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07-02-07, 10:59 AM

Just my luck really. I'd gone almost two years without so much as a wiggle on the SV. I traded her in on Friday for a GSX-R600K1, pretty much mint. I pulled out of a junction this morning turning right and the back wheel lost traction as it went over the white line in the middle of the road. The back end swung left, then right before going down. It felt like I was wobbling for ages, but I knew there was nothing I could do to save it. I was fine thanks to my AGV, and the bike is only cosmetically damaged. Cracks to the L/H fairings, the gear pedal is missing, the footrest is bent and the indicators are mangled. At least it went down on the side that already had a couple of scratches. I thought I had a leak but it was just the coolant overflow luckily. I'm not worried about the fairings just yet, and I was going to change the indicators anyway. Just the footrest I need replacing before I can ride it again.

So that's NSR - 2 months first spill, SV - 20 months no spills, GSXR - 5 days second spill.

07-02-07, 10:59 AM	#1
Fuzz Guest Posts: n/a	Another rider down... Just my luck really. I'd gone almost two years without so much as a wiggle on the SV. I traded her in on Friday for a GSX-R600K1, pretty much mint. I pulled out of a junction this morning turning right and the back wheel lost traction as it went over the white line in the middle of the road. The back end swung left, then right before going down. It felt like I was wobbling for ages, but I knew there was nothing I could do to save it. I was fine thanks to my AGV, and the bike is only cosmetically damaged. Cracks to the L/H fairings, the gear pedal is missing, the footrest is bent and the indicators are mangled. At least it went down on the side that already had a couple of scratches. I thought I had a leak but it was just the coolant overflow luckily. I'm not worried about the fairings just yet, and I was going to change the indicators anyway. Just the footrest I need replacing before I can ride it again. So that's NSR - 2 months first spill, SV - 20 months no spills, GSXR - 5 days second spill.