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bikeboy
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Joined: Oct 05, 2003
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Location: Lara, Victoria, Australia
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Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:48 am |
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I heard it happen, because I park right outside my office window. But when I saw her laying against a bluestone garden bed, I thought the worst. Fortunately it came to rest on the vavle cover, which had fractured and was leaking oil, but had stopped any damage to the tank. both blickers were busted too, but you expect that don't you
I had our son drop off a spare cover and some tools, and we fixed her up at lunch time. Total cost of repair: $10 petrol money for the lad.
It's handy having spares lying around.
Still can't believe ut was that windy!
cheers
ian |
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Pointdiver
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Joined: Aug 14, 2005
Posts: 3201
Location: Cape Cod, MA
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Mon Jul 20, 2009 11:50 am |
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Wow, valve cover taking the hit, thats a first for me.
Glad it turned out the way it did, not too bad. |
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AlaskaGriz
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Joined: Nov 04, 2005
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Location: Anchorage, Alaska
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Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:22 pm |
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Ahhh damn it!! I sure am glad that tank didn't get dinged and you were able to get a quick fix. I would just cry a river if I ever saw my bike laying on her side.
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spike
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Joined: Jul 20, 2006
Posts: 3445
Location: Holbrook Long Island New York
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Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:47 pm |
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Ian I feel your pain and know full well what it is like to see your bike on it's side. Glad to hear about the fast fix and that you are up and running again |
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70rsss
Black CB750F
Joined: Jul 16, 2008
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Location: Houston
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Mon Jul 20, 2009 3:48 pm |
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That SUCKS!! lucky it didn't get the tank. |
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TonyCR
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Joined: Apr 11, 2006
Posts: 1644
Location: costa rica, san jose
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Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:48 pm |
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well, you scared the hell out, i thought you were riding at the time, when i go to the farm from December to March, it gets really windy, you can see the cars moving all over the lane, i have seen small cars roll over, it's the 2 lane panamerican hyway, and it's way narrrow at some areas where makes it more dangerous. that`s when we have the dry season, and sometimes there are fires close to the road, so
it's windy, a lot of smoke and hot, i always worry about being blown to the incoming traffic. i don't do it a lot in the bike, because we always have to take something or bring something,
the area has a lot of wind mills, and it's suppose to be the second windiest area in the world, like 14 meters per second,
glad you fix the bike for a cheap price and that nothing happen to the tank, what are you going to do from now on? |
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djhurayt
Silver CB900F
Joined: Mar 28, 2006
Posts: 1123
Location: Taylors, SC
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Mon Jul 20, 2009 4:53 pm |
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I'm sure you did, but hope you reconstructed the cover to make sure no small fragments (that may still be sitting in the cam area) are missing. |
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bikeboy
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Joined: Oct 05, 2003
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Location: Lara, Victoria, Australia
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Mon Jul 20, 2009 10:37 pm |
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Ahhh damn it!! I sure am glad that tank didn't get dinged and you were able to get a quick fix. I would just cry a river if I ever saw my bike laying on her side.
Dave |
Yeah, I was a little 'concerned'. It landed on a ledge, but from my angle, looked like it was resting on the tank. A nice surprise to find it wedged on the valve cover.
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what are you going to do from now on? |
well, everyone's saying to use the centre stand but I'm not sure that would be any more stable? The wind blew (apparently) from the side stand side, picked it up over the centre of gravity, then dumped it. Not sure how a centre stand would help? It is even closer to the centre line of the bike? Parking on the leeward side may help, but the wind direction on the day was from directly behind, so I don't know
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I'm sure you did, but hope you reconstructed the cover to make sure no small fragments (that may still be sitting in the cam area) are missing. |
yeah, got 'em all. There was a couple of bits inside, but other than that, it was in tact until we pulled it off.
thanks guys
ian |
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firemun59
Red CB1100F
Joined: Sep 17, 2004
Posts: 4135
Location: Oshawa,Ontario,Canada
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Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:11 am |
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If I had to have my bike fall over on something it would be my mother in law ...... |
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cliffiec
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Joined: Mar 02, 2006
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Location: Central Maine
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Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:42 am |
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Plenty of cushion, eh?
Nice recovery Ian, I'd be out of commission for at least a week, waiting for parts. Ride safely, mate! |
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Outback_Jon
Red CB1100F
Joined: Sep 09, 2005
Posts: 9162
Location: Cairo, NY
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Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:32 am |
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bikeboy wrote: |
well, everyone's saying to use the centre stand but I'm not sure that would be any more stable? The wind blew (apparently) from the side stand side, picked it up over the centre of gravity, then dumped it. |
If there's enough wind to do that, the center stand wouldn't have helped. |
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genesound
Red CB1100F
Joined: Feb 20, 2006
Posts: 11926
Location: Studio City, California
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Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:05 am |
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bikeboy
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Joined: Oct 05, 2003
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Location: Lara, Victoria, Australia
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Tue Jul 21, 2009 11:01 am |
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genesound wrote: |
Wow, that's amazing Ian. All things considered, you probably got off as well as possible. |
yeah I got lucky I think. The replacement indicators I have aren't as good as the ones I was running, so it might spur me on to get some smaller replacement units. Anyone have any recommendations?
thanks guys
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