Tank Dented

[Notty]

Dropped the bike in the garage  - fell off side stand against my push bike and the wall - bar end damaged and dent in tank  - 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 ...

[KiwiCol]

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.

[grog]

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.

[Basil Brush]

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.

[V_i_c_i]

This is no problem to repair it. In my country up to 100-120 GPB with new paint and stickers.

[Red Biker]

Feel for you Notty! sent shivers down my spine reading this!!

Red

[Sweaty]

Sorry to hear the Shitty news Notty 
Hope you get it sorted ok.

[Notty]

Dropped the bike in the garage  - fell off side stand against my push bike and the wall - bar end damaged and dent in tank  - 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 !! 
as to the dent on the tank - thanks to Dave for the link
http://www.dream-machine.co.uk/

[seth]

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 .

[Notty]

Dropped the bike in the garage  - fell off side stand against my push bike and the wall - bar end damaged and dent in tank  - 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 

[Tony Nitrous]

Just noticed this thread.

That reminds me.....

[Kiwifruit]

Geez Tony.......bugger, looks like you need the big touch up roller for that one.

[Tony Nitrous]

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.

[Sweaty]

Let me start by saying, that I am in Hong Kong for work & just back from a big business meeting/ drinking session  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.

[Tony Nitrous]

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.