My 86 Aero 50 "Silver Bullet"

novs86 · Post by **novs86** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 8:02 pm

Well I was all excited to show some more new picks of my scoot....... BUT....

The brake cable I received is not worthy of my scoot and I must now pursue another.

Saved · Post by **Saved** » Thu Mar 18, 2010 11:54 pm

novs86 wrote:Well I was all excited to show some more new picks of my scoot....... BUT....

The brake cable I received is not worthy of my scoot and I must now pursue another.

More cable drama? lol

azack · Post by **azack** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:43 pm

Very nice man I love it!

novs86 · Post by **novs86** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:47 pm

With what's been going on with my move I have had limited time to finish this scoot. Here though are some updated photos of where it stands as almost completed......

I painted on a silver stripe onto the speedo plastic to tie both colors in.

These emblems came off an old Honda motorcycle gas tank. I thought they looked cool so I added them.

workdog · Post by **workdog** » Sun Mar 28, 2010 11:51 pm

Nice!

Wheelman-111 · Post by **Wheelman-111** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 8:52 am

Greetings:

I don't know if there are Aeros in Heaven - If not who wants to go there? Anyway if there are some, they must look a lot like yours. Incredible job!

Clivester · Post by **Clivester** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:59 am

Wheelman-111 wrote:I don't know if there are Aeros in Heaven - If not who wants to go there?

Novs that scooter must be an angel - its got wings!

Wow, that looks so great it makes me want to rush out and pick up an Aero 80 to refurb

novs86 · Post by **novs86** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:40 pm

Thanks for the great feedback guys!

It was a lot of hard work and I'm happy with the results.

I will buy another scoot when this one is done for sure.

This has been alot of fun and I don't want it to end!

LocoParaHonda · Post by **LocoParaHonda** » Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:15 pm

Wow. That is glorious. The color scheme works great.

Where'd you get the aero sticker? Custom sticker site?
And adding a voltometer...swank. Did you just use a regular voltometer from a hardware store and gut/re-route it? Do you have to change the battery on it the voltometer, or is that somehow hooked up to scoot battery too?

I'm in the process of painting my Aero right now as well. Could you go into the torch method you talked about? I'm not 100% sure I can do it on mine, as I have numerous ABS cement repairs that might not stand up well to heat.

Also, can you list the any of the adhesion/primer/paint/CC's you used?
I've been looking at using all all flex agent stuff, but the adhesion/primer/paint/CC is all together going to cost me about $83, I was hoping there might be a cheaper way and still avoid the spider cracks.

To reiterate once more: That Aero is H-O-T HOT.

Clivester · Post by **Clivester** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 12:02 pm

LocoParaHonda wrote:Could you go into the torch method you talked about? I'm not 100% sure I can do it on mine, as I have numerous ABS cement repairs that might not stand up well to heat.

Sorry to butt in here Novs - hope you don't mind.

The pre-torching only applies to the polypropylene or polyethylene parts like the floorboard or inside front panel of some scoots since they have very poor paint adhesion even with promotors. Most of the rest of the panels are ABS which do paint OK. Don't heat those or they will deform!

Edit -afterthought

The ABS repair technique does not work well for polyethylene/polypropylene only ABS panels. Just about the only good solution is heat welding.

LocoParaHonda · Post by **LocoParaHonda** » Thu Apr 01, 2010 9:45 pm

LocoParaHonda wrote:The pre-torching only applies to the polypropylene or polyethylene parts like the floorboard or inside front panel of some scoots since they have very poor paint adhesion even with promotors. Most of the rest of the panels are ABS which do paint OK. Don't heat those or they will deform!

Thanks for making sure that was clear. The word "polyproplyene" wasn't ringing any bells when I posted, but it did later.
I'll be interested to see how the floor paint job stands up.

novs86 · Post by **novs86** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:12 pm

Clivester wrote:
LocoParaHonda wrote:Could you go into the torch method you talked about? I'm not 100% sure I can do it on mine, as I have numerous ABS cement repairs that might not stand up well to heat.
Sorry to butt in here Novs - hope you don't mind.

The pre-torching only applies to the polypropylene or polyethylene parts like the floorboard or inside front panel of some scoots since they have very poor paint adhesion even with promotors. Most of the rest of the panels are ABS which do paint OK. Don't heat those or they will deform!

Edit -afterthought

The ABS repair technique does not work well for polyethylene/polypropylene only ABS panels. Just about the only good solution is heat welding.

Don't mind at all Clive!

Thanks for answering for me. Been looking for a place to live.

Saved · Post by **Saved** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 5:17 pm

What paint / method did you use? Looks very good, probably one of the best scoots on here.

novs86 · Post by **novs86** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 11:02 pm

3 more weeks til I get my scoot down here to ride!!!!!!

TinyElvis · Post by **TinyElvis** » Wed Jun 23, 2010 10:27 pm

Very fine indeed! Nice cosmetic make over!!!

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