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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 12:31 AM
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Well I wasn't paying good enough attention to the road and came up on a corner that I wasn't expecting. Ended up going off the road and hitting a ditch. Here is what it looks like now.
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I think about every piece of plastic on it is broken and the forks are bentback. Not sure what all mechanical is messed up, I just know that the whole front end is pretty much smashed. How much would I end up spending to fix it?
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 12:45 AM
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That really sucks. I 'm would think that it would be a minimum 3k. Somebody else will probably give you a better assessment.
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 01:48 AM
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scrap it, it's not worth fixing hope you had insurance.
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 10:16 AM
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scrap it, it's not worth fixing hope you had insurance.
Not full coverage...
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 11:11 AM
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Damn man hope you are at least OK, but the bike is trashed. I was always told never to ride a bike that had been crashed that bad, gives off bad juju! Sorry to see that.
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 12:12 PM
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You pansys, it's not that bad. Look up the cost of a set of new/used forks, radiator, and the plastic is about the most expensive part you'll need to buy. The tank looks a little tweaked as well as the exhaust can so that might be another cost, I've ridden with a tank in much worse shape...<---see avatar.

I would put money that the rims and rotors are fine. Just don't leave a fork rest on the rotors if their touching, that will definatlly cause it to warp. Not sure if your the type that won't ride anything other than a sportbike, but you can always go naked! Just leave the front and sides off and get a headlight pod in it's place. Not the prettiest look, but the bike will still perform like your old F4i.
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 12:20 PM
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if you do the work yourself, problably $3k to make it like new, but you could probably ebay and buy used parts for most of it and have it back together for about $2k

I have rebuilt an F4i more than once, off the top of my head I would say:

upper new $500
headlight $300
sidefairing $300
exhaust $300
upper fairing stay$150
forks(used) $250
radiator ???
plus $500 for stuff unseen
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 01:22 PM
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Street Figher it..

and buy a complete 954 Front end so you can have inverted forks and better brakes
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 02:13 PM
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mine was 10x worse thn that..and i fixed mine for about $1,000 just buy used parts and do all the work your self..thats not that bad at all..
 
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 04:07 PM
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can i buy your brake lever? haha.. joking sorry
 
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