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I am sure that if you are clever, which I have noticed most of our forum members are, you will likely recall that I smushed my poor meanie into the pavement coming home from work a couple months ago.
So I got a payout from my insurance company to do my own repairs. This is what I have done to her so far. Replace broken parts with stock parts...heck naw.
So the stuff that you are seeing which is new includes...
fuel tank, progressive 440 shocks, mapam forward controls, xoprodox spiked grips, MBW rear turn signals, clear alternative smoked lenses, chrome control levers.
i am still waiting on the rear passenger footpegs & mounts, license plate holder and frame, mirror adapters for the mirrors I bought (the same mean looking black flame mirrors I had before...I just loved em!). Kinda leaning towards buying a tornado & PCIII, but that will start dipping into my pocket change at that point. Maybe over the winter.
So what have I got left to do...affix the mirrors, rear passenger footpegs, black out the control levers and forward controls (I hope.) Re-coat or buy new pipes, and buff out some nearly meaningless scratches on some random parts. Put on the license plate holder...and voila, she will be as good as new!
Fixing the bike itself was easy. The shocks were a piece of cake, same with the turn signals, lenses, forward controls, grips...most of it just explains itself without instructions necessary. Of course, I found myself sitting cross-legged on the garage floor with a rum & eggnog (feeling festive), letting those gears in my head turn to figure **** out.
Putting the fuel tank on was fun. I did not realize I needed to buy $100 worth of tank pads underneath...so I did what any good DIYer would...cut the old tank pads off
. After a slight fuel pump gasket-related issue that resulted in me getting a face and garage-full of gasoline all over me, she was purring like she used to.
Anyways, she has a few nicks, and is quite dirty, but here she is in all her glory...enjoy.
So I got a payout from my insurance company to do my own repairs. This is what I have done to her so far. Replace broken parts with stock parts...heck naw.
So the stuff that you are seeing which is new includes...
fuel tank, progressive 440 shocks, mapam forward controls, xoprodox spiked grips, MBW rear turn signals, clear alternative smoked lenses, chrome control levers.
i am still waiting on the rear passenger footpegs & mounts, license plate holder and frame, mirror adapters for the mirrors I bought (the same mean looking black flame mirrors I had before...I just loved em!). Kinda leaning towards buying a tornado & PCIII, but that will start dipping into my pocket change at that point. Maybe over the winter.
So what have I got left to do...affix the mirrors, rear passenger footpegs, black out the control levers and forward controls (I hope.) Re-coat or buy new pipes, and buff out some nearly meaningless scratches on some random parts. Put on the license plate holder...and voila, she will be as good as new!
Fixing the bike itself was easy. The shocks were a piece of cake, same with the turn signals, lenses, forward controls, grips...most of it just explains itself without instructions necessary. Of course, I found myself sitting cross-legged on the garage floor with a rum & eggnog (feeling festive), letting those gears in my head turn to figure **** out.
Putting the fuel tank on was fun. I did not realize I needed to buy $100 worth of tank pads underneath...so I did what any good DIYer would...cut the old tank pads off
Anyways, she has a few nicks, and is quite dirty, but here she is in all her glory...enjoy.



