Katana Owners Club U.K.

Don't want to turn this into a Blue Peter style 'how to' but for ages I've been trying to find a way of attaching the side panels to my 250 Katana securely after the lugs had snapped off the panel, I've tried plastic welding the existing lug but after a couple of days the weld has snapped, then I tried heating up and melting a small metal pin into the side panel (carefully!) but again it gave up soon after, but had a brainwave yesterday (probably because I was bored with no football to watch) and used self adhesive velcro strips, avaliable at any supermarket, and stuck one side to the inside of the sidepanel and the other part to the bracket that holds the rubber grommet, so far it seems to have worked, the panel is flush with the tank and seems a solid fit, sticky back plastic would not be as effective

Just over a month since I bodged (sorry, crafted) the side panel and all is well, after years of failing with glue and dodgy screws replacing plastic lugs the answer came from some supermarket bought velcro

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Mon Apr 20, 2020 5:22 pm

Just over a month since I bodged (sorry, crafted) the side panel and all is well, after years of failing with glue and dodgy screws replacing plastic lugs the answer came from some supermarket bought velcro

Well it was almost a sticky back plastic moment