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Originally Posted by JoHo22
Your pun made me wonder though. "Keep the shiny side up" is great logic, but is there a way to rotate my right muffler? Like turn the scraped side towards the bike. I'm at work right now and don't have lunch for another few hours. Just was curious.
I still think the handlebars are off center. I might take it to berts to have them look at it. Would this be an easy fix? If I just get the appropriate socket (looks like an over sized 8 sided one will do the trick) would I be able to do this myself?
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Very much doubt it, the muffler hangers etc, would all be welded to the pipe, plus there's probably a specific bend to the pipe that lines up with the header.
As for the handlebars, just try holding the front wheel with your legs/knees and giving the bars a good yank, just like you used to do with your bicycle. If they won't move, you may have to loosen the bolts on the triple trees a bit to allow you to straighten the bars. Then torque the bolts back down once the bars are straight.
Don't beat yourself up for dropping your bike, I just dropped my new bike as well and I don't even have gravel to blame, just my own stupidity. I will beat up on you for not wearing your jacket though, just buy a cable lock, one of those long thin aircraft cable jobs that you thread through the sleeves, then lock your jacket to your bike. There's a million excuses why NOT to wear your gear, but only one really good reason TO wear it and you just found that out, crashing and bleeding sucks.
Good luck, hope you get it sorted, you basically have cosmetic damage to your bike and it could have been a lot worse.