0mph drop - Whit a fud

Trumpetdude · Post by **Trumpetdude** » Thu Jun 12, 2014 11:32 pm

Pulling away, at full right lock (I know), adverse camber and not enough beans. Two wheels up in the air... Luckily had the bike upright before anybody let on that they had noticed. It looks like just a bit of scuffing to the contact points that hit the deck.

It's got the lower cylinder protection, (but managed to roll right over these due to the camber) just wondering if there's anything else to look out for. Rode about 20 miles afterwards with no noticeable issues, are these pretty solid engines when it comes to taking a knock?

..and while I'm at it, any recommendations on paint / touching up the heads? Ta!

tanneman · Post by **tanneman** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 6:37 am

Nah, these machines crash really well. Usually in such a situation it can scuff the rear under seat panel and break the indicator. Look at the bar end and brake lever for scuffs. The rear foot pegs takes a bit of a hit sometimes but a fair bit of force is needed to bend the support or foot peg hanger. It is a difficult thing to match the paint with that engine. I usually just get a new rocker cover for the pricey sum of about £120. The spark plug cover sometimes split in such drops so another fiver and the rocker cover protector can break near the mountings which costs about £40. Don't ask me how I know all these things. If you are going to replace the rocker cover and it is a twin spark engine please send the damaged one over to me. I'll recycle it

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Trumpetdude · Post by **Trumpetdude** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 8:29 am

Nice one. Glad to to know there's a degree of idiot proof built into these bikes

slparry · Post by **slparry** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 9:38 am

Hammerite Smooth - silver is a pretty decent match for the oem engine colour

dave1100s · Post by **dave1100s** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 10:32 am

tanneman wrote: I usually just get a new rocker cover for the pricey sum of about £120

Usually

Trumpetdude · Post by **Trumpetdude** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 12:12 pm

Hammerite smooth, cool. I think I did read that somewhere else, I buy a tin and wait until the end of the summer (just in case!) before doing any touch ups...

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 1:01 pm

It's always worth checking the top welded-on mounting lug where the rear sub-frame is bolted to the main frame. It's not unknown for this to snap when the bike takes a tumble. It's true though, these bikes do crash quite well.

Fw190 · Post by **Fw190** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 4:46 pm

hope all is well, Hammerite smooth perfect match, even thinking of painting mine black to match the rest of the motor come the winter...

Droptarotter · Post by **Droptarotter** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 6:28 pm

Your not alone!

I did something similar when I coasted down my grassy yard, onto my driveway, hit the brakes and proceeded to tip over my HP2.
A few nicks on the rocker, but I saved most of the bike with my elbow.

I was lucky......it was 1am and not a soul around.

Cheers

Trumpetdude · Post by **Trumpetdude** » Fri Jun 13, 2014 7:00 pm

Aye, never stop learning eh? So do these boxers need a bit more measured throttle and clutch control from a standing start? Almost stall it a couple of times now.

dave the german · Post by **dave the german** » Sat Jun 14, 2014 3:33 pm

Happened to me a couple of times - and a couple of times I've caught it and managed to give it a bit more throttle - now it's just something I watch for