Wire Grills for Vents

[hen_pecked_guy]

c7u8

Hi ........I have just purchased a full set of wire mesh stuff from j.a.w.s to finish of the fairing vents on the Blackbird.....just wondering if any1 has fitted this before and has any tips.
I believe that I have to fix the stuff in with silicone.....should look superxx

Ta
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy? :bang:

 

[Hornblower]

The best way to fix them is to put a small spot of glue from a hot glue gun at the top bottom and both sides, just enough to tack it on and then when it is fixed in place do a bead of silicone all the way round. If you use just glue from a hot glue gun it will melt and run all over the place and then the grill will just fall out.

 

[abbeytec]

Oh BUGGER!!!

If you use just glue from a hot glue gun it will melt and run all over the place and then the grill will just fall out.

Oh Bollox !!!! c7u8 c7u8 c7u8

 

[hen_pecked_guy]

many ta's

Thanks for your "hot" fix.......

Regardos

Hen:yo:

 

[markyboy3]

go to your nearest model shop or hardware shop and get some arildite, you can get some that sets in 5 mins and it doesnt melt when hot mate
works for mine :yo:

 

[hen_pecked_guy]

Arldite....yes

Should I just Arldite a few spots and then silicone the rest then?​

Cheers ...have you got a couple of pics of your finished job?​

:bow: Did you take the fairing etc off as well ?:bow: ​

c7u8 :yo:​

 

[markyboy3]

hello mate

yup fairings off, hot soapy water to scrub around the openings in the fairings, dry it off, place the grills on the fairing and use small amounts to stick it in place, hope this helps
it will only work and hold if the areas around the edges of the holes in the fairing are spotlessly clean mate else the grills WILL fall of at some time ,lol

 

[hen_pecked_guy]

Thanks

:yo: cheers m8 ......cold in Scotland8ree!bbbbbrr

 

[KUCIAR666]

I don't know what hot glue gun you are using in UK (the one what I bought had in glue specification melting temp 200 deg), ....but my after my last trip to Switzerland completely melted and I lost one grill from lower fairing vents.....maybe its not a glue maybe its a line of silicon bath sealant ?????

BTW Its looks like I need too use something more stronger for hot temp.!

 

[gypsy]

Silicone imho works better as its heat resistant and not as susceptible to vibrations

 

[ianrobbo1]

silicone every time, :bow: had me "grills" in for over a year and they are all still firmly in the place I put em!! bl4hbl4h

 

[KUCIAR666]

silicone every time, :bow: had me "grills" in for over a year and they are all still firmly in the place I put em!! bl4hbl4h

maybe I need some special silicon little more resistant for a heat .... I used normal bath sealant :bang:

 

[Jaws]

maybe I need some special silicon little more resistant for a heat .... I used normal bath sealant :bang:

Normal bath sealent should be fine really, but the very best stuff is the clear 'Dow Corning' silicon .. It is what I used to build BIG ( 2mtr plus ) frameless fish tanks with.

 

[Fat Bert]

LOL

...It is what I used to build BIG ( 2mtr plus ) frameless fish tanks with.

Fooking big kippers you have in Norfolk!!

 

[garybluehonda]

c7u8

Hi ........I have just purchased a full set of wire mesh stuff from j.a.w.s to finish of the fairing vents on the Blackbird.....just wondering if any1 has fitted this before and has any tips.
I believe that I have to fix the stuff in with silicone.....should look superxx

Ta
If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy? :bang:

roughly how long did it take to fit?

 

[ianrobbo1]

took me an hour and a half, including taking faring panels off and putting them back on. matched the grills up to their relevant panels, silicon-ed one at a time, held in place with house bricks x 2 per grill, when they had "gone off" removed bricks, trimmed any access off and re fitted the panels, didn't go out on the bike until next day though, job done!! :bow:

 

[Bluey]

Make sure that you use a clear silicone suitable for bathroom use should take a max of 2 hours drying time 1 hour/ yellow blackbirds look good and go like stink

 

[half_empty1]

took me an hour and a half, including taking faring panels off and putting them back on. matched the grills up to their relevant panels, silicon-ed one at a time, held in place with house bricks x 2 per grill, when they had "gone off" removed bricks, trimmed any access off and re fitted the panels, didn't go out on the bike until next day though, job done!! :bow:

i did exactly the same as ianrobbo last week, got some black heat resistant silicone form local motorworld and halfords, held them in place with some old weights that where in the garage until the silicone went off.

 

[mick the knife]

i did exactly the same as ianrobbo last week, got some black heat resistant silicone form local motorworld and halfords, held them in place with some old weights that where in the garage until the silicone went off.

and now they're stuck to the bench.