Red tail cover refurbishing
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Lumpy Rider
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Red tail cover refurbishing
Hello all. Wondering if anyone has had any luck restoring (polish or paint?) the red cover tail accessory. I have a 2001 V12.
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Scott-(Altoona, PA)
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Re: Red tail cover refurbishing
Lumpy Rider,
Below is a link for a pdf file showing the process used by one member kind enough to document it for us.
http://www.amervoyassoc.org/Documents/T ... %20XII.pdf <-- click here
This was found in the Tech Tips area from the main page of the AVA site. Good Luck!
Below is a link for a pdf file showing the process used by one member kind enough to document it for us.
http://www.amervoyassoc.org/Documents/T ... %20XII.pdf <-- click here
This was found in the Tech Tips area from the main page of the AVA site. Good Luck!
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Re: Red tail cover refurbishing
Instead of refinishing the old lense, I added a nice LED strip for extra running light & one for brake lights. About $20 (Ebay) and much more brighter visible.
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Re: Red tail cover refurbishing
I like what you did! The lower red brake light cover needs help on my bike. What did you replace the red cover with? It looks good. Also, did you make the chrome fender accent/tip on the rear?
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Re: Red tail cover refurbishing
I left the lense alone. Same color as my bike. it's a 03. The lower led strip is mounted by Velcro. I used the outdoor Velcro and it hasn't had any problems in years. Good stuff. I can easily remove it if needed
The fender extension was made by Kaw. I bought all the voyager accessories when they were still available
The fender extension was made by Kaw. I bought all the voyager accessories when they were still available
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Re: Red tail cover refurbishing
Well it looks great. That cover on my Kaw is red (as is bike).
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Re: Red tail cover refurbishing
Hey Lumpy, long story short Kawasaki started painting those lights the base color of the bike (changes by year) to avoid legal actions. The paint can be removed from the lower light lenses fairly easily and the light buckets should be in there if you want to wire it with sockets. Or just add a light like Voyager55 & some others have done.
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Re: Red tail cover refurbishing
Great ideas! Thanks. Refurbishing nearly complete. Hope to have some pics of the Kawi in a day or so.
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Re: Red tail cover refurbishing
We all love pics, take a few if you can before and after. It's always rewarding to see the fruits of your labor!
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Re: Red tail cover refurbishing
That's what I did...removed the paint and put a socket and bulb in it.Scott-(Altoona, PA) wrote:Hey Lumpy, long story short Kawasaki started painting those lights the base color of the bike (changes by year) to avoid legal actions. The paint can be removed from the lower light lenses fairly easily and the light buckets should be in there if you want to wire it with sockets. Or just add a light like Voyager55 & some others have done.
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