Long story short: I was cruising around at midnight... was taking a slow corner, saw pedestrian at cross-walk... slowed down for pedestrian (making sure I stayed in the center of the lane away from gravel). Bike flings me off from loss of traction. I was going slow, braking smoothly, came all of a sudden. Thought I was clear of all gravel, but I assume I hit some.

So the bike flung over abruptly over to its right side .
All I got was a bruised knee, elbow and shoulder. The bike looked like it hit hard.

This is an awesome bike that I feel really bad about right now. The rear brake got bent in, but I can easily bend it back. Everything is cosmetic. The once perfect paint and decals are now scraped off.

I want to know what the best approach in repairing this would be? or should I buy completely new panels?

Can anyone estimate how much repair work would be? or for the new panel?

Here are some pics:











Here is what the left side looks like (what the right side used to look like ) - Please ignore the bug guts, still haven't washed it after a highway sprint.



I love this bike! It seems to fit me perfectly (I am 6'3"). It is still plenty fast. I have been riding for weeks with no problems at all before this. I can't believe this happened. I am so angry.

I want to make this right again!



Thanks in Advance,
-Quickstrike

 

sorry to hear that man if you dont want to hassel with repairs im selling mine if you offer is right all it needs is a cam chain tentioner im located in michigan

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Ahh, it just has a little road rash. It still runs perfectly. The guy I bought it from took excellent care of it.

Any suggestions on repair or replacement of fairings?

 

thank goodness it wasnt as bad as I feared

hope you are okay!

 

Same sortof thing just happened to me. I just used a bit of polish to buff out a few scratches and I'm riding it as it is until this winter when I can set about filling and repairing cracks and repainting.

 

Sorry to hear about your accident , glad your OK though
I live in the UK and plastics are availabe easily here from HONDA mine is nearly 16yrs ols and just had her fixed after some driver reversed into her
All the parts come color coded so no need to paint them, they just fit straight on
I found out mine was a California import to the UK full power
The top fairing £171 (thats the one that houses the indicator front)
the lower fairing £292 including the inspection panel
then we have to pay 17.5% tax on these parts
the rest of the stuff can be bought from breakers or likes of mirrors screen can be aftermarket.

It does look like a real tidy bike,
I know the feeling when you put so much effort into keeping it at it's best then something like this happens

also try ebay every now and again fairing parts do come up.

 

Btw, don't brake while turning. It will make you loose trction. you gotta accelerate or at least keep your speed on a turn, even a tight one.

 

don't have to keep your speed or accelerate, just roll off the throttle slightly without applying the brakes to slow down in a lean. if you have to get on the brakes you need to stand it up.

 

Question: What is this piece called? (Highlighted in Orange).



This pretty easy to find used, or should I just buy new?
Know what kind of price I am looking at?

As you can see by the green highlighting, it is cracked all the way through where the right foot rest is attached. I think I better fix this before riding -- would hate for it to fall off.

 

rear sets?