The sh*t hit the fan

[aff-man]

iell it happened. I went for a ride today with FF and was doing pretty well for myself untill the dreaded moment happened. We were going up the coromandel hill and totering along at a reasonable pace. Got to the top and thought hmmmm well i think i'll take it a bit easier to begin with. I managed to get to the third corner (a tight left hander) and one moment my front wheel was under me and then it was'nt. I managed to get to my feet in time to watch my bike come to a rest a little down the hill on the opposite side of the road. I still don't know what went wrong . Damage is what you can see in the pics + a bent handel bar (only slightly) a loose petrol tank, and somethink is wrong with the front because the front guard isn't straight. Luckily all my gear suffured was ripping up by the knee

[SPman]

Ah Bugger!
You managed to ride it home OK?

[Motoracer]

Ohhhh, Jhono bro... that sux about your bike and shit.

Glad that it wasn't worst than it was.

[aff-man]

nope had to wait 4 hours in coromandel for dad to come pick me up with trailer and then a 3 hour journey back

[Ms Piggy]

Great that you are ok ...pity about the bike, all those nasty scratches!!

[Holy Roller]

nope had to wait 4 hours in coromandel for dad to come pick me up with trailer and then a 3 hour journey back

What hurts most is knowing that ones pride and joy is bent and that it will cost to put it right. I'm glad UR OK though. That sitting around waiting 2B picked up is a real bummer ay. If you can ride home you feel a lot better.

[aff-man]

Cheers and now for damage control. I'll either see if there is any damage i'm not aware of that would write the bike off. If not i'll buy the essential parts but might end up making my own fibreglass fairings using the old ones as molds. There are a few holes in the fairing where the bolts pulled chunks out of it and was just wondering if i apoxyied the whole thing and sand it down, would that work. I know what the cost of replacing and painting the fairing is roughly and i don't really want to dwell on it.

[Motoracer]

The fairing looks O.K. My advise to you would be to look into plastic welding. Nothing puts plastic together better than Plastic welding. Unless your fairing is already a fiber glass one, then your buggered. After practicing plastic welding for a while on some other plastic bits, you can work on your fairing. After that use putty/body filler suitable for bonding with plastic. Once you have sanded it, use some more filler to fill any tiny gaps. Then resand the surface to a nice smooth finish and prime it.

[Wenier]

damn man sorry to hear that. Yea looks like it could be costly . Plastic welding a, i might have to try this one day.

[aff-man]

The fairing in question has been primed and fille and primed and filled again so it's pretty munted. As for plastic welding tried it once was crappy so i want to get a good job done

[James Deuce]

The fairing in question has been primed and fille and primed and filled again so it's pretty munted. As for plastic welding tried it once was crappy so i want to get a good job done

Try Just Fairings for some damn good replacement fairing panels.

http://www.justfairings.co.nz/

[aff-man]

Cheers but that is still looking like $575 for unpainted fairings which is quite a bit

[Coldkiwi]

well, look on the bright side man:
a) there are plenty of bits around for old ZXR 250s
b) you're not sporting any injuries

but i can't BELEIVE you binned my beautiful fairings!! boohoo! (just kidding. these things happen. so long as you learn from them its not so bad in the long term)

had anymore thoughts on what washed the front wheel out? are your front forks showing any signs of leakage?

[aff-man]

no which is weird FF might have a good opinion because he was behind me and so saw the whole thing but i have no idea. As for parts yes the newer ones but the 250a parts are getting a bit rare.

[Slim]

Give Gary at GP Trading a call or e-mail and see if he's got any plastic for a ZXR250 - a quick look at their site seems to indicate that they've recently dismantled 2.

Good luck.