Bellypan respray and protection

Dog Tyred · Post by **Dog Tyred** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:51 am

The front of my BCR belly pan is looking decidely second hand (why do they use white primer under dark blue paint

) after 8000 miles.

Any recommendations for a decent bodyshop or is it something that can be done 'in house' and any recommendations for suitable method of protection once restored??

Cheers

Greg

bigkev · Post by **bigkev** » Fri Jan 05, 2007 12:40 pm

their is a clear coat film you can buy to put on takes all the hits from stones etc works great they do full kits for cars but not for bikes yet but you can just cut to size halfords were selling sheats of it same sort of stuff some tank pads are made out of
kev

horse27 · Post by **horse27** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 1:26 pm

Same as mine mate (10.5k miles) ... I have taken the belly pan off and stored it in the garage ... not one additional stone chip since then!

RoLoo · Post by **RoLoo** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:23 pm

…when I had my BCR, I protected the front of the belly pan with black (!) Tesa extra power textile tape…
…maybe unbelievable, but almost invisible (from a little distance), and very easy to use…
…and if you want it in BCR-blue, you can always buy a bit of touch-up paint, and paint the tape blue (BTW ; these people also sell blue textile tape)…

(the tape I used)

keith750cc · Post by **keith750cc** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 1:03 am

Got myself a sheet of that sticky backed Carbon fibre to match the rest on my 2004 BCR, took a little time to cut it out in sections to fit on the front of the Belly pan (ala blue peter), looks like it was there from manufacture and its protected it a treat, its been on for 5k miles and survived plenty of rain.
Dont know how to upload photo's or I would show you the finished article

keith750cc · Post by **keith750cc** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 3:52 pm

[img][img]http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t252/keith750cc/bellypan.jpg[/img]

It has been on for almost 5k miles and shows no signs of any problems, I just cut out a template in paper first and made sure the surface was clean and dry.

keith

Thanks to Ron for offering to upload this photo, but have now got the hang of it.

RoLoo · Post by **RoLoo** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 5:52 pm

keith750cc wrote:...thanks to Ron for offering to upload this photo, but have now got the hang of it...

you're welcome !
your modification looks good BTW !!