Another one bites the dust... (now with piccies)

Got the bike back so here's the damage...


A lovely hole in the engine case ( not as bad as I first thought, but not good) and the 're-profiled downpipe probably isn't helping gas flow.


New design R+G's not as good as the old style ones. Leading to...


...bent and leaking rad.








Various damage: the bar ends did well, the throttle still turns freely and both levers snapped at the weak point. There's marks to the engine case, frame, tank and forks as well as dings and scrapes to the body work so pretty sure it will be written off but I guess it depends who's paying for it.


HG pants did well against a Mondeo but will need to be retired now. Boots show no sign of damage, does anyone know if the armour degrades after impact like body armour does?

Omg!!
Looking at your pics has made me realise how seriously lucky i am and how lightly damaged my sv is!

You already sorted repairs? I've got some SV spares I don't think i'll need now.

WOW!! I've had some pretty hard hits before but I've never been unlucky enough to do that sort of damage! First time I've ever seen someone punch a hole in the thing! Glad you're OK and the hole is in the bike and not you

Goodluck with all the coming sorting out and mending

Originally Posted by PsychoCannon

WOW!! I've had some pretty hard hits before but I've never been unlucky enough to do that sort of damage! First time I've ever seen someone punch a hole in the thing! Glad you're OK and the hole is in the bike and not you

Goodluck with all the coming sorting out and mending

To be fair to the SV it took a fair old chunk out of the kerb and out of Mondeo man's bumper.

[northwind]

That lovely Arata As much as I'd like to mock the R&Gs, that must have been a hell of a hit, dead rare to hole an SV engine. Some punches you can't ride out... Almost certainly going to be a write-off, that, high risk of contamination in the engine (even if the main case is intact, which I think it's maybe not).

Originally Posted by andyaikido

You already sorted repairs? I've got some SV spares I don't think i'll need now.

not yet, and mines a curvy.

Jeez dude, that was a sweet looking bike too (for a pointy ).

Good to hear your not too worse off for wear - but, erm...

... well, I hope it gets sorted before July.


After all, you're not going to improve your lap time round the Nurburgring by tackling it on foot y'know!

Originally Posted by K

Jeez dude, that was a sweet looking bike too (for a pointy ).

Good to hear your not too worse off for wear - but, erm...

... well, I hope it gets sorted before July.


After all, you're not going to improve your lap time round the Nurburgring by tackling it on foot y'know!

Hoping to be on something by then but insurance claims are hardly speedy, are they?

If comes down to it i'll have to go round in the coach with the old dears.

Originally Posted by andyaikido

If comes down to it i'll have to go round in the coach with the old dears.

Hey, you could always take up Neil's offer of a couple of laps as his pillion passenger!

We could strap you on facing back-to-front and you could video the rest of us following on.