[KatanaSoldier]

I have been using my center stand more and more lately with how hot the pavement has been getting!
Sorry about your bike bro.

[rowdy1]

I dropped mine twice when I first got it. I feel your pain. The damage to mine was not nearly as bad as your though. Sorry to hear about that. I hope for a quick recovery.

[Mojoe]

My left fairing is cracked completely through. It starts from the bottom and goes about half way up, and on other parts of it, it is scratched to the black part of the plastic. Should I just buy a new left fairing, or have this one fixed? Which would be better/cheaper?

cheaper would definately be repair, if you can do it yourself. I just repaired a 20yr old one cuz I couldn't find a replacement. Total cost was $25 for a 2-part epoxy for repairing bumpers on cars, and about $2-3 worth of bondo. I had no choice to use bondo. It wasn't just a crack......it was a "smash" with about 7-8 cracks heading out from it. it came out really good and you would never know it had bondo......that is unless you look at the backside and see the 30 or so 1/8 holes with little spike of bondo sticking out. I did that to give something for it to grip to.

anyway....depending on your abilities, you can repair for well under $100.
However, if you can find a good fairing for no more than $150 that is perfect and nothing to do on it.....then go with that to save the trouble.
Don't buy a fairing that you have to repaint. If you have to repaint, you might as well give fixing yours a try.

[Enforcer]

My left fairing is cracked completely through. It starts from the bottom and goes about half way up, and on other parts of it, it is scratched to the black part of the plastic. Should I just buy a new left fairing, or have this one fixed? Which would be better/cheaper?

cheaper would definately be repair, if you can do it yourself. I just repaired a 20yr old one cuz I couldn't find a replacement. Total cost was $25 for a 2-part epoxy for repairing bumpers on cars, and about $2-3 worth of bondo. I had no choice to use bondo. It wasn't just a crack......it was a "smash" with about 7-8 cracks heading out from it. it came out really good and you would never know it had bondo......that is unless you look at the backside and see the 30 or so 1/8 holes with little spike of bondo sticking out. I did that to give something for it to grip to.

anyway....depending on your abilities, you can repair for well under $100.
However, if you can find a good fairing for no more than $150 that is perfect and nothing to do on it.....then go with that to save the trouble.
Don't buy a fairing that you have to repaint. If you have to repaint, you might as well give fixing yours a try.

I found a brand new upper fairing for $135, but it is unpainted. How much would you guess painting would be? Just wondering because I have NEVER used bondo, or done any bodywork.

[KatanaSoldier]

If you get the paint yourself, much cheaper. Go to colorrite.com and you can get the perfect match paint. Then a quick prep and spray from a body shop should be reasonable. If you know anyone who has half decent painting skills too you could save even more.

[md86]

For future referance ...
When a bike falls , the gas from the carbs usually makes it's way into the engine . Goota put it on prime for a bit to refill them . If it doesn't wanna start , try it with alot of throttle . Sometimes that helps if you got gas on the plugs . You MAY have to change them to get it running again , but in my experiance , not usually . You'll PROBABLY wanna change you oil soon , too .

[tory]

i guess the real question here is, did u leave the bike in neutral when you parked it? if you left it in first, then i'd say maybe someone was messing w/it, or trying to steal it, and threw it on it's side when unsucessful, or dropped it by accident and ran off. if you left it in neutral then it prolly just sunk a lil' rolled and fell over. get a soda can and stomp it, those usually work pretty well from what i've been told.

[slayergsxf1]

'Always park in first gear and put a puck under the kick.....it works.....

[Enforcer]

Thanks for all your suggestions. I have put them all to use!

[Flip]

My guess is that it just rolled. The only time i park in neutral is in my garage,