Dead_Rider
Junior Member
Completely the other persons fault, still sort of embarrassing. So I am just crusing along, not so fast, 15 mph or so in a parking lot when some lady on her phone decides she is going to turn from one of the parking rows, not into my path, but into me. I guess being on the phone she was not paying attention and was sitting there for a little while, so the car behind her honks and she panics a little and of course jets it right into me. Sort of my fault (don't tell her, or her insurance company this) because I should have been watching her sitting there anticipating something crazy out of her like i do with most cars, instead I was just thinking about something else. Not good. So of course I yank the brake too hard but not really because I was pretty close to contact with her so front tire skid, instant on the ground. Wearing helmet and pants so no big injuries, cept for pride. Should have had frame sliders!!! Will be ordering some before I ride. Front fairing broken, inner panel fairing broken (rightside), right mirror snapped off. Mirror looks like it can be fixed, threaded posts came clean out, some jb weld should fix that. I ordered some new aftermarket mirrors with led turn signals already though, so I guess I will have two sets. Something else I noticed upon taking off my fairings, there are four plastic things on the headlight assy you screw metal screws into to hold the headlight to the stay. All but one broke off and were still sitting in the rubber grommet. I don't know if this came from the wreck or it came from someone putting too much torque screwing metal into plastic, because that will def cause breaks like this. Other places on the the bike with plastic screws I could see where the plastic screws were ate up, like someone had been twisting too hard, chewing them up a bit. Leads me to think maybe this was not from the crash, by from someone who does not realize you have to be gentle with plastic hardware. In any case, upon seeing the broken plastic parts still whole and intact, and being an ex aircraft mechanic, you already know the first thing going through my head. Epoxy time.
here are pics
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s76/hyperion45/PC042319.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s76/hyperion45/brokeninnerrightfairing.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s76/hyperion45/brokenupperfairing.jpg
here are pics
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s76/hyperion45/PC042319.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s76/hyperion45/brokeninnerrightfairing.jpg
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s76/hyperion45/brokenupperfairing.jpg
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