Bloody flies!

[Jester666]

So there I was innocently riding back from the shops with my dinner in the tank bag when a huge fly decided it wanted to check out the inside of my lid!

Now, I've been riding for 18 years, 7 as a London courier, so I do know a thing or two about concentration!

However...







And this is what the front of the bike hit!



As a result I'm a bit sore, battered, bruised and a teeny bit pi$$ed off! My fault and I guess it's a bit of a hard way to relearn the art of concentration!!

[playerone]

sh1t, that looks nasty, glad to hear your relatively unscathed but damn the bikes taken a bit of a beating

[Steve6088]

Sorry to hear this. That is the second crash in a week on the forum . At least your not badly hurt.

You going to repair the bike?

[lloydie]

sh1t hope your ok .
Dibs on the engine if you brake it lol
I didn't know silver one could go that fast to course that much damage lol

Hope you get back on the road soon .
At least you walked away from it .

[AMCQ46]

ouch!!!! Lucky you didnt hit either of the sign posts with any of your limbs!.

glad you walked away.

You doing it on insurance, or will the rebuild come out of your pocket?

[YETI]

just give it a wash and get back out there
you big hampshire softie .
hope you didnt damage the tail tidy

YETI..

[Jester666]

Been out on it today. It rides straight but the RH caliper had locked on until I hit it with a rubber mallet!

It will be fixed out of my own pocket as at the moment I'm only third party covered.

Just need to sort out some sort of headlight and I'll be fine until I can sort the rest out.

Feeling a bit sore tday but the main thing is that nothing is dented/broken outher than the bike and my pride!

[agentpineapple]

sorry to hear your bad news fella, if i can help i will.
i've got a spare headlight surround you can have for a £10 delivered, for a bit more i can throw in a spare slightly damaged o/s fairing(you should be able to make 1 good'un out of the two), say £20 for the pair.
here's a picture of the o/s fairing

i think i've taken the vinyl wrap off now....

[lloydie]

There is a full fairing set on eBay ATM cheep

[VTRDark]

Fookin hell the bike took a serious battering there. Did the fly live The worst one is when a wasp or bee gets inside your lid and then then buzz's in your ear. I have had a few of them but have always managed to pull over quick sharpish and remove my lid. At least you have walked away from it.

(:-})

[scott02464]

Bloody hell man! Did the fly hit you in the eye?

Good job you didn't hit any of them trees mate!

How's the head, looks like your lid took a decent hit?

[dragonback]

yeah bummer mate, but it'll fix up ok and pretty cheaply too if your gonna deal with bsm , good oportunity to strip n clean and most likely paint it black and join the hyper velocity class !!

[agentpineapple]

everything you need for under £150........
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VTR1000-Fires ... 1c291064c7

[marravtr]

now when you put it back together give it a coat of FAST RED! that way the flies wont be able to stop for a rest on the slow silveryness and will just explode on impact!!

on a more serious note glad you walked away for it fella!

[Kev L]

Perfect opportunity to, SSSHHHH whisper it, Streetfighter it!!!!!


Sorry Rob!!