 26-Jan-2006, 02:07 | #1 |
| Registered Forum User 500SD Bikes: ST4S  Posts: 649 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Noda, Japan Black Ice Found myself in an inescapable situation the other night. Picked the right hand side of the two little ruts open between some remaining snow near the entrance of an underpass and ended up on ice that had formed at the end of this funnel (left hand rut was ice free!). Knew I was in trouble before hitting the ice so speed was scrubbed off considerably. Still, I got on top of some really rough ice and just felt the whole bike start to slide out to the right. Foot out in good enduro style was not very effective as my boot just slid along as well. So, bike goes down in slow motion and comes to a stop with all systems running (me and the bike) but a noticeable crak in the bottom fairing, a loose mirror and a left turn signal that worked intermittently. Got home and checked the damage to find that the turn signal lens was busted and the area was filled with ice. Pulled all that out and turn signal worked fine. Now the major question i have is can the turn signal lens be replaced without having to replace the whole headlight fairing on an STS4????? Sure hope some of you have an alternative (out side of clear tape LOL) to replacing what seems to be a very expensive part..  | |
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