A BMW in StinkyPete's Shed

[Shillas]

And now to wait for a good day for you and Chris to get out to have a decent ride together to check it all out. 

[Shiney]

Awesome work mate

[StinkyPete]

I've recently got my hands on a FREE BMW 49lt top box.   The base had a crack that the previous owner repaired with fibreglass, and the lid is the wrong colour.  He got a new one on insurance.    I'm a bit wary of the fibreglass repair, and I've had a quote of $650 for painting of the top and bottom of the topbox. 
I will live with the wrong colour for a while, as I test the strength and durability of the fibreglass repair.

A full list of my farkels and mods is here......   http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=4592.msg1239570#msg1239570

[Shillas]

Pete, I was very impressed with John g's plastic welding and paint job on my ST1100 mirror housing, which I picked up yesterday. 

   If you did nothing else as far as repairing the base, his paint job (in his booth) would probably be cheaper.

[StinkyPete]

Pete, I was very impressed with John g's plastic welding and paint job on my ST1100 mirror housing, which I picked up yesterday. 

   If you did nothing else as far as repairing the base, his paint job (in his booth) would probably be cheaper.

Thanks Shillas.   If the fireglass job does not adhere properly to the plastic base, my plan was to somehow remove it all, and have it plastic welded.  Johng's skill set was sitting in the back of my mind.   

[Williamson]

.... had a quote of $650 for painting of the top and bottom of the topbox. 

Initial quote to paint the red LH pannier (getting from STroppy) to match the missing black pannier was $500, a second quote was $300.  Perhaps I'll get what I pay for, but as the second quote is from a repairer that does quite a bit of work for Council (that I work for), I'm reasonably confident.

IMHO, $650 is a bit excessive, getting another quote night be prudent.

[Biggles]

How did you get on with the key matching Pete?

[StinkyPete]

How did you get on with the key matching Pete?

I was hoping to remove the tumbler from my small top box and fit it to the "new" one.   It looks easy on Youtube    but it's not, so I currently have a different key for the big top box.  That's no big deal, as I needed a key to lock the smaller top box anyway, as it was not linked to the bike's central locking.

[Biggles]

That's the obvious benefit of forking out all the cash upfront when new for a topbox.  Its lock is integrated with the central locking.
For the ST's topbox keys I've always cut them down to the minimum practical and they're no great nuisance on the keyring.  With the location and nature of our ignition switch it's important to keep the keyring simple.  Not such a problem for you with "proximity ignition security".