I'm ok! But my bike's had better days.

[wanpo]

Had a nice little crash yesterday (my first naww)
Was heading towards a corner on ridge road, as I braked for it, the tail started sliding out and I was going sideways, by the time I had that undercontrol I was already on the other side of the road with no place to go except into the gravel pit. Stood up checked all my limbs were attached then got onto the real issue.

The damage to the bike; Missing mirror, indicator and broken clutch lever.

The clutch and indicators will be easy, will hopefully be in my hands within the next couple of days. Mirrors are horribly overpriced >.> Any shortcuts on that would be appreciated.

Any recommendations for things to do/check after a fall? I'm not too fussed about the fairing damage, but mechanically...

[firefighter]

Any recommendations for things to do/check after a fall?

Replace with aftermarket stuff. ie. mirrors, and Led flush mount indicators......(you have to buy one you may as well replace them both and tidy it up)

[Slyer]

You only need a single mirror to be legal. I'm sure you'll find some nicer ones than stock on the web as firefighter suggests.
Things to check are that the engine runs, no fuel tank leaks and check that the front forks are straight and properly aligned.

[The Stranger]

Was heading towards a corner on ridge road, as I braked for it, the tail started sliding out and I was going sideways, by the time I had that undercontrol I was already on the other side of the road with no place to go except into the gravel pit.

Any recommendations for things to do/check after a fall?

A RRRS course.

[hayd3n]

did you hit your helmet at all?

replace bits as needed
check those forks are straight
plenty of plastic welders around (find one that does a good job)

also you have to ask yourself what caused the crash in the first place?
to hot into the corner?
to hard on the brakes?
tyre shine on the tyres?
what tyre pressures were you running?
i recommended you do a ride right safety course!!!
helmets can be claimed on contents insurence

[woodyracer]

Get some decent tires "super corsa's" or similar..thats will help, i have a box of spares for a 2010 hyosung in my garage..but im not sure if i want to part with them...

[Hiflyer]

If you want a standard hyosung mirror, and dont want to pay $120 for one, go to queen street motorcycles, it's next to real groovey, they'll get you one for cheap.

[wanpo]

I've discussed what happened and what I could have done to a vetern biker at work (been riding ~20 years and used to race) He mentioned there wasn't a lot I could have done, and most likely took the path of least damage (to both myself and the bike.)

There's a silver lining to this cloud though; When my clutch lever was snapped, I was still riding, when I engaged it, I would only get about 50% clutch though, so it forced me to match revs to road speed, new clutch lever on and still doing it.

I think that may have been what caused the accident, going towards the corner, braked and changed down a gear without matching roadspeed, locked the rear wheel and started going sideways. I noticed that I may have a subconcious fear with left high speed turns now, as I was going around an onramp that I knew I could take without braking (and did) but I sure as hell wanted to.

Will check out Queen Street cycles cheers.
so far:
Clutch lever replaced ($45 ouch)
Aftermarket indicators on their way (~$40)
Searching for a mirror (kinda gagged a little bit when the shop said they go for $100+ for the single) Found out CBR600RR mirrors also fit natively, so that could be an option.
Will eventually get the panels removed, sanded, repaired and pass them on to my sister to do a custom paint job on.

[crazyhorse]

Get some decent tires "super corsa's" or similar..thats will help, i have a box of spares for a 2010 hyosung in my garage..but im not sure if i want to part with them...

When you don't ride a hyosung, and have parts, why would you not part with them, or why would you tell people you do have them also, when you don't want to part with them........... :confused:

[The Pastor]

I've discussed what happened and what I could have done to a vetern biker at work (been riding ~20 years and used to race) He mentioned there wasn't a lot I could have done, and most likely took the path of least damage (to both myself and the bike.)

There's a silver lining to this cloud though; When my clutch lever was snapped, I was still riding, when I engaged it, I would only get about 50% clutch though, so it forced me to match revs to road speed, new clutch lever on and still doing it.

I think that may have been what caused the accident, going towards the corner, braked and changed down a gear without matching roadspeed, locked the rear wheel and started going sideways. I noticed that I may have a subconcious fear with left high speed turns now, as I was going around an onramp that I knew I could take without braking (and did) but I sure as hell wanted to.

