help! been knocked off in europe

If you've got any stuff in german you need help with i may be able to help as i used to live there.

Send me an email if you do...

Forks are expensive! mine aint bent, but the bottoms got scuffed.. they are about £200 each! so your looking at £400 for the bottom bits of the forks alone.. fairings are £178.. full exhaust is £500 - £600 if its only the silencer damaged.. cut it off, and put an aftermarket one on... save a few quid for yourself

Originally Posted by BigApe

Are you being serious here

Hmm, I could easily be wrong, I just like riding my SV and am not particularly knowledgeable about how bikes run. All I know is that my forks were twisted, and now they aren't.....

Originally Posted by wheelnut

If Zie Polizei have said riding it is verboten, than verboten it is!

They will expect you to have recovery insurance, or it will be recovered by a friend. If you try to repair it with 15 butch lederhosen clad stormtroopers, than also expect a tug at the next ausfahrt.

There are only 2 colours in Germany, Black and White. They do not have any grey areas when it comes to the law :P

i have discovered this, it has worked in my favour though. The police report says that the accident was the other drivers fault. I acutally quite like the german approach of no grey areas, it leaves the insurance companies with no where to go except payup which is nice.

a quick update

i am with ramdale insurance brokers not sure who is the cover is actually through though, they have offered my legal cover when i get back to the uk which is good but i think that i have to pay for the repairs and then claim

i though my aa cover covered me but i dosent check the small print guys!

the towing (about 20km) and storage is going to cost 423 euros which is heavy on the bank account

i have decided that the riding back option was about as clever as it sounded to start off with and i was going to get arrested at customs and probaly get the bike towed again.

my mate has got a pickup and i should be back in the next two days

and all that is now left to walk back to the hotel allong the 258 (anyone who has been to the ring should know this road) and watch all the people return home after there weekend at the ring

oh yeah cheers for all your help guys

[BillyC]

Originally Posted by Kate

All I know is that my forks were twisted, and now they aren't.....

Twisted forks, and bent forks, are two very different things

are twisted forks more difficult to fix

Originally Posted by BillyC

Twisted forks, and bent forks, are two very different things

Ok, have learnt that lesson now!

[BillyC]

Originally Posted by tomjones2

are twisted forks more difficult to fix

Twisted forks are the easier of the two. Releasing the lower yoke bolts will allow them move more freely, and help straighten them.

Bent forks, need to be removed from the bike, and machined back to straightness by someone who a) knows what they're doing and b) has the right equipment.

Originally Posted by BillyC

Bent forks, need to be removed from the bike, and machined back to straightness by someone who a) knows what they're doing and b) has the right equipment.

... an industrial 'press'. I have had to have this done