Slid my bike on a curb. :/
 

Long story short, went around a turn at about 25, my balding rear tire slid out, I stood the bike up to try and stop, lost control, and drove into a curb. The bike slid about 60 feet on the fairing. The structure and frame is fine, but it's gonna cost. 500 bucks.:icon_doh: It's going to come painted with the stickers already on it. I was quoted 380 to repaint and resticker. What do you guys think is the best way to go? Or any other suggestions?

No pictures, my computer fails at uploads. :/

i'd fix it OEM imo it's the way to go

Damn, you ok?

if its just one fairing i would get a new one because i always thought it looked funny myself when some of the plastics are stock and some are painted aftermarket, just my opinion though

For an extra $120 I would just get a new one. then you KNOW it will look perfectly stock. there's my .02

Appreciate the input. I'm ok. I was leaving my girlfriends house, and the bike was running cold. I hit the curb going maybe 20 so as far as I remember just kinda got tossed off. Thank god we have grass easements in our city, so I landed elbow first with my jacket onto that. It'll make me appreciate with a new perspective, how even the simplest things, like a left hand turn, could have serious consequences.

Did you have sliders?

Yep- I am sooo with you. Just broke my leg on a low-speed left turn, hah. Really made me grateful I was already convinced of the need for gear, could've been a lot worse.

Glad to hear that you are ok!

I would fix it, but only cause I am broke :(

BTW - I purchased the replicals, and the red DOES not match the factory red color :icon_doh:

Yeah ^. I looked into replicals a while back for other stuff, and they sent me samples, I sent them pictures back, saying, hey, you sent me this, and this is more accurate, and never heard from em. And mark, no sliders. So that will be the next purchase after I get this fairing fixed.

If your fairings are not totally damaged, then you could always get them fixed and painted. Depending on your color scheme is what matters. I had a nasty spill and completely damaged my left and front fairings, but because my bike was black, it made repainting a lot easier because of no color matching issues (not to mention faded paint and new paint being off a little could also be a problem).

I say first check around and get a couple quotes to see how much someone would charge you to do the repair, paint, clear coat, etc. before you make your decision.

Check my pics out here: Link.

I only spent $450.00 for the guy to do all of the repair on the two fairings.

As for the decals, if you only have to replace one or two, I would go OEM because you would want them to match with the others. If you have to replace a few of them, and if you buy aftermarket, you may want to replace the whole set because they won't match.