paul the 6th down... but not out. Minor off :rolleyes:

[Paul the 6th]

Well, after 9 months of trouble free riding I managed to lose the front end whilst turning left off a main road. 30 seconds previous I'd thought "oh it's just started spitting, I'll get home now... only take a few mins"... then bosh, a bit of damp caught me out and I was sliding across the tarmac at about 15-20mph...

Picked myself up, looked for other traffic, checked myself and then attended to the bike. None of the major parts are damaged. All the usual stuff, left indicator, left bar end, left foot peg, left gear changer, and a massive gash on the pillion grab handle. Tank, forks, frame, engine, screen, rest of body work all totally damage free.

Hein Gericke leathers aren't even damaged, just a bit dusty. The gloves have a bit of wear on the knuckle armour. Boots fine, helmet didnt even touch the ground. Very lucky really...

now then, where do I get the spare bits from?

[Shellywoozle]

Sorry to hear about the off :( sounds like its minor stuff that can be bought, stick a post in the wanted part of the forum and check ebay out.

Main thing is you are OK !! :) bikes can be put back together

When I had my off loads of help on parts was offered.

[kwak zzr]

svspares, ebay, are the places to look also the for sale section on this loverly site stick a wanted ad in too :) sorry to hear about your off dude, mend quick and get back out there!

[Paul the 6th]

aye thats the main thing, not hurt at all - even when I went down i didnt feel anything (thanks to the armour:))...

best to learn from it and move on. Keep an eye out for me in the wanted section :) cheers guys

[glsuk1970]

Sorry to hear about your off but glad your alright.

[philbut]

aye thats the main thing, not hurt at all - even when I went down i didnt feel anything (thanks to the armour:))...



Glad to hear no damage to you! bike doesn't sound too bad either so I guess it could have been worse. still, bad luck man, hope you manage to find some cheap bits to get it sorted.

[yorkie_chris]

Glad there's no damage to you.

The bike will be cheap enough to put right, as others have mentioned, get on ebay, you can probably have it sorted by friday :-P

[Dangerous Dave]

At least you are alright, thats the main thing. Try the following, but search Ebay (http://www.ebay.co.uk) first for any bargains...

SV Spares (http://www.svspares.com/)

Wemoto (http://www.wemoto.com/)

Alpha Sports (http://www.alpha-sports.com/suzuki_parts.htm)

[Paul the 6th]

a friend of mine was around the corner and turned up to help if the bike wasn't rideable. he was kind enough to take some photos :rolleyes:

aye need to get it sorted now... thank god the weathers turd or I'd be really upset.

http://www.paulwilson.me.uk/godesign/DSC00443.jpg

http://www.paulwilson.me.uk/godesign/DSC00444.jpg

[Paul the 6th]

and cheers for the links dave, will be most useful

[mister c]

Glad to hear you are ok mucker. Lucily the bike didn't come off too badly either. Hope it's back on the road asap :)

[Dangerous Dave]

No probs, there are 4 Pointy Indicators (http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=SV650+indicator) on Ebay at the moment. Noticed them earlier whilst searching through it all!

Grab Handle (http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&dfsp=1&from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=SV650+grab+handle&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&a6=-24&a39=-24&a39702=-24&a10244=-24&alist=a6%2Ca42078%2Ca39%2Ca41%2Ca39702%2Ca10244&pfmode=1&reqtype=1&gcs=2364&pfid=3480&pf_query=SV650+grab+handle&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D3&sadis=200&fpos=SN15+4AP&sabfmts=1&ga10244=10425&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=1%26fsoo%3D1&coaction=compare&copagenum=1&coentrypage=search)

[Rhiwbina_Squirrel]

Glad to hear you're okay, mate. All the places for spares I can think of have all ready been mentioned - no need to repeat them! How'd you edit those photos and put the arrows on it, by the way?

[husky03]

bad news mate least your ok

[sv-robo]

Sorry to hear about your off but glad your alright.
+1

[Richie]

Glad to hear that your aokay, and bike has little damage, could have been a whole lot worse.

keep safe and get back on soonest.
Richie

[Paul the 6th]

Glad to hear you're okay, mate. All the places for spares I can think of have all ready been mentioned - no need to repeat them! How'd you edit those photos and put the arrows on it, by the way?

Photoshop :) need anything doing? (I'm still at work...)

[Warthog]

Now I hate to say it, but I love the photoshop skills! I think every bike accident should have that as a debrief haha. Anyway, glad it was only little. Everyone comes off once in a while, glad you are ok and and bike is certainly fixable!

[rob13]

Paul, do you take pillion? If not dont bother with a grab rail, just get a rear cowl and leave it off. You can easily move the bike around by holding onto the riders seat.

[MR UKI (1)]

Sorry to hear about your off, hope you get the bike sorted soon fella and at least your alright.

[Paul the 6th]

funnily enough the missus was kitted out with gear to go pillion jsut last month but she's only been on once and had a car crash her self, so it'll be a while before she gets on. I've got a cowl and spacer thingy for the time being anyway :) thanks for the advice though :)

[Dave The Rave]

glad you are ok mate.

[ThEGr33k]

Glad to hear your ok man! Gr33k shakes his fist at the weather!


left gear changer, I suppose this is apose to the right or the middle one :smt064

[sinbad]

This is the type of off, that if you HAD to have one, you'd want it like this one. I'm amazed the plastics and tank were unscathed. No R&Gs either.

Plus you're uninjured and your kit's okay. Result I'd say.

[simesb]

Gr33k shakes his fist at the weather!

You wanna shake it a bit harder mate? Forecast in Manchester is wet, wet, wet for the next week :fish:

[Paul the 6th]

This is the type of off, that if you HAD to have one, you'd want it like this one. I'm amazed the plastics and tank were unscathed. No R&Gs either.

Plus you're uninjured and your kit's okay. Result I'd say.

that thought has run through my mind about 12 times so far. No major damage to the bike, no damage at all to me or my kit. No one else involved. Low speed. Pretty much a perfect way of realising just how easy it is to come off.

Funny thing is, I've got the r&g's in the garage waiting to go on when me and luke fit the lower fairings.