Fecking wind

[farquare]

Just got home from work to find my bike pretty much upside down. Damage so far,

Tank bashed in
Clock console smashed
Bent handlebars
Wont start (ignition, lights but nothing...)

I am now officially in a bad mood.
Dont even know where to start, i've had this thing 3 years and until this year its never been blown over or dropped. In the last 3 months its been blown over 3 times.......

Gutted

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That's crap mate, sorry to hear that, it's happened to many bikes over the years I'd imagine.
Wind was really strong here today, glad I wasnt riding mine today.

[Bluepete]

That's not good! I've been out to mine and cleared away around it, took the top box off and strapped it down.

My SV was damaged in an earthquake when our trailer fell onto it. Dented the tank to some tune!

Pete

[farquare]

Okay, bit of perspective this morning.
My plan of attack is;
1. Try to bend the bars back into shape
2. Buy new rear cover for speedo/tacho (are these available)?
3. Try to get it started, will be checking all wiring connections - are there any obvious culprits to check for?
4. Worry about the tank last, can you pull dents out the tank? Never had to do this before but i'm guessing a self tapper and a slide hammmer would give me some fuel leaking issues!!!!

I'll get some piccies up later and would appreciate any tips or advice for getting this thing back in shape.
Would be less annoyed if I had binned it but just so annoyed the wind can cause so much damage...

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[andrewsmith]

Is it a pointy or curvy?
Are the bars clip on's or straight bars?

Do all the connections, give them a cleans with a emery file and spray them ACF50. The obvious ones will be the switch-gear connections

when my pointy fell over the clutch wiring clip had been bumped off the connection to the clutch lever (if thats even the correct terminology!! ) and had lights etc but wouldnt start - reconnected the wiring and hey presto just a suggestion.. may help..

I rode to work yesterday afternoon and home about 10.30pm. Ripponden to huddersfield via Outlane( if you know the area you know it snows in outlane in august lol). Possibly windiest/wettest conditions I have ever ridden in! Then got a mouthful of my wife for being so stupid! lol

[farquare]

Thanks folks, these are exactly the kinds of things i'm going to check.

Its a 'w' plate curvy,
Aftermarket straight bars,
Chrome 'fronts' on the clocks

Suspected either side stand switch, clutch switch or starter motor connections.

This bike always starts, so i'm sure it's just a temporary issue.

Will need to devise a way of strapping this down so it doesnt happen again, what do you all do (if anything)?

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[farquare]

right, basically the bike has fallen over onto the nearside. The way it has landed the bars and the clutch switchgear have dented the tank and bent the bars slightly on that side.

Bigger problem is that the bike fell off a kerb and onto the car park level (normal kerb height) but because the front wheel was chained to a lapmpost the bike was lying at an inverted angle for most of the day. When i got home I tried to start it - with no joy, so i put the cover on it and moved it to a more sheltered spot. In addition there was about 1/2 cup of oil leaking from the bike that i assumed was coming from a breather....

Fast forward to this evening, the clutch lever was not fully engaging so the starter wouldn't fire. After re-adjusting the starter fired but wouldnt turnover, i.e. it was trying but doing nothing, almost like the battery was flat.
I decided to strip the bike down a bit to investigate further - so tank up, battery out, airbox out then BOOM - the front carb was full of oil.....
I tried to syphon as much as i could out of the carb but there is the little plastic cover meaning you cant get down into the cylinder. I ended up taking the front plug out and firing the starter over to blow most of the oil out.
I did not take the rear plug out and check for oil there and when i put the front plug back in the battery died.

Question before i spend any more time on it is does the starter have enough grunt to bend rods in a hydrolocked cylinder.......

[punyXpress]

Bad news:
" Chrome 'fronts' on the clocks "
£57.09 & £ 63.49 for speedo & tacho respectively!
Don't shoot the messenger!