Motorcycle Body Repair

[Thailaw]

This has not been my week. On Thursday morning, I was taking my daughter's swim suit to her school (which she forgot), and while trying to overtake a motorbike with a sidecar (selling of all things motorbike helmets (he was, of course, not wearing one)) doing 20 km/hr he turns right to enter a factory parking lot without looking and with no signal of any kind. Luckily, I was able to turn with him and avoid hitting him. Then, yesterday, I was headed to Sukumvit on a soi near Makro, when an old guy in a beat up pickup truck on a cross street pulls out right in front of me. I slowed but could not stop and I hit him in the passenger side door.  He wasn't waiting for the police to come, and it was obvious that he had no driver's licence or insurance. Luckily, I wasn't hurt and only the front of my bike was damaged. Hopefully, it is only broken plastic parts, and the front fork is not bent -- it drives straight and does not pull left or right. Pattaya is becoming/has become an incredibly dangerous place to drive, especially a motorbike. Can anyone recommend a good and reasonably priced shop that repairs/paints motorbike body panels? Custom paint work would be an added plus. If this continues, I will be a regular customer. Thanks.

[NightRider70]

This is the place to go to for scooter parts.

[Thailaw]

Thanks. I think I have been to that shop for a part for my gf's Click several years ago. It is a parts shop, yes? I need a shop that repairs/paints the plastic panels. Does this shop do that? From what I recall, it doesn't look like it does.  

[NightRider70]

1 hour ago, Thailaw said:

Thanks. I think I have been to that shop for a part for my gf's Click several years ago. It is a parts shop, yes? I need a shop that repairs/paints the plastic panels. Does this shop do that? From what I recall, it doesn't look like it does.  

 

It is mainly a parts shop. They do some work but not paint from what I have seen. I think it is easier and not too expensive to replace plastic scooter parts rather than repair in many cases. A original rear view mirror I bought for a scooter was only a little more than 100 baht. Maybe body panels are expensive but I would check the price for a new before I tried to have the panel repaired.

 

You have another parts store here, they seem to charge a little more, at least for the parts I was looking for.

[anto]

The big scooter shop ,corner of 3 rd road and South Pattaya road .They have a big show room ,and a service area /repair ,around the back .(they may be called Milton ?) .Scooter panels are cheap and average B800 ,depending on size .They will just replace the broken/damaged Panels . 

[NightRider70]

I think Mityon has outsourced all repairs to the service center on south road.

[Thailaw]

Thanks. I expect that you are right, and that replacing the broken/scratched panels (there are 4, one quite large) may be the best option. But only 1 is cracked (the largest one) and the others are just scratched. Light sanding, and painting should be pretty quick, easy and should be cheap. I will check with the Mityon service center this week about replacing the damaged panels. Still hoping to get the name/location of a shop that can fix rather than replace the damaged panels, if for nothing more than comparison of price. Thanks again.

[NightRider70]

Mai Thai comes to mind. They do all kinds of paint jobs. Known to be more expensive than average. 

 

 

[Thailaw]

Thanks. I am familiar with Mai Thai. I could probably replace the whole bike for less than I would pay Mai Thai to repair/paint it. You are being very polite when you say "more expensive than average". More expensive than everyone is, I think, more accurate -- not my first (or even my last) choice.

[anto]

>> Light sanding, and painting should be pretty quick, easy and should be cheap.  <<

 

I could be wrong ,but thats not possible with plastic panels ,as far as i know .What they can do  easily is replace the transfer color parts .