Pictures? Could help se the damage

 

Try Mothers Back to Black. apply let it dry then repeat. It may be that you have to do this 2-3 times before you see original color back, afterward just apply every couple weeks or monthly. depending if you have it exposed or covered.
This stuff works wonders and you get the red bottle at most autocrats and Walmart.

ps. Clean bike first and let dry.

 

Here's a more permanent method that uses just a heat gun. But warning, I've never done it. Also, I've heard the results can be uneven. So try at your own risk, start with a small inconspicuous area first, go slow and take your time, etc, etc.

Be sure to take before and after pictures to post and let us know how it turned out, what you did, et al. Good luck. Hope it turn out well.

 

Here's a more permanent method that uses just a heat gun. But warning, I've never done it. Also, I've heard the results can be uneven.

There's a guy on the early 400 board that used a heat gun on his plastics, link here http://burgmanusa.com/forums/14-burgman-400-pre-2007/128329-k4-burgman-rebuild-thread-2.html#post1320002 It does appear uneven and your basically melting the plastic which is hard to do evenly. I've never used it except for local discolored spots. Anything else you just have to reapply regularly. Some use a 50/50 mineral spirits and boiled linseed oil mix. I've tried it an it works fine but with time you'll have to reapply it like other things. Paint/dye (and you can change the color if you want) can actually last longer if the surface is prepped good enough but I've not tried doing so.

 

The heat may change properties of plastic and hardly for the better -- turning it to brittle and sometimes distorted pieces.

 

I would not use hear on plastic phases on the Burgman. I did that to remove a sticker and I had to replace the piece. Plastic is soft and thin. Try Mothers Back to Black, it works cost under $10.00 or for bottle. This works miracles and protects the black plastic and not greasy.

 

Don't use a heat gun on the plastics before practicing a lot on scrapped plastic first!

Ask me how I know.

I bought a used Givi top case on a cold day at a garage sale, but when I brought it into my heated garage and tried to clean it up, I discovered that the somewhat lacking shine was due to a foul smelling mixture of tar and cheap shoe shine. Once that was cleaned of, the plastic looked awful.
I took out my heat gun, and while the results looked promising during the process, when it cooled down, you could clearly see the pattern I had been moving the heat gun around.

Don't do this on anything that costs significantly to replace.

 

Check ebay or amazon for "CarWorx Refinish Restorer Plastic/Cladding Restorer"

Use this and you will see black plastic again. After you are done with this, use Maxima SC1 to coat it and preserve the finish.

 

I think mine turned out pretty well with the heat gun, very little patterning. The heat gun needs to be moved around a lot- if it stays in one position you could melt the plastic, which will require you to get a new piece. It's not really melting the plastic, just bringing out some of the waxier components from under the surface that the sun and ozone had degraded. Part of the problem is that there are a few different kinds of plastic on the burgman (at least on mine) that respond differently to the heat gun technique. The polypropylene parts were faded the worst and they responded best to the heat gun.

 

Rust-oleum Recolor or Wipe New should bring it back to showroom condition.

https://www.amazon.com/Wipe-New-Rust-oleum-R6PCRTLKIT-Applicator/dp/B0160VUYF8

http://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/wipe-new-0392575p.html#srp

 

Hands down the best product I've ever used is Stoner Trim Shine , I spray a small area and rub it in by hand . Also cover your floor boards because over spray will make them slick as ice .

TheReaper!

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