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Wrecked Motorcycle Photos & Stories: This section of the site is for wrecked motorcycles. Photos of wrecked bikes, before and after photos. How you wrecked it & how you fixed it. Most of us have laid it down or lost it for one reason or another. Tell your stories here. | |||||||
01-06-2009, 4:30 AM
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| No, I'm not the Stig.... Join Date: 08-08-2008 Location: Gibraltar
Bike(s): White/Black 2008 Fireblade Age: 30 Posts: 127
Rep:  (12) Rep Power: 2
| Gravel and a Barrier! Howdy Guys, my first 'biggish' crash on my 2008 blade. Heading down a to a corner, dabbed the brakes and whack! into the on coming barrier! Not a particularly fast crash - but me thinks the forks and yokes are a little bent! The front wheel made contact with the fairing it when that far back. Now await the insurance survey... | |
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01-06-2009, 4:39 AM
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| I'm a bird.. NOT a bloke!!!    Join Date: 03-15-2008 Location: Everywhere.. via the interweb
Bike(s): Honda, Kawasaki Posts: 8,325
Rep:  (2583) Rep Power: 35
  | Re: Gravel and a Barrier! oh hell... Hope you are ok.. and you get your bike sorted out soon..
__________________ Some days you're the bug; some days, the windscreen! Blade Rider - Life, The Universe & Everything.. Biking |
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01-06-2009, 4:49 AM
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| No, I'm not the Stig.... Join Date: 08-08-2008 Location: Gibraltar
Bike(s): White/Black 2008 Fireblade Age: 30 Posts: 127
Rep: (12) Rep Power: 2
| Re: Gravel and a Barrier! I'm fine, only a little bruising on my left knee, knackered helmet and a sore neck. |
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01-06-2009, 7:23 AM
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  Join Date: 03-06-2008 Location: Hull England
Bike(s): 03 954 Posts: 5,591
Rep: (2787) Rep Power: 34
| Re: Gravel and a Barrier! Sorry to hear about your of but pleased your ok
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01-06-2009, 12:22 PM
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| No, I'm not the Stig.... Join Date: 08-08-2008 Location: Gibraltar
Bike(s): White/Black 2008 Fireblade Age: 30 Posts: 127
Rep: (12) Rep Power: 2
| Re: Gravel and a Barrier! Just an update, been to have a look at the bike, its really weird the tank cover, damping system has all lifted up from the frame - see the second photo - where the bolt/screw attaches the tank cover to the frame. Not sure whats happened I can only assume, pushing the front wheel and forks in, has caused the front to lift around the frame - any ideas? More I look at it, the more I think the frame is kinked in that area. |
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01-06-2009, 1:41 PM
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 Join Date: 12-19-2005 Location: Ontario, Canada
Bike(s): CB750, GL1000,CBX, Blackbird, 2005 CBR 1000rr Posts: 1,185
Rep: (361) Rep Power: 8
| Re: Gravel and a Barrier! Sorry to hear about your mishap Trickster and glad you're relatively ok. It may be a total loss if damaged at the steering head as you describe. If it's not bad maybe you can buy it back cheap. Not sure about rules regarding salvage bikes though. |
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01-06-2009, 2:20 PM
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| Join Date: 06-02-2008 Location: O'side Ca.
Bike(s): 00' cbr929rr Age: 31 Posts: 856
Rep: (503) Rep Power: 7
| Re: Gravel and a Barrier! Sounds like you might have bent the goose neck where the triples are mounted. Bummed if thats the case, because it is most likely going to be totaled out if the main frame is bent. Glad to hear your ok though. |
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01-06-2009, 2:26 PM
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 Join Date: 03-23-2008 Location: UK
Bike(s): 1995 CBR900rr, 1990 GSX-R 750, project Blade Age: 41 Posts: 6,252
Rep: (2934) Rep Power: 37
| Re: Gravel and a Barrier! Ouch!! My sympathys
__________________ As long as I fall, I don't hit the ground. As long as I fall, I'm safe & sound. |
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01-06-2009, 2:30 PM
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| Out Of Many, We Are One  Join Date: 06-30-2007 Location: SE London, United Kingdom
Bike(s): CBR954RR, Hornet CB900F-5, VFR800FI + More Posts: 6,906
Rep: (2126) Rep Power: 30
| Re: Gravel and a Barrier! Ouch. Hope you recover well. Were you racing? Nice kink in the front wheel too!
__________________ "Second is the first of the losers..." |
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01-07-2009, 4:26 AM
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| No, I'm not the Stig.... Join Date: 08-08-2008 Location: Gibraltar
Bike(s): White/Black 2008 Fireblade Age: 30 Posts: 127
Rep: (12) Rep Power: 2
| Re: Gravel and a Barrier! No, I was coming back from seeing some Roman Ruins! And taking it nice and easy on the way phone! |
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02-20-2009, 11:45 AM
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| No, I'm not the Stig.... Join Date: 08-08-2008 Location: Gibraltar
Bike(s): White/Black 2008 Fireblade Age: 30 Posts: 127
Rep: (12) Rep Power: 2
| Re: Gravel and a Barrier! Update! Yes it still hasn't been repaired! Grr... Well its been stripped down (all the fairing is off) and the Honda garage have said there is no damage to the Forks/Frame or Neck - the wheel and tyre took most of the impact. All the parts are now in, and its being slowly rebuilt. The tank lifting (I'm being told) is purely the tank cover lifting off the rubber mounts as I fell off I must of moved it. Having the new clutch fitted at the same time. Hopefully be back on the road in 2 weeks... |
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02-20-2009, 12:39 PM
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| choices we make define who we are   Join Date: 01-08-2009 Location: Haughton, Louisiana currently in Iraq.
Bike(s): 2007 CBR1000RR Age: 35 Posts: 1,576
Rep: (791) Rep Power: 9
| Re: Gravel and a Barrier! good news 
__________________  DO YOUR DUTY IN ALL THINGS, YOU CANNOT DO MORE, YOU SHOULD NEVER WISH TO DO LESS!GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE |
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05-05-2009, 10:08 PM
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| Join Date: 05-05-2009 Location: portugal
Bike(s): 2001 black cbr 929 Age: 24 Posts: 37
Rep: (10) Rep Power: 0
| Re: Gravel and a Barrier! Hi there glad to know you are ok. I just crashed my bike as well, because of a of a speed bump in the midle of a corner... the result: right foot broken, all bangedup and bruised and 2500 € repair on the bike... but we have to see the up side, when it is ready it will be a sweet machine on the streets. Ill make a post with before and after pics. best regards to everybody |
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