Will check out Queen Street cycles cheers.
so far:
Clutch lever replaced ($45 ouch)
Aftermarket indicators on their way (~$40)
Searching for a mirror (kinda gagged a little bit when the shop said they go for $100+ for the single) Found out CBR600RR mirrors also fit natively, so that could be an option.
Will eventually get the panels removed, sanded, repaired and pass them on to my sister to do a custom paint job on.

you only need 1 mirror for a wof

[sinfull]

so it forced me to match revs to road speed, new clutch lever on and still doing it.

I think that may have been what caused the accident, going towards the corner, braked and changed down a gear without matching roadspeed, locked the rear wheel and started going sideways. I noticed that I may have a subconcious fear with left high speed turns now, as I was going around an onramp that I knew I could take without braking (and did) but I sure as hell wanted to.

. Sounds like you got it pretty much sussed as to what happened !
Like to add a couple more points for food for thought,
Do you still have the original shinko tyres on ? Crap tyres with sweet FA traction under duress !
The other thing is, you were probably applying the rear brake while you changed down without matching the revs ? Would have helped lock the rear !
Thirdly your front spring rate may not be sutible for your weight and caused the front to dive, removing all wieght off the rear ! Not sure what suspension settings the Hyo has (heard it's pretty basic) but if there are any rebound adjustment in the rear, i suggest a little more rebound to force the rear down faster as you dive forward (correct front spring for the front rate helps also) !

Has any one (yourself) had a look to see if you have the correct sag going on in your suspension ?
This site is a good one for step by step setting of sags and rebound/compression (if you have em)
http://www.gostar-racing.com/club/How_I_set_up_my_motorbike.pdf

[sapperj]

Has any one (yourself) had a look to see if you have the correct sag going on in your suspension ?
This site is a good one for step by step setting of sags and rebound/compression (if you have em)
http://www.gostar-racing.com/club/How_I_set_up_my_motorbike.pdf

Might have to look into what aftermarkety springs and stuff are available for the Hyo front end... Any Idea what weight oil to try?

Jas

[sinfull]

Might have to look into what aftermarkety springs and stuff are available for the Hyo front end... Any Idea what weight oil to try?

Jas
Hate to sugest anything ! kepping in mind oil wieght is only any good if you have the valving to controll the flow, you might up the oil wieght and make it worse !

You could spend thousands on the suspension on your bike and then what sell it for what you paid, if you planed on keeping it and racing it yeah but if not, i'd move the seat to the middle put six bends on it to keep ya wieght off the front and ride out ya restricted ! Putting it on trade me before ya run up to many K's might work too lol, the trade off you end up with riding a larger bike getting tickets ie; fines, may end up being less than the money you'd lose on holding the bike for another 9 months commute !

Plenty of 250's out there to sit ya full on !

[vindy500]

I could be interested in buying your right mirror if you buy a new set?

[Autech]

Attention HYO riders!

Hyosung front forks are known to be under full from factory, instead of having the recomended 400cc of fork oil in them, they have been known to have much less, mine had 300cc in one and 350 in the other. Take em off, drain em and full em up with some good fork oil (i used 7.5w motul). Problem solved!
I was having all kinds of issues with mine, front was diving under brakes, wobbling around high speed corners etc...

Hard luck mate, these bikes certainly lock up if you don't match em well, good luck with the repairs

[Jonno.]

I've discussed what happened and what I could have done to a vetern biker at work (been riding ~20 years and used to race) He mentioned there wasn't a lot I could have done, and most likely took the path of least damage (to both myself and the bike.)

There's a silver lining to this cloud though; When my clutch lever was snapped, I was still riding, when I engaged it, I would only get about 50% clutch though, so it forced me to match revs to road speed, new clutch lever on and still doing it.

I think that may have been what caused the accident, going towards the corner, braked and changed down a gear without matching roadspeed, locked the rear wheel and started going sideways. I noticed that I may have a subconcious fear with left high speed turns now, as I was going around an onramp that I knew I could take without braking (and did) but I sure as hell wanted to.
You say there was nothing you could have done yet put all of the blame on your technique.

[wanpo]

You say there was nothing you could have done yet put all of the blame on your technique.

I could have prevented it with better technique, but as it happened, once it the rear wheel started drifting out, there wasn't a lot I could do.