Plastic Repair HOW-TO I fix and re-paint motorcycle plastic as a hobby so have some "real world" experience with this. From looking at you pictures, you have a minor problem that you can probably fix at home. The re-painting will be the hard part. Your bike is Candy Glory Red no? 1) Sand damaged area with #150 wet sandpaper till smooth. Extend sanded area to 1/2" beyond damaged area. 2) Fill in low areas/deep scratches using J.B. Weld as body filler "bondo". Do not use fiberglass resin or regular bondo on our ABS plastic. They will work at first but will eventuallly crack and fall out due to vibration and dis-similar materials. 3) Sand J.B. Weld with #150 then #220 wet sandpaper till smooth and level with original contours. 4) Prime with flexible primer (used on car bumpers). Sand smooth with #320 wet paper. Make sure when you are finished with this step the only "scratches" you can see in the surface are #320 sanding marks. Paint does not hide imperfections, paint brings them out to be noticed. Take your time, it only takes time and patience at this step to get a perfect job. 5) Apply at least 2 coats of "base color", sand final color coat with #400 paper to remove any roughness. 6) Apply two coats of candy/metallic. Do not sand this coat! 7) Apply at least 2 coats of clear, wait 24-48 hours to dry, wet sand with #1200 paper and hand polish. The easiest way to go is fix the scrapes and go up to step #5. Take the lid to a good painter who works with car bumpers and understands the need for flexible additives in the paint. If you don't use flexible additive, the paint will look great for six months and then start to "spider crack" due to vibration/movement. Be prepared for "sticker shock" with the high price of the paint. I use DuPont "Chroma Color" urethane paint and it sells for $35/pint. Your painter will need to buy threee pints of paint (base color, candy/metallic, and clear) in addition to the flexible additive and the universal solvent/hardener. I would recommend you not use the Color-Rite paints due to their high mark-up and poor color matches (that I have seen, others have different opinions on this but I am a perfectionist). Other options: 1) Buy just the lid to the saddlebag from Honda for around $290 2) Hand the lid over to a plastic repair guy for around $150 3) Slap some bondo and touch-up paint on it and be pissed at your "ugly paint" for the ownwership of the machine. 4) Fix the scratches with fiberglass and regular spray paint and be pissed six months from now when it looks like "poo-poo". Happy to answer any questions. Yes...I'm anal about this but ask to see my (or any other "quality" painter's) work and you'll see why time and experience makes the difference in plastic repair/painting. Good luck! Chuck Chiodini in Heber Springs, Arkansas