Well it was pretty, Bike fell apart on me

[Stinger02]

I was riding today on hwy 40 over to a friends house, its a long semi twisty road. The bike was running great. Was headed from Hammond to Covington. Was almost there when I felt a thud then a scraping sounds, I got scared but maintained control, lightly braked and came to a stop on the side of the road. Tried to put the kickstand down but the lower fairing was pushing against it, pushed it in and then pulled the kick stand off. Get off the bike and i see this



Some how ALL four bolts of my fender came over, the fender fell off, I rolled over it and it threw it up against the lower fairing, the wheel, and the ground. It tore the fender up pretty bad, possibly cracked the lower fairing, I havent really examined the damage yet because i was so ****ed.



Thanks jess for showing up to help me pick up pieces and follow me back




Ugh!

[JokerZwild]

AAAWWWW man that sux! Glad it wasnt worse tho. Coulda lodged up and locked up that front tire on ya! Glad your ok! The bike can be fixed.

[uno]

Like Joker said, it sucks, but it could have been much worse. Glad you made it through :

[Psycho1]

At least it didn't lock up with the tire on top of it like a ski. That would have been like trying to brake on black ice lol

[mreedohio]

it will be ok man, i've had almost the same thing happen to me but my fender shattered into a thousand pieces.

[chris216]

That sux man. One thing I learned early is a lil gasket sealer on screws is your friend

[curseboy]

Loctite is your friend

[H-2 CHARLIE]

you got to pre - inspect your machine every now and then ...its time well spent ....love

[DreKat]

the fender can be raplaced but think on the bright side that you are ok and now you can mod the fender into something cool

[FASHER]

I gotta agree with Dre on this one....

[shodog]

I think this is common. When I replaced the fairings on my Kat I noticed one of those bolts missing and all the others were about hand tight.

[katman05]

you got to pre - inspect your machine every now and then ...its time well spent ....love

+1

I think they call it the bulldozer mod? Glad to hear only your fender got hurt. Could have been alot worse.

[LAsunbird86]

your bike wants to be naked!!! Its undressing itself!!

Seriously though, glad youre ok, and no real problems came from it.

[Stinger02]

lol yeah guys yall are right it could have been a lot worse. Im lucky. I will invest in some loctite as soon as i get some new parts. Just cant believe all 4 bolts fell out. Crazy stuff

[JokerZwild]

chit happens, lesson learned.