Mirrors

I got tired of looking at my shoulders so I bought new mirrors with longer arms. The arms are 2 inches longer, not as long as I hoped for. The over all length is 7.5 inches, still not long enough.
I have seen some in the J &P Cycles catalog that have 10 inch arms think that I may give them a try.

New Hand grips
I just got some Kuryakyn ISO-Grips for my scooter part number ZZ50006 in the j&p cycles catalog, but I got mine locally so they were cheaper as I did not have to pay shipping.They are bigger around and softer then the stock ones, which will fit my big hands better, and they also look a lot better, like they belong there.

I put the safety gear label here because they are easier on your hands then the stock grips.

They are much bigger in diameter which is much better for my large hands, the raiseed portion allows air to get under your hand, this allows your palms to breath. All in all a very good upgrade for rider comfort.

Painted

As you can see the painting is done and the color match is good all that is needed is to let the paint cure and to wax it. I am very pleased with the out come but more so with the total cost of this repair.
The total time involved was 2.25 hours, my windscreen was scratched, it took the brunt of the fall, it took just under an hour, and is clear again.
The front fender had one spot that was scratched about 2 sq. inches, but not deeply, took about 20 minutes.
The front leg shied, that I feature here took the remainder of the time.
The paint that I used was just a can I got from the auto parts store for less than 7 us dollars.

The key to the type of repair in my opinion is to take you time and don't start sanding with to big of a grit. I started with 360 grit, for big removal, then went to 600 to smooth it out.
600 still left scratches that could be visible so I sanded it with 1800 grit, and finished with 2400 grit to give it a real nice smooth finish. All sanding was wet sanding.

The sand paper that I used is micro-mesh, had an old military kit that was used to polish aircraft canopys, work great. That is about it if I Think of any more I will do another post.

Sanding is done.

Well my sanding is done, I started with 360 grit and wet sanded all the scratches and gouges out, the deepest was .007 in. Then I went over the area with 600 grit, again wet sanding. When I was happy with that, about 5 minutes, I switched to 2400 grit just to smooth it all out, again I used the wet sanding method of sanding. All I need to do now is clean the area real well mask it off and paint it.

Newest Adventure

My newest Adventure with my scooter was a result of my dropping it in February. My windscreen was scratched but not badly, so I spent 50 minutes buffing it out with Micro-Mesh, there are still a few of the deepest ones but they are thin and cause no problem.

Then I did my front fender and it came out great, so I had shown a before and after to a friend who suggested I put this section in my blog so here It go's.

The area circled in blue is the area I will fix. There are no breaks in this area so the fix is very easy, sand out the grooves and gashes till it is smooth and then repaint.

Next time I will put up sanding shots. I do intend to make this repair without removing this panel, at least that is the plan.