My new tyres were a waste of time.
 

talking to yorkie chris and dangerous dave this morn, well i went to scrub my tires in, and ended up scrubing my ar*e on the floor.

scubbed in my tires a bit, stated to rain a litle tiny bit so i took it easy. going round a roundabout the front slipped slide and it hit a curb, bent the forks and scratched the left hand pannel.

wasnt leaning much wasnt very fast thougt it shouldnve been safe guess not. had to take belly pan off aswell as font mudgurad to get it home as i was only couple miles away but with bent forks it was catching on the whee.

couple questions, is straightening the forks safe? got a feeling one it to bent to repair so maybe a new stanction.

and is it possible to oem paint?

pics to follow scott.

Re: my new tires were a waste of time
 

Sorry to hear about the off mate, any diesel about? How are you?

You can straighten the forks, depends how far they are bent to really say yes or no.

Yes you can get paint to match OEM, you can DIY or get a professional to do it.

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oo not good. Been a bit greasy last few days, not pleasant for scrubbing tyres. What tyres did you get?

edit... I feel rotten for saying this, but i'm not sure ya can blame it all on the tyre scrubbing

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He got Bridgestone BT-014's

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Sorry to hear this man , no matter what new tyres you have , they all have to be taken with great caution in weather like this . Even then , a bald patch or diesel can make life pretty heart stopping :( are you ok ?

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oh, read the other thread vaguely so figured it were storms

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14`s are a good tyre as well , I`m thinking that something on the roundabout caused this mishap . I was told to take it easy for 200 miles :shock: when I got my tyres 2 weeks ago . Done 900 miles on them since then though :D

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ye im not blaming it on the tires i know you have to watch it ive worn in many tires it was just a ocmbination as norm, dirty round bout new tires wet.

pics

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also you can see i wast lent over far from the wear on the tire. was an acci i just cant wait to get it bk on rd:)

ps im fine

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I reckon that Stantion is repairable , there was a thread on here a couple of weeks back where somebody had Stantions far worse than theat and they were repaired . What bike is it ?

Aaah it`s ok I can see it is a Curvy now :D