There goes the wheelie school money

After washing the layer of road salt off the bike yesterday took the
bike for a spin which resulted in a complete newbie style **** up.

Stopped at the junction at the end of my street and giving beans
resulted in the back end swinging round, over corrected and the back end
swung the other way and dropped into a small hole in the road. Resulting
in one slow motion style falling over and and a sort of pirouette.

Damage
1. Ego
2. Brake lever bent
3. Wing mirror snapped off
4. Small crack on top of the upper fairing.
5. Small scrape on bottom of the clutch cover.

Rode the bike to the local Honda dealer and purchased a new wing mirror
£54, ordered the brake lever £25 (can't understand why it wasn't in
stock). Started to order a new upper fairing until the price of £440.66
made me go home and sleep on it.

Looks like my wheelie school money is going on a new upper fairing :-( .

 

Donald says...

Clumsy ****[1]

Get it repaired, it'll be a damn sight cheaper.

[1] I'm typing this a bit too frequently, will everyone please stop
crashing.

 

Or buying bikes which break expensive bits in 5mph spills

 

Hog says...

<Stockbroker mode>

"Go large on Bandits"

</Sbm>

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Donald
<> typed

(Snip minor carnage)

Probably because clumsy cunts keep crashing?

Ow.

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Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Wicked Uncle

Well, I fucked that up well and truly, didn't I?

Probably because clumsy cunts keep crashing?

There, that's better.

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Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

Wicked Uncle Nigel says...

Clumsy ****

 

I came a few short inches away from stuffing the Jeep in a ditch on
Friday night. I spend much of my Jeep driving time at various
(intentional) jaunty angles, but this was the first time in 9 years
I've nearly binned it.

I know the roads are always a bit crap at this time of year, but they
do seem genuinely worse this year for some reason. Bad enough to make
me avoid using the bike for the first time in 25 years of road riding.
The number of FBOTY claims & subsequent 'me down' posts make me think
that's a wise decision.

--
Krusty
www.MuddyStuff.co.uk
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'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

It's all that road salt with added grease that they've been applying
so liberally. I'd sooner they left off entirely unless snow is likely.
There's not much to choose between salt and a bit of frost on the
road.

 

I haven't crashed since 1978...
....erm, it wasn't a good idea to say that was it?

 

ROFLMAO

Don't know why but you two jokers have just made my day.

 

If I start crashing as regularly as BGN or Donegal Paul I'll consider it.

If I average it out since 2003 (when I first got a plastic fantastic)
it's only an extra £127.50 a year.

Considering the expense caused by other unforeseen problems like the
rear tyre needing replaced after 200 miles which cost £170 I don't think
I'll worry too much about expensive.

Good news is I won't be frightened to practice wheelies on it now it's
scratched.

 

Ebay. I quartered the cost of a triumph repair bill by buying on ebay.

 

Amateur.

 

I think it's good that you consider yourself young and innocent.

Now that I've had a little crash I consider myself a proper hard biker.

 

Might have to wait a bit. Doesn't seem to be any RR5 top fairings in
Red. Even David Silvers quoted £438.97 .

I think a bit of super glue should do it for a bit.

 

Do I not get extra points for cracking one of the most expensive bits of
plastic on the bike ?

 

If you've got all the bits, it IS repairable. Even if you've NOT got all the
bit's it's still repairable.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

According to something I read last week (about wildlife, not bikes) the
"authorities" are adding molasses to the salt mixture being spread on roads
and it's attracting all kinds of 4 legged critters. They're EATING the stuff
and they're eating it in the middle of the road. Foxes, rabbits, deer,
anything without a lead apparently.

Road kill chef must be doiong cartwheels. Pre marinated roadkill. Yummy.

Trouble is, it doesn't wash away very well, it just gets sticky and shiny,
then slippery.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

That's the best advice I've ever heard on this group.