Dropped the bike in the garage :embarrassed: - fell off side stand against my push bike and the wall - bar end damaged and dent in tank :bugga: - insurance? £350 excess - any new tanks still available? repair? Bugger guess it was always going to happen one day thats why it has engine bars ....it sure was heavy picking it up ...
Bugger!
Think Lawrie has a new tank sitting in the rafters of his shed, maybe give him a pm? It's a B/W too.
such bad luck mate. would really piss me off. we fell over on australia day, my stupidity, no damage except wifes leg. another time nearly over, i put myself under bike. how i lifted it it back up , both times, beyond me. was nearly upside down first time, adrenalin i guess. all i can remember thru my stupidity rage was get it back up. then felt so bad until wifes leg healed. she was really good about it, amazing woman. she loves 14 as much as me, if i mention selling it, she asks whats next bike, no answer. hope you can fix dent, or buy cover.
Notty - gutted for you.
I'd either get a tank cover. Loads on eBay. Just over £100. Or get it repaired wintertime. To save taking your 14 off the road now. A repair has got to be cheaper than going down the insurance route.
This is no problem to repair it. In my country up to 100-120 GPB with new paint and stickers.
Feel for you Notty! sent shivers down my spine reading this!!
Red
Sorry to hear the Shitty news Notty :facepalm:
Hope you get it sorted ok.
Quote from: Notty on Monday, 24 July 2017, 04:15 AM
Dropped the bike in the garage :embarrassed: - fell off side stand against my push bike and the wall - bar end damaged and dent in tank :bugga: - insurance? £350 excess - any new tanks still available? repair? Bugger guess it was always going to happen one day thats why it has engine bars ....it sure was heavy picking it up ...
Got over the shock of dropping her and thought take her out for a run - she wouldn't start !! panic set in - what damage had i done when it dropped ? checked connections, leads and pipework on the damaged side and still nothing....
bugger the kill switch was on !!! need a beer after that....was a Telecoms engineer for 43 years and my motto was always check the bleeding obvious first - bugger again !!
.so rode a hundred miles and had a bacon roll...beer tonight !! :bugga:
as to the dent on the tank - thanks to Dave for the link
http://www.dream-machine.co.uk/
dream machine will make your tank better than new as they do a brilliant job and use better paint than standard.
hopefully its all sorted asap but you get to use it the rest of the summer first .
:cheers:
Quote from: Notty on Monday, 24 July 2017, 04:15 AM
Dropped the bike in the garage :embarrassed: - fell off side stand against my push bike and the wall - bar end damaged and dent in tank :bugga: - insurance? £350 excess - any new tanks still available? repair? Bugger guess it was always going to happen one day thats why it has engine bars ....it sure was heavy picking it up ...
Just bought some badges from Germany to put on my tank when its resprayed over the winter - think I will go for the K2 paint scheme :smile2:
Just noticed this thread.
That reminds me.....
Geez Tony.......bugger, looks like you need the big touch up roller for that one.
Quote from: Kiwifruit on Monday, 06 November 2017, 05:14 PM
Geez Tony.......bugger, looks like you need the big touch up roller for that one.
It been like it for a few years.
Only thing that annoys me is something (maybe fuel gauge related) sometimes "Clunks" against the inside. I might have lost .5ltr capacity, maybe. I wouldn't mind a new or at least straight tank but its not a priority.
Let me start by saying, that I am in Hong Kong for work & just back from a big business meeting/ drinking session :cheers: so.
Tony, how the hell you could leave that like that for years is beyond me. I dropped mine, and had a slight ding in the tank, that no one else would probably notice, but drove me mad, every time I looked at my bike or went for a ride, it pissed me off.
But this is my pride & joy, and only bike I own, so maybe more attached than you or some other's.
If it had been my Busa, B-King or ET it would have been fixed long ago.
My 14 was a very cheap project, crashed by the last owner. Its well down my list of priorities.
If I'd spent proper money on a nice bike I'm sure that I'd feel differently about it.
Nothing a Bagster tank cover won't hide!!
Notty...Only just seen this.
Have a word with Ace of Sprays, Bristol.
