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Need help - i have a man down

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Hi Guys/Gals

Please be gentle with me as putting it bluntly i haven't a bloody clue!!

I had an interesting introduction to ice for the first time on Monday evening......and now im shopping for parts, my main question i have is 'Whats the name for the part were you poor the oil into (the whole grey thing)'??

Secondly anyone know were i can get a new set of Fairings from?

The other parts i should be ok for finding!

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I knew that :D

Nice one cheers!!

The search begins!!
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Hopefully Chris you've faired better than the bike has :?:

Chris.
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LOL......A few cuts and bruises and scrapes and missing pockets off me combat trousers and broken lunch box but nothing that will stop me riding!!

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chris1bev wrote:LOL......A few cuts and bruises and scrapes and missing pockets off me combat trousers and broken lunch box but nothing that will stop me riding!!

Chris
nothing worse than a broken lunchbox, get the wife to see if she can sort it lol :lol: hope your ok though
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Do you think crash bungs would have saved it being damaged so much. :think:

Any way, it's easier to mend bikes than people at least it's the bike that got most of the damage and not you. :thumbup:
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Ouch..................that looks pretty bad on teh bike, glad your injury list is much less.

What sort of speed were you at when you lost it?
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OUCH!! glad your ok tho matey, good luck with the rebuild! :thumbup:
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tbh before you start, assuming you are fully comp. id let the insurers have a look at that co sit is most definately a cat c write off.
mine was too and i got it back for £70

best just keep an eye out on ebay for the fairings, but they can be easily repaired with a soldering iron regardless how bad they might look.
tony mon might have a spare casing - they arent cheap tho m8 i warn you!

good luk getting it back together for warmer weather & glad youre not too badly bashed :thumbup:
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Sorry about that mate. :(
If you need a headlight and headlight surround i have them down the garage. Or as benny calls it "steptoes yard" :lol:
I think i might have some mirrors too. Don't quote me on that but i'll check.
At least your ok though. :thumbup:
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I think I have a clutch cover, which to be honest I was keeping as it's on a spare complete engine, but as it's one of our own I can let it go for £70 plus P+P.

PM me if that sounds ok, it's probably less than one would go for on E-Blag!

I may have a tail plastics in the right colour; one slight scrape and a small crack but perfectly acceptable for a repair and respray.
It's currently on the bike but I have another which I am getting resprayed to fit mine, releasing the current one if you want it.
Paint code would be Y124.

I will have a set of exhausts as well, I'm currently playing with a set of low carbon can co's, (currently on the bike) a set of low Vipers, or a set of high MIG's.
I'll keep one for mine, one for my spare bike, and sell the other.
I won't be ready to sell these for about a month, though, after they've been fitted and checked to see if they affect power at all.
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That photo nearly made me cry...
You have my condolences :(
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benny hedges wrote:...best just keep an eye out on ebay for the fairings, but they can be easily repaired with a soldering iron regardless how bad they might look....
That fairing would need more than a soldering iron with the bits missing...

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i have a right side fairing spare,
needs a bit of tlc but its infinitely better than the one you have on lol!you can have it for cost of postage & i'll patch it up before sending it.
only bit missing is the flat strip of plastic above the rad, but you could always snap the one off your fairing & melt it on with a sploddering rod.
let us know if you want it and i'll tart it up a bit.
what else are you short of?

also have a spare clear db screen and a clear std one
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I have standard exhausts and some titanium scorpion ehausts and possibly a couple of other bits, screen etc.

Based in Swindon if you need ...just send me a PM for more detail....

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