Showing off the great North Yorkshire Moors.

Started by Lonewolf, November 24, 2011, 09:47:06 PM

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Bondu

Mine ended up on it's side a couple of weeks ago (during our mini hurricane up here).

Riding in the high winds was exciting! Felt really stable given the conditions, but left in a car park for 5 minutes and over she went!

Smashed RH mirror, cracked infill panel, scratches on upper & lower fairings & scratched pannier (which had popped off), but no other damage, maybe a couple of fairing brackets slightly bent, all looks fine now I've replaced the mirror (I was quoted over £1000 for the scratched fairings & infill panel replacement.

Kwikasfuki

Quote from: Bondu on December 09, 2011, 10:58:57 AM
Mine ended up on it's side a couple of weeks ago (during our mini hurricane up here).

Riding in the high winds was exciting! Felt really stable given the conditions, but left in a car park for 5 minutes and over she went!



Did you have it parked on the centre stand or side stand? We had a mini tornado go through Manchester last week and the only bike that suffered was the one on the centre stand.
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Rusty

I am sorry .... " Mini Tornado " and is it  " Hurricane " ??..... these are not words we know down here in the soufffff .. please explain  ;D  8) 8) ;D

Bondu

Side stand, I was on my tod & initially worried about the weight, but she lifted OK (probably fuelled with the 'shit, I've hurt my baby' angst) :(

Rusty

Joking aside Bondu .... that is bad luck. I would hate that, like everyone else here to happen to my GTR. Many years ago I dropped my B Em after cleaning it and slipped from under my foot as I was putting it on the main stand ... the days before Internet and E bay ... cracked fairing and damage ... horrible  :-[

mecki

Looks like I better get some R&G Adventure bars than another xorst then for my Xmas present. :(
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Bondu

I'm kicking my own arse at the moment, I was going to go for the Top Block gear a while ago and decided to wait a while!

The mirror would still have been trashed, I guess.