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    Repairing fairings with fibreglass

    hey I was just wondering if it was ok to use polyester resin to repair original plastics, or will it melt/ weaken them? would I be better off using epoxy? I'm more experienced in poly and have all the gear to do it, just wondering if it's possible tho
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    oh, by the way I bought a 1990 gixxer 250
    fun wee bike, goes all the way up to 17000rpm
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    From my experiendce, fiberglass doesn't bond with plastic and can sometimes melt it yes. Of course that's from repairing windsurfers not motorbike fairings, but I assume it's all the same stuff...

    If you have carbon fibre fairings then glass away, otherwise you'll need to plastic weld them.

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    Worked for me some time back, fixing up an old bike.
    That was epoxy resin w/o glass cloth though.
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