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ant
05-15-2007, 07:38 PM
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e182/adph412/white.jpg
TeamCheap
05-15-2007, 07:43 PM
I just call them the SIDE PANELS, which I still have to make for mine.
ant
05-15-2007, 07:54 PM
ok ty cause i need to order some
Jim
05-15-2007, 11:15 PM
I call it the "cool-boy" plastic
Savage
05-16-2007, 09:22 PM
Yes they are side panels. What's wrong with yours?
ant
05-17-2007, 01:08 AM
there both cracked from the wreck i had thats a old pic from december
TeamCheap
05-17-2007, 02:09 AM
Yeah they do crack very easy, didnt take much for my wife to crack both of hers.
frostbite
05-17-2007, 06:21 AM
Yeah they do crack very easy, didnt take much for my wife to crack both of hers.

I sat on a GY-5 in the showroom the other day. I found the side panels dug into my inner thighs with my feet on the ground - pretty uncomfortable. The side panels on my GY-2 are more conventional.
Savage
05-17-2007, 08:30 AM
Yeah they do crack very easy, didnt take much for my wife to crack both of hers.

I sat on a GY-5 in the showroom the other day. I found the side panels dug into my inner thighs with my feet on the ground - pretty uncomfortable. The side panels on my GY-2 are more conventional.

Yes they do. I noticed it the 1st time I sat on mine and I liked it. Feels more sturdy to me, but that's just me.
ant
05-17-2007, 09:22 AM
they dont really bother me there just stiff plastic
TeamCheap
05-17-2007, 09:27 AM
Yeah they stick out a bit much for me thats why I moved everything in and will be making new side panels.
ant
05-17-2007, 10:36 AM
what will u be makeing them out of??
30-Arider
05-17-2007, 10:51 AM
Yeah they stick out a bit much for me thats why I moved everything in and will be making new side panels.

Im looking forward to seeing how you do this , how they come out etc. Ive never seen anyone make anything like that...Id love to learn so please if you dont mind and its not asking too much..please post up detailed instructions and pictures when you take this task on.
rjmorel
05-17-2007, 01:44 PM
I believe I read where the plastic on these bikes is ABS. I used Testers model airplane glue that said it was good for ABS or polystyrene on my Jetmoto 200 and it glued the cracks just fine. Cheap fix. Someone also told me that acetone will melt the plastic and they used it for rebuilding their plastic panels on bikes they couldn't get parts for anymore. Rob in Walla Walla, WASH
TheOtherRide
05-17-2007, 02:06 PM
30-A, have you read this thread? Teamcheap's project:
http://www.chinariders.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=1476&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0
TeamCheap
05-17-2007, 03:39 PM
yep, thats the link to my project (thanks TheOtherRide)

30-Arider the task of making the panels is over half done.
I still havnt ordered or found the nylon locally (way to busy at work) but those are my templates that I will use and they will be dyed with RIT clothes dye for the blue color which will allow minor scatches that wont really show and nylon is fairly durable stuff.Nylon absorbs moisture and will soak up the dye water-it works well.

I've dyed nylon many times before for RC cars.
pumpkin
05-17-2007, 04:24 PM
frostbite wrote I sat on a GY-5 in the showroom the other day. I found the side panels dug into my inner thighs with my feet on the ground - pretty uncomfortable. The side panels on my GY-2 are more conventional


i sit with my crotch against the gas tank just habit i guess and i have (in my wife's words) long chicken legs but today i noticed if i ease back a bit you are right . nothing painful just a little uncomfortable.[/b]
ambassador
05-17-2007, 10:10 PM
I sit way forward from riding motocross, my old lady has shined the paint towards the front of the side panels from riding on the back...