I purchased a used Burgman 650 2005 with a Danson 2008 trike set two months ago from a guy up in north east Ohio. I do have some small stress bumps in the fiberglass but nothing too bad yet. I just had the scooter painted so it looks pretty good. Still need to get the trunk painted and I need a part for the back of the scooter that goes around the back taillights.
Two days ago I was riding the bike not to far from where I live when I hit a bump and I heard a bad noise coming from the left rear tire. I pulled over and noticed the steel bracket that holds the fender up over my left tire cracked into. How in the heck does a steel brack crack into? So I limped the bike back home called my buddy and he came over to check it out.
Long story short he made me a new steel bracket at work and brought it over last night to put on. We bolted it back on with lock nut washers keeping the fiberglass far enought away from the left tire. Looks ok now and so far not a problem. I may need to get it welded back just like the one is on the right side.
The question is do you think if I get it welded back on there will be too much stress on the fiberglass causes it to have stress cracks? I would think welding it would give the part more support but now since it cracked off this last time maybe just bolting it on might be the best alternative.
The darn streets here are bumpy at best in Cincinnati. I try to keep it off the roads that are loaded with bumps and slow down if possible. When one drives a car one doesn't notice how many bumps are in the road. I hope that the trike set doesn't start having problems with the brackets or the fiberglass.
Les