Aaaaah Bugger ! (little crash) - Now FIXED !!!!.

[VladTepes]

Maybe I'm being a tad over-dramatic but...



No I'm not cafe racer-ing it....

Riding on Coro Drive just before turn off to Hale St, my usual way home. I was in the correct lane, some clown (obviously wanting to be in the same lane) pulled in front of the car in front of me. It then had to slam its brakes. It had ABS, I didn't, I lost.

Long story short:
I'm OK. A bit sore but it's hard to know if that's new or existing pain

Bike survived but with a few issues:
- front guard (obviously).
- LH front footpeg (probably the hanger)
- LH R&G case slider. (Saved the case though)
- bent renthal handlebars

- Forks. This is, I think, the main issue. They aren't aligned. Not sure if that's all, or if the fork tubes have been damaged - no sign of seals leaking (yet). I know it's not just handlebars as with wheel straight ahead, top triple is slightly to the left.

I'm pretty confident impact wasn't bad enough to damage the frame at all.

I did manage to ride it home without too much drama. (After stopping once to reef the rear of the front guard away from the tyre).

I was lucky it wasn't much worse.

Anyway, now I have to take it somewhere on the north side for them, to tell me what's wrong with it (not the insurance mob at this stage I want to know what the ACTUAL issues are before I let those buggers inspect it.

Sigh.

[GSXKING]

I can recommend Adrian Cash from https://nsmctyres.com/ he's at Strathpine, is that near you Vlad ?

[Mick_J]

That's a real pisser Vlad, I would slacken off all the front end bolts and give the front forks a tweek it may be they have just been twisted in their clamps and will straighten up quite easily.  Hope you get it sorted soon. Glad you are not hurt too much but at your age things will take a while to heal. 

[VladTepes]

he's at Strathpine, is that near you Vlad ?

Yep.

I saw just on the QBE website that THEY organise all the repairs.... anyone else with QBE can tell me how they do it? Do they not allow choice of repairer?  I seem to recall the other claim I had with them they took it all the way over the southside somewhere and it took forever... that was a while back though.

[Andre]

Might be that the "excitement" caused an adrenalin (etc.) rise followed by a low. "Old" pain can creep up then. However, get yourself checked out!!!

Fork tubes should be checked for bend so you don't discover that later and have to pay out of own pocket.

[Sweaty]

That's a real Shit Vlad, but at least your in one piece. Hope you can get it sorted without to much frustration.

[Kiwifruit]

Sorry to hear about your crash. Pleased you're OK.

[Andre]

More and more tin cans have brake-assist. It seems to react to the speed brake pedal is pushed. Mate of mine demonstrated that to me with his 2 1/2 ton can. Boy, does it stop in a hurry.

[Notty]

What a bummer - could have been a lot worse 

[KiwiCol]

Gutted for ya Mike.  That right fork appears to have a big scrape on the chromed area, just above where the guard fits.  If so, that area will probably end up as a new forks & head bearings.

Pleased you feel not too bad, see how you are the next morning.

[seth]

Hope your ok buddy
I'd check the forks haven't twisted in the yokes as that can happen with things like this and losening everything then resetting can put that part back ok again .
Hopefully just some cosmetic bits a mudguard and a set of bars and all good again .

[VladTepes]

Gutted for ya Mike.  That right fork appears to have a big scrape on the chromed area, just above where the guard fits.  If so, that area will probably end up as a new forks & head bearings.

I didn't even notice that... just checked and can't see anything or feel anything.
I assume it just must be an artifact from the way the camera flash is reflecting from the fork tube...

In which case forks may be ok, in which case I won't have any excuse or money to do a USD fork conversion

[GSXKING]

Make sure QBE quote checking fork tubes. The slightest bend/crease in them buggers the seals. I learned this the hard way.

[Hooli]

Check the bottom yoke too, they appear quite easy to bend in a crash from other damaged 14s I've seen.

[froudy]

What a shitter @VladTepes 

I bet you're sore this morning! Hopefully the bike will be able to be fixed without too much drama..AND you'll heal fast too