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[Big-T]

My drunkass neighbor that I have been trying to make invisible came by my house while I was cleaning my bike the other night. I have been trying to ditch this guy for the last year and have avoided him everytime he has tried to contact me. I could not get away from him this time.

I had one of my bags leaning up against the trash can. He staggered over by it and, bamb, knocks it over. The lid was open and slammed the concrete floor. Now I have some serious scratches on the lid that can't be rubbed out and one less nieghbor to deal with. He won't ever be back after I got through with him.

Lesson learned, never leave bags open and leaning against anything. Never let a drunkass neighbor that you don't like in your garage around your bike.

Does anybody know what it will cost me to get the lid repainted?

[Jim Glide]

If you want a quick fix that will hide the scratched lid, you could pick up a saddle bag bra lid which would hide the defect until it's repainted or fixed. Just an idea. Sorry to hear about the scratches on such a nice bike.

[Hawg]

My drunkass neighbor that I have been trying to make invisible came by my house while I was cleaning my bike the other night. I have been trying to ditch this guy for the last year and have avoided him everytime he has tried to contact me. I could not get away from him this time.

I had one of my bags leaning up against the trash can. He staggered over by it and, bamb, knocks it over. The lid was open and slammed the concrete floor. Now I have some serious scratches on the lid that can't be rubbed out and one less nieghbor to deal with. He won't ever be back after I got through with him.

Lesson learned, never leave bags open and leaning against anything. Never let a drunkass neighbor that you don't like in your garage around your bike.

Does anybody know what it will cost me to get the lid repainted?

I would make the drunkass neighbour pay for it, JMO

[Big-T]

I would make the drunkass neighbour pay for it, JMO

He said he would but it is worth a lot for me not to have to deal with this a-hole again.

[Blazo]

I had a neighbor's dog jump up on my 03' Road King Classic leather saddlebag. Scratched the lid and side of the bag. I asked the neighbor replace the bag. Turns out, he had to buy a new set cuz ya can't buy just one. Never had a problem with the dog after that.

Get your neighbor to buy you a new saddlebag lid (if you can purchase that item separately). You won't have any more problems with that neighbor once he finds out what his stupidity costs him.

[brassspike]

There is a product that supposedly willcover the scratches. Advertized for boot scratches on sb lids. The name escapes me right now. Maybe someone else knowes the name and will post it. If not i'll post back when my brain gets some rest. Been working all day and I'm over 50.... Thats my excuse tonight and I'm sticking to it!

[brassspike]

There is a product that supposedly willcover the scratches. Advertized for boot scratches on sb lids. The name escapes me right now. Maybe someone else knowes the name and will post it. If not i'll post back when my brain gets some rest. Been working all day and I'm over 50.... Thats my excuse tonight and I'm sticking to it!

Here you go. Don't know if it work or not.

http://www.motorcyclearmor.com/index.htm

[Buy early]

Big-T, my suggestion would be to send a good photo of your lid to michael@motorcycle-armor.com and ask him if their product would solve your problem. He'll give you an honest assessment of what it will or won't cover. I had them put the film on the mini fairing on my FXDWG2 (see photo) as the windshield bag was scuffing up the clear coat to the point where it was foggy and after the film was on, you couldn't tell it from new. I highly recommend their product but if the scratches go through the clear coat and have scratched the paint, you will probably have to have them redone. I have had a set of hard bags painted to match my wife's SE Deuce and my guestimate for the top of one bag would be a few hundred dollars.

[Highjagger]

It´s only a bike , sure you are angry about , but a neighbour should be worth more than a saddlebag , not really a solution for you - i know . Hmm.
But you will allways be able to tell a good story about this scratches whenever you will be asked about them . Hmmm - again no solution for you.
The scratches will disapear when you will get a new bike ( sometime in the future ) , hmmm - just ideas to stand the scratches

[2018_FLTRXSE]

The lid shouldnt be too expensive... just make him pay for it.... or you can order a new lid and when it comes you can hand him the bill and tell him this is what stupid drunk costs you.

[20 gauge]

$400 apiece for the lids

[brassspike]

Sorry to hear about your loss...the SB, not the DA next door. If your lucky the price of the repaint will be cheap if he never comes over or speaks to you again. Worked for me and it's nice not to have to deal with them at all now! I agree that the paint on my ride is more valuable that some DA. Good neighbors are another thing entirely. They ARE worth the effort.

[grc]

I'm working from memory, and that's become a somewhat iffy proposition, but the lid on a SERG is just one solid color with no graphics, right?  If that's the case, I would certainly think you could find a painter that could shoot that lid for a lot less than $400.  If not, try Jenny or one of the other 20% discount dealerships.


Jerry

[murphy]

I'm always sorry to hear about stuff like this....

Whatever it costs... don't forget to tack on the price for a case of beer for your troubles!

[muddypaws]

Got a gun?