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[748adam]

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

[Fordie]

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

[zhed44]

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.

[748IOM]

Sorry to hear about your off. I can sympathise as I crashed my Hornet 900 at 55mph in the wet. Lost the front and went sliding down the road.

Ached for days and nice purple bruising fromt he left elbow down.

Anyway back to what I was going to say, are you sure you didn't miss a gear? From your description of the slipper clutch it doesn't sound right.

My 748r always had tremendous engine braking, I was expecting you to say you lost it on the throttle not off it, as mine was very agressive on the throttle.

Hope you and the bike get fixed soon.

Rich

[duc daz]

well my friend it could have been worse...You can replace your bike not so yourself.ALL THE BEST

[zhed44]

Originally Posted by 748IOM

Anyway back to what I was going to say, are you sure you didn't miss a gear? From your description of the slipper clutch it doesn't sound right.

My 748r always had tremendous engine braking, I was expecting you to say you lost it on the throttle not off it, as mine was very agressive on the throttle.

Yes, sort of. As I alluded to in the orginal description of the accident, the rearsets were not adjusted correctly. The gear lever was miles out and it made gear changing really awkward with the result that I went into the bend a gear higher than I should have.

DAMAGE UPDATE FROM MD (In addition to the damage already noted in my other posts)

Frame true and undamaged. Phew!

Ohlins forks true and undamaged apart from one caliper carrier on the fork bottom being slightly bent (can be remedied with a spacer). Phew!

Warped disc (1.2mm out - may have pre-exisited the accident)

Front wheel spindle bent.

Front wheel trueness to be assessed.

[skidlids]

Originally Posted by zhed44

Front wheel spindle bent.

Nothing unusual there

[748adam]

the disc can be straightend aswell, all you need is a dti guage and something to spin the disk on (best to keep it on the wheel), (im assuming you have done this as you know how far out the disk is, then gently tap it with a RUBBER hammer, and it should slowly come back true, i have dont this many times with absolutly no problems, just check the carrier isn't cracked BEFORE the use of the hammer but this is very rare.

Adam