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Bargain of the week if it is in good nick
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/APRILIA-RSV10 ... 016wt_1139

i'd want to see the other side (which i reckon will have a dink..)

About the same as I paid for mine .... which also had the "dink" upgrade

D-Rider wrote:About the same as I paid for mine .... which also had the "dink" upgrade

Mine has quite a significant dink - anyone fixed one of these dinks?

transparent_opacity wrote:

D-Rider wrote:About the same as I paid for mine .... which also had the "dink" upgrade

Mine has quite a significant dink - anyone fixed one of these dinks?

I was going to fill mine with alloy weld and grind it back, but i think it will distort the swingarm. so i am going to fill it and put a sticker over it, or i am even thinking of powder coating after it has been filled

transparent_opacity wrote:

D-Rider wrote:About the same as I paid for mine .... which also had the "dink" upgrade

Mine has quite a significant dink - anyone fixed one of these dinks?

Get yourself down to a paint supplier and get some filler designed for alloy wheel repair. Is a bugger to file and sand but its really tough and grips like shit to a blanket AS LONG as you get the lacquer off first.

I filled a small ding plus the 'orrible button welds, treated her to proper ferric oxide aluminum primer (not the crap out of a rattle tin from Halfords) and finished with bright aluminum 2 part epoxy paint. Looks like polished alli and is as tough as old nails. Mines been done for over 40K now and still looks good as new

transparent_opacity wrote:

D-Rider wrote:About the same as I paid for mine .... which also had the "dink" upgrade

Mine has quite a significant dink - anyone fixed one of these dinks?

Yes - I got it done through someone I know. They drilled a hole from the back behind the dink, knocked it out perfectly and then welded up the hole.
Proper job.

D-Rider wrote:

transparent_opacity wrote:

D-Rider wrote:About the same as I paid for mine .... which also had the "dink" upgrade

Mine has quite a significant dink - anyone fixed one of these dinks?

Yes - I got it done through someone I know. They drilled a hole from the back behind the dink, knocked it out perfectly and then welded up the hole.
Proper job.

Never thought of that, i like the idea defintly going to try it.

D-Rider wrote:

transparent_opacity wrote:

D-Rider wrote:About the same as I paid for mine .... which also had the "dink" upgrade

Mine has quite a significant dink - anyone fixed one of these dinks?

Yes - I got it done through someone I know. They drilled a hole from the back behind the dink, knocked it out perfectly and then welded up the hole.
Proper job.

I reckon mine would show creases if I did that

anzacinexile wrote:

transparent_opacity wrote:

D-Rider wrote:About the same as I paid for mine .... which also had the "dink" upgrade

Mine has quite a significant dink - anyone fixed one of these dinks?

Get yourself down to a paint supplier and get some filler designed for alloy wheel repair. Is a bugger to file and sand but its really tough and grips like shit to a blanket AS LONG as you get the lacquer off first.

I filled a small ding plus the 'orrible button welds, treated her to proper ferric oxide aluminum primer (not the crap out of a rattle tin from Halfords) and finished with bright aluminum 2 part epoxy paint. Looks like polished alli and is as tough as old nails. Mines been done for over 40K now and still looks good as new

Sounds good! Could you link me to the epoxy paint you used? That's a new one on me. My swingarm had been filled once by a previous owner, but the monkey did it with fibreglass resin and the blighter vibrated out!

transparent_opacity wrote:

D-Rider wrote:

transparent_opacity wrote:

D-Rider wrote:About the same as I paid for mine .... which also had the "dink" upgrade

Mine has quite a significant dink - anyone fixed one of these dinks?

Yes - I got it done through someone I know. They drilled a hole from the back behind the dink, knocked it out perfectly and then welded up the hole.
Proper job.

I reckon mine would show creases if I did that

I guess that depends on the skill of the panel beater who does the job

transparent_opacity wrote:
Sounds good! Could you link me to the epoxy paint you used? That's a new one on me. My swingarm had been filled once by a previous owner, but the monkey did it with fibreglass resin and the blighter vibrated out!

I did this nearly 5 years ago and I cant remember last week

Get to a paint supplier and he'll put you right. All I remember it was nothing special, all suppliers will stock it