Yes, I said /forks/. Following the Hoodie Incident, I've been starting to think about a ZX-9R or some V-twin, e.g. SP-1. This may be costly and pointless. 1) I live and mostly ride in London. There goes the SP-1 (maybe). My wrists hurt enough anyway from RSI etc. 2) I'm a decent rider, in terms of riding within my limits, but I reckon like a lot of people who don't get out of town much, my limits are way too low. This means what I should do is as TOG and others suggested and plan to buy my bike back from the insurers when they write it off. Then fix it, and do some track days. That's got to be better VFM than upgrading bike. Then when I feel that I'm reaching the limits of the Cat (possibly never), get all Billy Big Balls and upgrade. Anyway, to the point. I'm trying to work out if the frame and / or forks are bent, so I'll be prepared for the insurance assessor to try and lie. They dropped it at slow speed (they hadn't even started it). What's the chances of bending frame and or / forks at walking pace? Only clue I have at the moment is that when the bars are pointing straight, with bike stationery, there is noticeable resistance towards a right-turn compared to how it used to feel. I also /think/ that full left-lock is not as much turn as it was before, although I could be making that up. I'll go and check and report back if I'm talking bollocks. I definitely notice a bend in the right handlebar - suppose this was from breaking the steering lock. C***s. Antony
