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cheers mate, front master ok, think only damage is as listed above. just snapped lever, but snapped after where it bolts so replacement will bolt straight in.I really have got off lightly with the damage, after watching it leap in the air and crash down on its left side. Just left thinking wot if i hadnt bailed out, id be in a hospital bed

off to see bike later, so will have a more thorough check over.

Work been good, and give me 3 extra days hols, so dont have to go back to work now till the 18th of next month :)

party time

Thats a bugger Marlboro man,

let me know if you need any help.

should be ok mate, but thanks for the offer gunna strip the forks out tonight and check if any more unseen damage.Got my best mate, whos a mechanic , on the job :)

Blimey lucky escape ! glad your ok.

Could you not have pulled in the clutch ?

Really bad luck mate, bad enough to see your pride and joy bouncing down the road you then have to put up with some snotty cooper triying to fill his crime sheet, thankfully there not all like that. Anyway to your list I have a set of forks probably in need of a service and a clean up yours if you want them, there off my 2000 storm which I've put SP1 forks on. You need to get it back on the road while the good weathers here.

Still aching lol, front stripped, forks out, all ready for refittment of parts. Hopefully will have most of the bits by end of week if not got quite a few people on here i can purchase the other bits i need, hoping toi be rebuilt and back on road early next week now. :) wether i will be able to ride it is another matter, just struggled to drive 5 miles, but was better coming home. trying to keep mobile so i dont stiffen up Forks were well bent

whats the yokes like tho?
and the lock stops on the frame?
mot failure if theres a trap zone between the bars and the tank - you might need to tig a bit of ally back on the stops - i did!
my front spindle was bent as well - was a tawt to get out!
try rolling it on glass to see if its gone.

benny hedges wrote:whats the yokes like tho?
and the lock stops on the frame?
mot failure if theres a trap zone between the bars and the tank - you might need to tig a bit of ally back on the stops - i did!
my front spindle was bent as well - was a tawt to get out!
try rolling it on glass to see if its gone.

all ok mate, the forks must be made of putty or summat, everything else looks straight Only one fork is bent, the side that hit the road first. head stock bearings in good nick too. Stops are spot on. Biggest damage is the bent fork.

Pointblank wrote:Blimey lucky escape ! glad your ok.

Could you not have pulled in the clutch ?

After thought, could of pulled clutch or hit kill switch, it happened that quick. learn by the mistakes i suppose.

Jesus, man, you hit the turbo button instead of the horn!

Gotta be more careful out there, the world looks nice but it's hard when you hit it!

What colour you going for this time?

just gunna get it back on road now, battle scars and all. ive done repsol to death now , litterally so dunno

will do the full bike again though in time

know what you mean, same here but i just thought crouton it, its rideable, get some summer miles in & ive got sumat to do when the ice comes again probably next month lol
got forks, gearchange & clutch lever np.
fork legs are in black but the look good.

you not thought of putting rearsets on???
make wheelies easier to control lol
(sorry shouldn't chuckle - wish you'd got it on cam tho, would've been a classic!)

main thing , and i know its been said is your here to tell the tail. lucky no car following close behind, or you could of bounced into the oncoming traffic. hope you get the bike sorted soon and that you mend fast without too much pain

most annoying thing is loads of bikes a few mins later came past and didnt stop, and it was a car driver that stopped, and he picked my bike up onto the stand for me too. Top man What ever happened to the bikers code ?? i always slow or stop until i know the biker is ok, usually by a thumbs up. Those days are gone

Glad to hear your in one piece, albeit a bit sore and bruised . As others have said at least a bike is repairable or replacable, have a few more that will dull the pain lol