Had an off :( - insurance job?

[Geodude]

Sorry to here about your off, hope your not aching to much today. Following your re build thread you know a good bit about your bike so i think you should fix it up yourself and if you get stuck then there's plenty on here who can help out.

[muzikill]

Im sore today, knee feels better. radiators not leaking and i noticed svspares sells them damaged exactly the same way so it must be a common damage point but not that serious. Maybe considering how much ive learned to do then bodywork repair could be the next thing.
The side with the gear selectors the left hand side?

Ive got a mirror to replace repair, dunno if i could glue it and it would hold against the wind, its a clean break at the clamp/swivel point on the fairing. replace the indicator. am thinking drilling a hole through the gear selector where the toe peg broke off and bolt and double nut it, i could post the fix to that for all to see. The fairings will be a learning thing on how to do it. issue would be the l/h fairing decal getting the old one off but it just a bit of light surface scoring around it and i might get away with some touch up work to cover it. The rear isnt too bad a bit of deep scores abot thumb sized area. Bit of filling sand prime paint. Dont know if the whole farings would need done and price wise. Focussing on this will take my mind off the pain though.

[Nobbylad]

Check local breakers yards. There's one by me that had an SV in,k5 radiator was good and they only wanted 50 notes for it (the rad).

[muzikill]

k3 sv so dont know what versions bikes the radiator will be the same.

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by muzikill

Ive got a mirror to replace repair, dunno if i could glue it and it would hold against the wind, its a clean break at the clamp/swivel point on the fairing. replace the indicator. am thinking drilling a hole through the gear selector where the toe peg broke off and bolt and double nut it, i could post the fix to that for all to see. The fairings will be a learning thing on how to do it. issue would be the l/h fairing decal getting the old one off but it just a bit of light surface scoring around it and i might get away with some touch up work to cover it. The rear isnt too bad a bit of deep scores abot thumb sized area. Bit of filling sand prime paint. Dont know if the whole farings would need done and price wise. Focussing on this will take my mind off the pain though.

I might have a mirror - but wont have time to check till in the week. I am pretty sure I do have an indicator

I repaired similar damage to my fairing and you cant tell, I repainted it satin black. The drill and bolt approach works well, tho you could get a Fixer-peg and do it that way - failing that, there is a guy on ebay that does replacement that would fold back if you went down on that side again for about £20

As for the rear plastics -it MAY be as cheap to replace with a new part than repair and respray.

If you can afford the bike being off the road for a couple of weeks, maybe its time for a colour change

[Bibio]

with the age of the bike and the damage the insurance company will write it off for sure. i would fix it myself as the parts second hand would come to what your excess is. plus your bike wont be registered as having been crashed.

the only pricey bit i can see is the radiator.

the only bits i have in the ''bin of doom'' that would help is a mirror.

[sev]

I have repaired my gearlever by drilling a piece of round ally bar and drilling and tapping the lever 8m and then screwed in a 8m stainless allen bolt. Did it six years ago and it is still on with no problems.

[yorkie_chris]

That's pretty much what the repair peg does, works fine.

[BIGSTEVE]

Not good to hear:/ hope the thumb and burns heal quick! Bike will mend easy.

[muzikill]

i' gonna cry with the amount of support you lot can give....

Gear - http://fixer-peg.co.uk/shop/article_...%26aid%3D11%26

I thought about how to fix the mirror, drill a hole in the middle each side of the broken parts, cut a nail down to size to the same depth of the holes in total. metal glue in the holes, place nail in and join together.

s'wat they do to pin bones eh?

so it would be a indicator to get it back on the road (probably.)