What Ceramic Coating Can't Protect Against

[DK Custom Products]

You may have seen my thread on ceramic coating my bikes and Mary's truck. It is here- https://www.triketalk.com/forum/threads/52304-Ceramic-Coating-My-Paint

I am very pleased with how well the ceramic coating has been keeping them looking good, and very easy to clean.

However, sometime in the last week, a rock, or piece of metal, broke thru the ceramic, the clear coat, the paint, the primer and right into the ABS.

I don't think a protective film would have stopped this either...although it might have made it smaller.

I've personally never had good luck with using touch-up paint. But I think I'm the variable there. At some point I'll ask a friend of mine, who's a body & paint man, to take care of it.

No hurry, it's not metal underneath, so nothing is going to rust.

Kevin

 

[MDO]

Sorry to hear that Kevin. That debris had to be really flying. I have a couple fender chips to fix in the spring too.

 

[ol' school]

Kevin, sorry to hear your beautiful trike got dinged up. Hopefully your body man can take care of it without too much of an issue.

 

[lightnin]

Sorry to see that. When I had to repair one of my fenders the only problem was paint match, good luck

 

[DK Custom Products]

Sorry to hear that Kevin. That debris had to be really flying. I have a couple fender chips to fix in the spring too.

Kevin, sorry to hear your beautiful trike got dinged up. Hopefully your body man can take care of it without too much of an issue.

Sorry to see that. When I had to repair one of my fenders the only problem was paint match, good luck

Yeah, it's a bummer...but better the bike than me. lol Whatever it was, it would have hurt! :xzqxz:

Kevin

 

[Jack Klarich]

Yikes

 

[ol' school]

Yeah, it's a bummer...but better the bike than me. lol Whatever it was, it would have hurt! :xzqxz:

Kevin

I agree. It looks like it would have hurt!

 

[LadyonaMission]

I agree. It looks like it would have hurt!

I hate to even think about that.

 

[Trampas]

Sorry to see this on a very nice trike, kinda surprised all those years and travels on the 2014 I don't remember you having anything like this happen to you, and if you did I missed it I guess

All for now Trampas

 

[ShapeShifter]

WoW! No matter what direction the object came from, it was moving with a lot of velocity, because that looks more like a gouge into the ABS than just a chip, unless the camera exaggerates the depth. A hit on any part the body with that much force, would certainly have turned a good ride into a bad day.

 

[paws]

After you get it fixed and if the fix isn’t absolutely perfect you could put one of those bullet hole decals over the blemish and have a tale to tell about it being her Badge of Honor during the Mexico trip!

 

[ISP-FL]

I know it is only a matter of time before I get a couple fender dings in my 19. I kept Harley bras on the 16 almost the whole time I owned it and even though I didn't have dings I had a couple rub marks.

This time around I have put the bras on a couple of times but ride without them about 90%. Seeing Kevin's pic though makes me rethink this strategy though.

 

[DK Custom Products]

I agree. It looks like it would have hurt!

Yikes

I hate to even think about that.

WoW! No matter what direction the object came from, it was moving with a lot of velocity, because that looks more like a gouge into the ABS than just a chip, unless the camera exaggerates the depth. A hit on any part the body with that much force, would certainly have turned a good ride into a bad day.

Yes it is. It is a fairly deep gouge. Could have hurt!

Here's a couple of pics just taken outside the shop to give perspective. (vs. the other pics that were close up in the shop under fluorescent lights)

Here it is after the ceramic coating was done, before the damage.

I have a friend who arrived at our home one day...a couple of years ago...he had ridden his Ultra from Ohio and was visiting.

First thing he did when he got inside was roll up his pant leg.

There was blood all down his leg, onto his sock and into his boot.

Something had flown up and hit his pant leg (did not put a hole in them) and cut his leg pretty good. We cleaned it up, put a couple of butterflies on it, and he was good to go.

Never know what might fly up and hit ya...even with lower fairings.

Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

Sorry to see this on a very nice trike, kinda surprised all those years and travels on the 2014 I don't remember you having anything like this happen to you, and if you did I missed it I guess

All for now Trampas

Yeah, as Fuzzy mentioned, the previous bikes have had their road battle scars. Mostly on the rear fenders, and the film did a pretty good job of protecting them.

On the '14 there was a tiny spot that got dinged with a rock (no film). It was half the size of this one in the fairing. We used some HD touch-up paint on it...did not turn out so good, but it was smaller.


Yeah, was pleasantly surprised, and pleased, that scuff and paint came out!

Randy, my friend, will be able to make it like new...but will wait, I am sure there will be more before this TG has finished carrying us around the country!

I know it is only a matter of time before I get a couple fender dings in my 19. I kept Harley bras on the 16 almost the whole time I owned it and even though I didn't have dings I had a couple rub marks.

This time around I have put the bras on a couple of times but ride without them about 90%. Seeing Kevin's pic though makes me rethink this strategy though.

Yeah, the catch-22 of the bras. With them the scuff marks all but inevitable, without them worse may happen.

After you get it fixed and if the fix isn’t absolutely perfect you could put one of those bullet hole decals over the blemish and have a tale to tell about it being her Badge of Honor during the Mexico trip!

Road battle scars!

Kevin

 

[DK Custom Products]

Wow!

Been hit and almost hit by a lot of critters, but never an owl! Crazy. :xzqxz:

Kevin

 

[nucseal]

Yeah, the catch-22 of the bras. With them the scuff marks all but inevitable, without them worse may happen.

I have fender bras on my Tri Glide for 3 years. Just took them off to do the ceramic coating, not one mark of scuff marker underneath them. Fenders still look pristine. So much for all the bad press about them. Forgot to say I have 40K miles on my bike!

 

[DK Custom Products]

I have fender bras on my Tri Glide for 3 years. Just took them off to do the ceramic coating, not one mark of scuff marker underneath them. Fenders still look pristine. So much for all the bad press about them. Forgot to say I have 40K miles on my bike!

I stand corrected. What fender bras are you running?

Kevin

 

[nucseal]

I stand corrected. What fender bras are you running?

Kevin

Standard HD fender bras. Bought them when I bought the bike. Be on everyday since purchase July 2016.

 

[bikerbillone]

Uggg Kevin, yeah looks like a fix for your professional body guy. Seems we are all plagued with with these dastardly dings. Try as I might, I do not have much luck with the 'touch up'. Most discouraging.