothers you, try some spray-on bedliner from AutoZone or something like that. ...Try spraying that front panel, after removing the grey bumper. The bag has mold lines that will help to easily identify a clear start/stop to your bedliner project. There are guys over at AdvRider that have done their entire bikes in bedliner. | ||
| Xb12lp |
My Uly fell over in the garage while on my t-rex stand. The left side bag took the hit, no damage, I got lucky. Great bags they saved the bike.... | ||
| Jandj_davis |
Uh-Oh, a stand failure! Was it the T-Rex's fault, or your fault? | ||
| Xb12lp |
I will take the hit on this one. The T-rex stand was hard to use because the stand would slide on the floor when loading. I installed grip tape to the bottom and while at it installed also on the tire surface. It looks like one piece of the tape didn't hold well and ripped off so the bikes tire moved to the side and took the bike and the stand down. Thought I was doing something good, at least the stand doesn't move on the floor now.... | ||
| Bertotti |
Oh heck, I just pulled into the HD dealer and did a very slow almost perfect turn into a bike spot and got a little to slow. I said almost for a reason, imagine a slow mo black and white film with some big bellied hd guys walking by a good looking biker gal watching and me slowly laying the bike down on its side. DOH! I picked it right up but dag nab it I thought I had the turning nailed. I do know this is the first time I had the steering lock maxed and went this slow. If i would of did a butt shift just a bit i would of been ok. I then proceeded inside to order a clutch and brake lever and shifter and brake pedal and steering head clamp. I figure since I'm getting a little more aggressive off road I better have some spares. |
