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    GN250 Side Panel

    Just bought a Suzuki GN250 with a missing side panel (RHS). Can't believe the price they want for a new one ($96 + Tape + Badge + Fixings etc)

    Does anyone have a secondhand one, red would be nice but I can paint, or any thoughts on an alternative????

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    There used to be a guy on trade me who did fibreglass ones for about $45 I think. not sure if he's still making them tho...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonah View Post
    Just bought a Suzuki GN250 with a missing side panel (RHS). Can't believe the price they want for a new one ($96 + Tape + Badge + Fixings etc)

    Does anyone have a secondhand one, red would be nice but I can paint, or any thoughts on an alternative????
    They are the rarest bit of a GN250, always fall off. Keep your eyes on Trademe.

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    and when you've got it cable tie it on


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    I'm going to nail the bloody thing on!

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    send a pm to Eurodave, I think he has a mould to do a fibreglass one
    "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."


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    Even BP would shy away from cleaning up a sidecar oil spill.
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    What I did

    I thought this would be the right place to post this.
    Mine haven't fallen of but I have heard people talk about it so I got the last functioning part of my brain to think a little bit.

    Heres what I did

    -Drill a hole in one of the the pin thing on each cover, the ones that are closest to the front of the bike (hole just bigger than a nail).
    -Bend nail in a vice as in pic 2.
    -Put it all back together.

    Bending the nail stops it falling through and I'm sure if someone wanted to rip the cover of they couldn't see the little nail.

    -Dirk
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    Yep, I still make em in figlass , complete with the 2 prongy thingos in metal.
    Finished in grey primer I charge $45 each + postage
    I can also paint/pinstripe them too for about $35 or so extra see;

    http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ad.php?t=11393

    for more pix & FYI I am that guy that sells them on TardMe
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    Bloody Marvelous

    I'll just take one in Grey and figure out the prettification later!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eurodave View Post
    complete with the 2 prongy thingos in metal
    Hey Dave, how are you making those? I'm thinking of using a little bit of steel bundy tubing, and putting a ball flare on it (not a complete ball flare, only just flaring it enough to be held by the grommet), and then splitting the tube at the other end, and bending the two sides down, and then glassing those into my covers.

    Here's a super leet mspaint pic of what I mean
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    I do my bodywork fittings a number of ways, some involve a lathe, some others use threaded rod/nuts etc & for others I use rubber molds.......
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    Thanks for that If you feel like giving the above ones a whirl, I'm happy to run you off a dozen in various sizes to muck around with for nix

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jonah View Post
    I'll just take one in Grey and figure out the prettification later!
    Go the whole hog and get it in carbon fibre
    "If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."


    Quote Originally Posted by scracha View Post
    Even BP would shy away from cleaning up a sidecar oil spill.
    Quote Originally Posted by Warren Zevon
    Send Lawyers, guns and money, the shit has hit the fan

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