What the heck happened? I was washing the bird and noticed that I have a 1 inch crack in the rear cowel. It wasn't there the last time I washed it. Has anyone else seen a crack come out of nowhere before?

Where did the crack start?

Yeah I Married It!!!!!!!!!!!!! :cry:

Everyone, back away from the crack...............it's bad for you.

You weren't using any locktite around that area, were you?

It started at the edge on the right underside.



Nope. No locktite.

It's more like a tear than a crack. Weird. To replace the part is like 300.00 bucks. Since it's on the underside of the panel I might try to glue it from the inside. Any recomendations of what to glue it with?

Same problem here. But I blame the wingrack and Givi boxes. It has'nt moved since I got the bike (sept. 2002).

Drill a very small hole (.030" or so) at the end of it to keep it from getting bigger. Drill that crack man! Drill it!

This cause it maybe???????? :poke: :grin:

Check at a professional auto paint supplier, you can get a 3m glue that comes in a tube for a caulking gun and kinda resembles silicone and is used to repair small tears/cracks in the bumper skins on most cars. I sanded the rear side of a small crack and used some of the stuff, worked really well. I had that part of the fairing apart tonite and its still together and solid. Or you can try this method, but it could be hard on the paint.
http://www.sportrider.com/tech/146_0204_body/