Rider Down - Me :(
 

I fitted some GB Moto rearsets and while out testing them, I binned it on a right hand bend. I lost the front, the bike went down the road on its RHS, glanced off the kerb, and came to rest on the opposite side of the road.

Purely rider error due to a combination of rustiness, cold tyres on a cold road, unfamiliarlity with the handling characteristics of a new bike and new rearsets which were not yet positioned correctly.

It could have been really nasty, but thankfully no vehicles were either following or coming towards me at the time.

I limped the bike home, which considering I had no brakes or a RH peg, was a triumph of forward planning and reading the road over common sense.

Bike:

Top fairing cracked
RH mirror gouged and glass broken
Front brake lever snapped off
RHS fairing gouged
Clutch cover gouged
RHS clip-on scraped
Slight scrape to front wheel
Forks slightly twisted in the yokes (hopefully not bent)
Seat unit scraped
RHS rearset peg snapped
RHS rearset brake lever bent.
RHS indicators snapped off (front and rear)


Me:

Very sore big toe on right foot
Hole in right elbow
General aches and pains

Kit:

Arai RX7 Corsair gouged on back of lid
Alpinestars 360R oversuit torn in various places.

Bugger. :mad:

Thats putting it mildly

Sorry to hear the news, its always annoying to come off your bike but even more so when you haven't had it long
Hope you get it sorted and enjoy some better times with it

Aargh... bummer.
Hope the fixing is quick and as cheap as possible, and that you mend soon too. All the best....

i may have a set of indicators, if there of any use? Will have to check though, will also kep an eye out for any other bits

Adam

Check the spindle as they can bend quite easily

Sorry to hear about your off. I hope that you and your machine make a speedy recovery.

Regards.

Hello zhed44

sorry to read the news, hope you get the bike up and running again.

regards

TopiToo

hi zhed, just had a look at my collection of bits and i have the following,
Standard clutch cover (-gasket)
a standard set of rear indicators

as i said earlier, ill keep an eye out for some bits

Sorry to hear this having just gone through the same thing, insurance estimator put my cost's at £3200. Scandalous the cost of repair and parts just because of a Brand name even e-bay is as bad and don't expect to see anything as a good bargain cause I did'nt that did'nt either incure a repair or respray. Some of the item's were good but again silly money was being spent. I wish you all the best in getting the bike back together again. 4D

Thanks for all the messages of sympathy etc.

I'm very, very sore today, and have picked up knocks in a few unusual places, namely the inside of my left thigh and my right groin. Most of all, I have a swollen knee, a huge purple bruise running half the length of my forearm and an extremely painful toe, which I think may be broken. I might go to A&E tomorrow if it gets no better.

I've also had a good hobble round the bike today. Apart from the stuff I'd already noticed, the RH mirror stay has snapped (some previous herbert must have replaced the proper shear bolt, which is supposed to snap off in the event of an impact), the front wheel has a slight "ding" on the LHS of the rim, and there is a bit of a sort of intermittent rubbing/moaning noise from the front wheel area (query wheel bearing or spindle itself?). Fingers crossed, the forks seem straight and the lock stops are intact.

Accident debrief - this was the first time I've really ridden the 748R in anger on a twisty road, and as I approached a sweeping bend, which I know very well, I simply throttled off a bit as usual, rather than braking. However, the slipperyness of the slipper clutch took me by surprise (the R6's slipper had much less slip compared to the 748R), and it felt like the bike was free-wheeling or had jumped out of gear. This had the triple effect of making me go into the turn faster than usual, made me run wide and just generally distracted me. As I'd not had the engine braking I anticipated, I'd had to use a bit of front brake rather later than was advisable, and I was still on the brakes when I turned in. The combined effect of braking whilst turning on cold tyres, on a cold, slightly damp, off-camber, bumpy road made the outcome inevitable.