So long story short, I tried my best to load my Softail Slim on a u-haul motorcycle trailer. In the process, it bottomed out scratching the bottom of the engine case and both sides of the frame tubes. Lessons learned the painful way, I guess. I need some suggestions on cover-up for this cosmetic damage. Please offer up any suggestions that you may have. Thanks.

 

If it's on the bottom where nobody will see it,
just use some brush on paint, or don't sweat it.

 

Harley has paint pens for both the engine and frame that come in handy.

 

I've done that with all of my Softails and my FXR. I just used some gloss black paint with a small brush.

 

I did that once riding down a staircase, it's a long story, and yes alcohol was involved.

 

I've used nail polish as a touch-up "paint" on the frame for scratches.

 

I thought I was the only one that happened too

 

Glad to know im not the only one who has done this. The advice was good, but the follow on stories were rich....down stairs with a motorcycle...ballsy!

 

What he said. HD also has Clear Coat touch-up paint.

 

Over the years I've lost a lot of paint on both the engine and the frame from road debris and normal wear and tear. For the frame, I buy a spray can of H-D vivid black lacquer and either spray some in the cap and use a small brush or spray some in the jar and use a cheap Badger air brush for larger touch-ups or blending.


For the engine, I use flat black heat paint from the auto parts store, same techniques.


For deep gouges (like the footboard bracket where I crashed last year), I filed off the raise burrs, filled the deep gouges with epoxy, sanded the area smooth, then painted the bracket, using my airbrush. You'd never know it was ever damaged.


Over the years, I've gotten much better at hiding these "goofs" than I'd like to have to be.