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Well.. I hate to say I saw this eventually happening but refused to believe it.
While working during the Gatorade Duel, I parked my bike in an illegal but thoughtful location. About midway through the morning, I get a call from my manager's manager telling me I had better move it or he is going to have it towed. So I move it over to the bike lot they had setup outside turn four.
They had not established a clear "lane 1, 2, 3, etc" in the lot so it was a tight squeeze going through without hitting other parked bikes. Some men in the lot motioned there was space a row over so I made a sharp left then right to cut over to the row. As I was coming out of the right, I don't know what the hell happened but the next thing I know, I am on the ground. Coming back into reality, I hit the kill switch and stand up.
I wanted to puke right then and there seeing my beloved bike on the ground. Thankfully, the guys who had witnessed this whole fiasco come over and assist me with picking her up. Giving her a quick once-over. The mirror and slider took most of the brunt, chewing up the plastic in addition to chewing up the front break lever. In addition to that, a small section of the lower faring and a small section of the exhaust got scratched up.
I didn't study the damage all that hard as I had to go back to work.
This brings me to today when I was cleaning / lubing the chain I noticed the right slider that the bike fell on was crooked. I removed the panel to find the bracket was cracked.
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See the black loop thing? That's the bracket that was bent to ****.
Thankfully, when I purchased the bike, the previous owner included another set of sliders. The only downside is you can't install the lower faring without cutting a hole. So after removing the other side I inspected the mounting hardware from the side that took the impact. The entire panel had shifted when the bracket bent which caused the mounting bolt to bend in addition to ******* up the alignment of a motor mounting point.
So... Lots of swearing and about an hour later I had the 2nd set of sliders on and everything back in spec.
So.. ****** experience but it could have been worse. I was already able to find a replacement mirror for $15.00 from a forum and the other components such as the levers and the frame sliders were already on the list for replacement. (See http://forum.svrider.com/showthread.php?t=87160 for the sliders and http://www.pazzoracing.com/products.html for the levers)
All that's left is to figure out how to remove the scratches from the lower panel.
In other news, I was also able to finally add the reflective rim stripes I picked up from eBay. They're a dark blue during the day and as the last pic shows, they reflect a tealish hue.
Mirror
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Exhaust
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Brake Lever
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Lower Faring
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After I removed the lower faring and installed the sliders / rim tape.
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While working during the Gatorade Duel, I parked my bike in an illegal but thoughtful location. About midway through the morning, I get a call from my manager's manager telling me I had better move it or he is going to have it towed. So I move it over to the bike lot they had setup outside turn four.
They had not established a clear "lane 1, 2, 3, etc" in the lot so it was a tight squeeze going through without hitting other parked bikes. Some men in the lot motioned there was space a row over so I made a sharp left then right to cut over to the row. As I was coming out of the right, I don't know what the hell happened but the next thing I know, I am on the ground. Coming back into reality, I hit the kill switch and stand up.
I wanted to puke right then and there seeing my beloved bike on the ground. Thankfully, the guys who had witnessed this whole fiasco come over and assist me with picking her up. Giving her a quick once-over. The mirror and slider took most of the brunt, chewing up the plastic in addition to chewing up the front break lever. In addition to that, a small section of the lower faring and a small section of the exhaust got scratched up.
I didn't study the damage all that hard as I had to go back to work.
This brings me to today when I was cleaning / lubing the chain I noticed the right slider that the bike fell on was crooked. I removed the panel to find the bracket was cracked.
See the black loop thing? That's the bracket that was bent to ****.
Thankfully, when I purchased the bike, the previous owner included another set of sliders. The only downside is you can't install the lower faring without cutting a hole. So after removing the other side I inspected the mounting hardware from the side that took the impact. The entire panel had shifted when the bracket bent which caused the mounting bolt to bend in addition to ******* up the alignment of a motor mounting point.
So... Lots of swearing and about an hour later I had the 2nd set of sliders on and everything back in spec.
So.. ****** experience but it could have been worse. I was already able to find a replacement mirror for $15.00 from a forum and the other components such as the levers and the frame sliders were already on the list for replacement. (See http://forum.svrider.com/showthread.php?t=87160 for the sliders and http://www.pazzoracing.com/products.html for the levers)
All that's left is to figure out how to remove the scratches from the lower panel.
In other news, I was also able to finally add the reflective rim stripes I picked up from eBay. They're a dark blue during the day and as the last pic shows, they reflect a tealish hue.
Mirror
Exhaust
Brake Lever
Lower Faring
After I removed the lower faring and installed the sliders / rim tape.
