First snag - minor but annoying

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buddhacide · Thu Jun 08, 2006 11:38 am

Hi. I'm a noob that recently bought my first bike. I have been gradually familiarizing myself with it in preparation of my training course this weekend. Today, however, I went to take it for a bit of practice and noticed
a little plastic part that's normally attached to the front wheel well, seemingly to prevent what I think is the breakline from touching the wheel, has broken and is now dangling on the break line. I bought some crazy glue to try to attach it but no go. What is this little piece called, and exactly how difficult would it be to replace it? Remember - total noob here.

I took a picture on my camera and tried to email it to myself, but seemingly its lost in transit. I'll post it when it arrives.

Mintbread · Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:41 pm

Make and model might help...

buddhacide · Fri Jun 09, 2006 4:52 am

Sorry, I figured it was a standard accessory. Its a 99 v-star 650 (Yamaha).

#4 Unread post by **Sev** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:19 am

ziptie....

or duct-tape

sharpmagna · Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:27 am

Don't worry about that piece, it pretty much doesn't do a thing. When I was running my bike without a fender, I would just zip tie the speedo and brake cable together

Stratus311 · Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:02 am

I agree. I'm a zip-tie-aholic. I love those little things. I don't even use bolts anymore on anything. My wheels, engine, handlebars are all held on with zip-ties.

I'm kidding of course.

I really like zip-ties though.

roscowgo · #7 Unread post by **roscowgo** » Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:52 am

Stratus311 wrote:I agree. I'm a zip-tie-aholic. I love those little things. I don't even use bolts anymore on anything. My wheels, engine, handlebars are all held on with zip-ties.

I'm kidding of course.

I really like zip-ties though.

I bet you could get away with doing some fairly insane stuff with zip ties if you needed to. Those dang things are strawng!

buddhacide · Sat Jun 17, 2006 1:21 pm

Problem is the thing is broke clear off. There is no place to use a zip (although i will be picking some up). I'll need to either replace it or glue it somehow.

sharpmagna · Sun Jun 18, 2006 4:27 am

find some aluminized epoxy if you are hell bent on reattaching it. The stuff is great and holds to just about anything, it is also heat and chemical resistant too.

buddhacide · Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:29 am

I will look into that. Thanks.