I tried reshaping a twisted front mudguard for my zzr1100 with a hot air gun once, yeah didn't end well, turns out not enough heat+Excessive amount of brute force=lots of razor shape pieces of plastic shooting past my face at high speed.
Oops!!
We could learn a lot from crayons; some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, while others bright, some have weird names, but they all have learned to live together in the same box.”