Had a shitty start to my morning when I pulled the bike of the garage and put the kickstand down and started it. I have a manual door, so I went inside to pull it down and I hear the bike topple over. The bike was on a slight downward incline and it was on erroding cement, so the kick stand must have slipped.
So after a series of expletives I picked up the bike and rolled it in the garage. it fell forward and dig itself into some sandy gravelly shit, so I immediately checked the bike over and found:
a scraped and slightly broken left mirror, a frame slider scuffed up and covered in mud as it dug into the ground, Scratched and scraped upper fairing, cracked stator cover (now leaking oil), scuffed and scraped left tail fairing, and a scraped up gas tank cowl.
What should I do? Could I find enough used peices in the same color for under $850 or could the body work be fixed, repainted and decaled for the same price (including a new stator cover and mirror)
My other option is my insurance... which will work out to $850 deductable... assuming they don't write it off.
Any input would be appreciated.
So after a series of expletives I picked up the bike and rolled it in the garage. it fell forward and dig itself into some sandy gravelly shit, so I immediately checked the bike over and found:
a scraped and slightly broken left mirror, a frame slider scuffed up and covered in mud as it dug into the ground, Scratched and scraped upper fairing, cracked stator cover (now leaking oil), scuffed and scraped left tail fairing, and a scraped up gas tank cowl.
What should I do? Could I find enough used peices in the same color for under $850 or could the body work be fixed, repainted and decaled for the same price (including a new stator cover and mirror)
My other option is my insurance... which will work out to $850 deductable... assuming they don't write it off.
Any input would be appreciated.
