Busa fixing and painting

After I lowsided, the 'Busa needed to be fixed. Didn't feel like spending too much, and tried to keep it simple and effective.

I previously glued a piece of soft sheet metal on the stator cover which took the hit. So, the stator cover was saved. This is how it looked after the crash. A piece of metal was ground as well as the layer of Marine Epoxy glue.

Using thin carton to cut out a template.

Cut this fancy design from a stronger sheet metal from Home Depot, and fit it on the stator cover.

Tools of the trade.

The glue gets mixed (this is epoxy type), and the protector goes ON. Holes in the metal of the protective metal layer are there to prevent easy sliding of the metal. Once the glue goes through the holes and becomes solid, the protective layer won't slide off easily, even during the crash.

The glue needs to dry overnight, better yet for 24 hours. Then on to a super paint from your neighboring hardware store.

Painting flat black, and it's hard to tell anything was done to the stator cover.

Now, I've got to do something about this hole - the screw broke, and the screw extracting tool broke too when I tried to take the screw out. So, there is no way I can screw in the fairing there. The only thing I can do now is to patch the hole in the fairing. There goes the same glue, sanding and painting.

Using Silver paint from Home Depot to paint the fairing.

Now, I like this silver paint. How about I try to paint the inners, the mirrors, the plastic spacers, etc. Not too bad...

That's a dent in the tank from a crash years ago. $500 for a new tank? Nah, I'll just paint it over and write something patriotic and 'Busa related at the same time.

I like to keep in eye on my battery, even when the bike is OFF. This RadioShack V-meter looks nice on silver. I even painted silver the headlight switch which I installed a while back.

I don't know why I want to stick the picture of my EZ-Pass and the SmarTire display, but I do...

That's it folks. Thanks for looking...