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So I have an 82 HD Motorcycle (original owner) when a woman pulls out across the road in front of me. Luckily, I'm only doing 25 and don't know if I scared myself more or her. Three days in the hospital and many months of PT and my body is repaired. But not so with the front end of my bike. I replaced the forks, but the fender looks like a pretzel.
I managed to find an original used fender of the same year, same two tone color (black and chocolate brown), same pin stripes, same decals. And while it's scratched a bit, I'm not planning on repainting it in the near-term. I'd like to make it half way presentable for the riding season and maybe repaint it in the fall. Unfortunately, the guy who shipped it to me, didn't wrap it well enough with bubble wrap and the fender suffered some rubbing marks due to ground shipping many miles.
The marks do not go through the paint. Anyone have any ideas how I can temporarily fix this without repainting the whole thing? Would it be possible to wet sand it and buff?
I don't know if there is a factory clear coat on this or not.
Thanks,
John
Here's a general picture of the fender. You can see the rubbed area on the left.
Closeup of the rubbed area. It also has similar rub on the other side.
Front showing the two tone black/brown with the pin stripe.
Close up of the pin stripe. It was painted on at the factory by a striping machine.
I managed to find an original used fender of the same year, same two tone color (black and chocolate brown), same pin stripes, same decals. And while it's scratched a bit, I'm not planning on repainting it in the near-term. I'd like to make it half way presentable for the riding season and maybe repaint it in the fall. Unfortunately, the guy who shipped it to me, didn't wrap it well enough with bubble wrap and the fender suffered some rubbing marks due to ground shipping many miles.
The marks do not go through the paint. Anyone have any ideas how I can temporarily fix this without repainting the whole thing? Would it be possible to wet sand it and buff?
I don't know if there is a factory clear coat on this or not.
Thanks,
John
Here's a general picture of the fender. You can see the rubbed area on the left.
Closeup of the rubbed area. It also has similar rub on the other side.
Front showing the two tone black/brown with the pin stripe.
Close up of the pin stripe. It was painted on at the factory by a striping machine.