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So I am feeling pretty bummed right now. Just bought my first motorcycle last week. 2004 Buell XB12s. Absolutely love it. Today on my way home from work I got caught up in some rain and was doing fine until the final turn into my subdivision the rear wheel kicked out and I laid it down on the left side. Luckily I am fine just a few scrapes and pretty sore. The bike wasn't as lucky.
Below are the pics. There is a dent and scrape on the frame, broken turn signal and then I broke off the shifter and cracked the primary cover. All of the fluid leaked out of the primary.
How bad does it look? Also, how do i get it back into neutral? Do you think I just need to replace the primary cover and the shifter and I should be ok? Would anything be messed up internally?
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(Photobucket sucks, use a different photo hosting site, maybe google+ or w/e?)
I don't see any pictures!
Paint the frame some, stick some frame pucks over the dent. Replace the primary cover and broken shifter parts.
Sorry to hear that and that sucks. Totally put frame pucks on
How fast were you riding in the turn?
That sucks, but i cant for the life of me figure why people don't put frame pucks on these things.
oh its not that bad man.. just start looking for a new primary cover or figure out a way to repair the one you have.. bondo the frame and sand it back into decent shape, spray some factory touch up paint and some frame pucks and youre good to go. don't bum out over it or fixate on it.. just do it once piece at a time until its all done.
welcome to the club... good to hear that you are ok. The frame just paint and put a frame protection bug on it. The primary I believe need to be replaced.
Thanks everyone. Its frustrating but I know it happens to most new riders at some point.
I was going 10-15mph. I lost traction coming out of the turn. I actually just drove by the spot and it looks like there is some gravel/debris in the road so I am guessing I hit a spot of it. I have Pilot 2CT tires so they may not have been the best for wet conditions.
The Pazzo folding levers I put on a few days ago worked just as intended.
I am going to order a new shifter and primary cover from American Sportbike. I also see the frame pucks ill pick up.
Besides the frame pucks I saw a whole slider set from TRex or a Stunt cage type cross bar from Race Rails. Any of these protects worth it?
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