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Cracked Bodywork?
Got cracks in sheet metal or plastic? With a drill and a rivet gun
you can make great patches. Plastic milk jugs and anti-freeze jugs
offer good patch material.
John - California
Emergency Rain Covers
If you don't have carb or air filter covers and it starts raining. Pull into the services, down a couple of pints of milk, carve up the cartons and use these.
Twitch - UK
DIY Handlebar Muffs
Handlebar muffs - try 5 liter plastic containers cut to fit instead of soft 'proper' handlebar muffs. If your'e clever you can even make little struts onto the bar ends to hold them out so they don't collapse onto the brake/clutch/kill switch at higher speeds. They're much safer... more
Bob - Yorkshire