Tell him Froudy sent you..He'll sort it 100% :onya:
http://aceofsprays.co.uk/
Quote from: froudy on Tuesday, 07 November 2017, 08:27 PM
Notty...Only just seen this.
Have a word with Ace of Sprays, Bristol.
Tell him Froudy sent you..He'll sort it 100% :onya:
http://aceofsprays.co.uk/
Cheers Froudy - emailed him for an estimate but guess double the price as i mentioned you !!! how is your hip? :smile2:
I damaged my tank last year on some ice, it's just gone in for repainting k4 B&W I was getting quotes of 5-600 for the tank repairing and repainting so I'm going for a slightly different colour option, painter said it's all the different pearl colours that make it so expensive.
Quote from: Gregc on Wednesday, 08 November 2017, 05:53 AM
I damaged my tank last year on some ice, it's just gone in for repainting k4 B&W I was getting quotes of 5-600 for the tank repairing and repainting so I'm going for a slightly different colour option, painter said it's all the different pearl colours that make it so expensive.
£600? if my quotes come back that sort of price either i will leave the dent as a battle scar or buy a new one !! :bugga:
Quote from: Notty on Wednesday, 08 November 2017, 07:25 AM
Quote from: Gregc on Wednesday, 08 November 2017, 05:53 AM
I damaged my tank last year on some ice, it's just gone in for repainting k4 B&W I was getting quotes of 5-600 for the tank repairing and repainting so I'm going for a slightly different colour option, painter said it's all the different pearl colours that make it so expensive.
£600? if my quotes come back that sort of price either i will leave the dent as a battle scar or buy a new one !! :bugga:
Quote from dream machine - repair and repaint complete tank £360 - Waiting for quote from Ace in Bristol - sourced a new K6 tank for £600 :smile2: decisions decisions !! :bugga:
Guarantee that Ace will be cheaper than Dream Machine. His work is faultless too. He's 100% perfectionist :onya:
Oh, and def cheaper than £600 for a new tank :imrgreen: :imrgreen:
The one thing you may want to check with Ace is whether they use transfers on the tank or not. Dream Machine don't use them but air brush them instead I believe (but do check)
If either need a set of tank transfers I have a set of K7 tank transfers you can have - that's if you want yours to look like a K7 of course!
Any thoughts on maybe having the side panels sprayed to match the tank? :whistling:
Ace will airbrush the logo's on if you ask him to..He did my Bandit for me..
Quote from: Notty on Wednesday, 08 November 2017, 11:36 PM
Quote from: Notty on Wednesday, 08 November 2017, 07:25 AM
Quote from: Gregc on Wednesday, 08 November 2017, 05:53 AM
I damaged my tank last year on some ice, it's just gone in for repainting k4 B&W I was getting quotes of 5-600 for the tank repairing and repainting so I'm going for a slightly different colour option, painter said it's all the different pearl colours that make it so expensive.
£600? if my quotes come back that sort of price either i will leave the dent as a battle scar or buy a new one !! :bugga:
Quote from dream machine - repair and repaint complete tank £360 - Waiting for quote from Ace in Bristol - sourced a new K6 tank for £600 :smile2: decisions decisions !! :bugga:
got a quote from Froudy's mate Ace in Bristol for a repair and respray my tank in K2 style ( but K5 blue ! ) for £250 which is a good price and only an hours drive from Cardiff , will take Mrs Notty so I don't pay for the bridge with her blue badge but then I guess the cost of a shopping visit to Bristol many cost more than the tank ! :smile2:
Well done Froudy & Notty. Yeeesss, the shopping trip gonna cost, still, happy wife, happy life.
That's a good price Notty..As you said , local too :onya:
Glad I was able to point you in the right direction.
Have you looked at Ace's site? He does Motorheads guitars for them.
PS..Hope the shopping trip with Mrs Notty doesn't cost you too much :imrgreen:
Bit of a dig up. But my Katana has a sharp single dent in the side of the tank and it does my head in. I was going to use one of those paintless dent removal companies that do the rounds. They will put one of their formers inside the tank through the filler and hammer it out slowly with their special tools. Should be easy to do. Will need paint of course as yours is split. Did you get it sorted??