i have a problem (of sorts) (warning big images)

Wow! Hopkins Style!

Have you got a hugger? I thought I was a hero the other day, but I recently fitted new tyres, so they run a bit closer to the hugger. Stones seem to love getting caught in there!

Long shot I know.

[northwind]

I'd bet you money that the mark on the bung was caused by a stationary or very low speed drop... For one thing, those look like the new R&Gs, they bend when they hit the ground if the bike's moving

Have you checked your toe sliders?

Is this a feckin wind up? Scraped the bungs?

BTW - you can get as many friends as you want to lay the bike on its side - makes feck all difference without a rider on board.

no wind up, i wear trainers so cant be toe sliders( getting boots soon couldn't really afford them to start with) and i keep my knee tucked into bike as only wear draggin jeans and after making contact with the ground once with them don't want to do it again. I am completely baffled by this as i said i knew it wasn't there before cadwell and while i have been around it it hasn't dropped sorry if it seems it is a windup, i promise its not, just cant get my head around what it was. oh and BTW i have no rear hugger.

Originally Posted by ad53ggz

oh and BTW i have no rear hugger.

Do you have a front mud guard thingy - forget what they're called. I have one the kwak and it traps stones and stuff which can sometimes sound like something scraping.

Do you have a front mud guard thingy

yes got one, hopefully it was that then.

[Biker Biggles]

You have been visited by the tarmac fairy.
It's a bit like being"taken up" by aliens in that it defies all logic and explanation.You need to have been there to understand or to have seen a few too many Monty Python films.

you still have some chicken strip on the rear which means nothing could have been touching you have to go right over to the edge of the tyre to get the pegs, brake, gear selector down. you prob just ran over some form of metal on the road....

Trust me, having raced SV650's for 4 seasons i have not yet scraped my crash bungs...apart from during a tarmac excursion. It isnt possible.

More than likely is something on the road got picked up by the front wheel and then scraped under the front mudgaurd and back out again. Have had this happen a few times.

You can see from this picture of me leaning the bike over during a fast corner that the crash bung is a long way off getting near the floor!.

thanks all for your help i was hoping it was something stupid, and it was!! thanks.