Paints comin off
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Paints comin off
Was washin my bike yesterday, a place about 3 1/2 " long on the down tube on the right hand side between the side marker and the mastercylinder came off while I was squirting it with the water hose. So I called the HD dealer who was gonna return my call.
Got a call from the HD dealer who called Wisconson. He was told they could do a Harley touch up. which means they clean up the place and use touch up paint in a bottle to touch it up. The place is 3 1/2 inch tall how many bottles of touch up paint would you thing they would have to use to touch it up.
I will sand it myself and tape everything up and git a can of rustoleum paint and paint it myself.
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Got a call from the HD dealer who called Wisconson. He was told they could do a Harley touch up. which means they clean up the place and use touch up paint in a bottle to touch it up. The place is 3 1/2 inch tall how many bottles of touch up paint would you thing they would have to use to touch it up.
I will sand it myself and tape everything up and git a can of rustoleum paint and paint it myself.
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If paint is peeling off your frame chances are it was not prepped correctly at the factory. I would take it in if it is still under warranty to establish a claim because the chances that more paint wil peel off are pretty good. This happens to very few bikes but the ones that it does happen to suffer from lots of rust & corrosion. Once you accept it and repair it yourself like that your claim is toast.
I would also send a certified letter to Harley Davidson noting the problem with photos and request a new frame or an extended warranty on your existing frame to cover any repairs. Keep copies of all of your documentation.
I would also send a certified letter to Harley Davidson noting the problem with photos and request a new frame or an extended warranty on your existing frame to cover any repairs. Keep copies of all of your documentation.
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If paint is peeling off your frame chances are it was not prepped correctly at the factory. I would take it in if it is still under warranty to establish a claim because the chances that more paint wil peel off are pretty good. This happens to very few bikes but the ones that it does happen to suffer from lots of rust & corrosion. Once you accept it and repair it yourself like that your claim is toast.
I would also send a certified letter to Harley Davidson noting the problem with photos and request a new frame or an extended warranty on your existing frame to cover any repairs. Keep copies of all of your documentation.
I would also send a certified letter to Harley Davidson noting the problem with photos and request a new frame or an extended warranty on your existing frame to cover any repairs. Keep copies of all of your documentation.
And keep a copy of this thread to prove the dates, also.
BUT once you have ALL that in place, and IF they do not want to do anything about it, THEN do the sand, tape and paint. For touch ups like that, I use NAPA TECnique self etching primer, and then either the same brand, TECnique, chassis black, or gloss black, whichever matches best. It just happens to be NAPA's brand, but has worked really well for me, and very reasonably priced for the quality. BUT JMO.
OOPS, almost forgot. IF you want to use this indoors without good ventilation, BE CAREFUL. Yep, it works GREAT, cause it's nasty, chemically. But you are doing a small area, just wanted to let you know.
BUT in case I screwed up reading the OP, and it is your PANTS that's the prob, here ya go, Son, these work for me:
Last edited by Da Gumpmeister; Mar 9, 2009 at 12:53 PM.
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You're definitely going to want to take it into the dealer. I want to say that most of Harley's frames are powdercoated. It should not be flaking off. +1 on the not prepped correctly. Take to the dealer and have them fix it.