fixing split bodywork

[Torpedo]

my bodywork has a problem. its split :(

no doubt doodlebug or jay will crop up and tell me the problem is its damned ugly :laugh1 but still...
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a180/manmuppet/bugger/Fairingoff004.jpg

i havent got a close up picture, but theres a line on the left side going across where the screen is missing. thats utterly split off there, and held on with tape! also, you can see a vertical crack under the screen in the centre.

any good ideas what to do with these? im thinking attempt a plastic weld with a soldering iron, but i've never done that before or know how.. :jumping2

cheers guys! i also have a fairing frame to bend with a blow torch, that'll be fun lol

[DoodleBug]

That is one ugly fairing.

[DoodleBug]

But seriously, if you are going to try plastic welding, try on a piece you dont mind messing up first. Aparently if you melt a channel along the back of the crack with a soldering iron, and then go back along it melting a zip tie into it, it should make a good weld, other than that, good glue.

[Torpedo]

That is one ugly fairing.

lol, i knew that was coming!

this isnt the doodlebug off 125ccsb is it? i thought you were lol. but still, thanks for the plastic welding advice! :grin2

good glue does sound quite appealing though lol

[DoodleBug]

this isnt the doodlebug off 125ccsb is it?

Nope, how dare there be another!

[gixer400]

i fixed a completely mangled mudguard witha soldering iron and a KFC straw. :)

[Torpedo]

oh there is. register there as "the real doodlebug"
or "the one and only doodlebug"

and give him what for!