I killed my babie

[SVboy]

Hey SS, glad you are ok, thats number one. Shame about the bike. Gimme a call, and I will tell what little I know about SV 1000s. I think that would be a good choice, but quite a different beast to the VFR.

[SpeedyGirl]

Glad to hear that you are ok babe, will pop in and say hi soon

[Squiggles]

Get a TLS, better than a vtr

[cruza]

Man sorry to hear about your off, From what I've seen of ya riding , your quite conservative. bit of a shame as that was a nice bike, was there frame damage as well??

[SuperSonic]

You evil VFR wrecker you!

Seriously - sorry to hear about your "off".
It looks fixable, but then again, the retail price for new replacement parts will be astronomical.
Replacement bike? Well, I went from the VFR750 to a VTR1000 to a VFR800 (2001), and the VFR is a much better bike than the VTR. Don't get me wrong - I loved my VTR, but the VFR is a better quality product in terms of refinement etc. The VTR produces roughly the same power (but more torque, and at lower revs), and is slightly lighter, slightly quicker in turns, but is less comfortable (especially two-up), has a slightly rougher gearbox, less weather protection, and a shorter range for touring.
I can't comment on an SV1000, as I've only ridden the older (carbed) SV650, which I didn't like. But, from what I know about Suzukis, I'd imagine it's a better bike than the VTR, and not as ugly.

Total cost for just the fairing alone is 6k plus the other bits grand total of 10k?? astronomical you bet. Someone is making a killing some were??????

I would love to get another VFR but money will stop that I feel. But thanks for coments on the bikes.

[SuperSonic]

I know photos do not always tell the full story, but they don't look too bad. However, if insurance is replacing - go for it.
I have a question tho....
What are you doing on a largish and powerfulish (and pretty) bike if you don't know what to do when presented with gravel? Don't get me wrong - I'm not dissing you, and it's good to see that you take ultimate responsibility - but have you never had that situation before? The dumb things that most of us do, largely happen on the smaller bikes as we climb through the licence stages and gain experience.
As for the 2 who sailed on past...shame on them!!

Yep thanks for that, but like I said I could have blamed the gravel and a LOT of other things for that day, but really it was my head that caused the crash not really the gravel. I only gave the very short story, so take out of it what ya like.

[SuperSonic]

Man sorry to hear about your off, From what I've seen of ya riding , your quite conservative. bit of a shame as that was a nice bike, was there frame damage as well??

thanks Cruza, I am conservative rider I think that was part of my down fall in this case. Na no frame damage. Did think long and hard about fixing it myself but when I saw the list and the price of some of the main parts over 8k I gave in to the insurance company. Oh well did look at a bandit 1200 too down south. Not sure.

[SVboy]

Yeah, I dont think Mstrs comments are that relevant here-you are a good rider, and you acknowledge what went wrong. Thinking about new bikes, perhaps the bandit may be a more 'similar' choice to what you are used to. The SV would certainly be a new direction, but hey that might be what you want. Cruza loves his Bandit and can make it boogie when the mood takes him......

[Mikkel]

Total cost for just the fairing alone is 6k plus the other bits grand total of 10k?? astronomical you bet. Someone is making a killing some were??????

Well, I imagine that you could find the fairing panels a fair bit cheaper through wreckers and such - but that is not what your insurance is for I agree.

Just to give an example - I smashed a fairing panel on my 750... New panel from the factory: $867 - a panel that had been repaired and only needs painting: $300...

[HungusMaximist]

If you can live with it riding a crashed bike, but I reckon your bike is quite an easy fix.

My bike did a massive highside but I guess I was lucky as it was purely cosmetic damage and still managed to it fix it up to a sparkling brand new.

That's after 3 months of grazing around and $700 bucks later.

[SDU]

Buggar about your bike But glad that you're ok.

Maybe it's time for you to go naked
....I mean in bikes that is

We'll have to pop in & see you for coffee soon- you boy's can swap crash stories

[Mr Triple]

Sorry to hear about your bike there SS. I'll have call for a coffee and a catch up

[helenoftroy]

Yeah,you are a good rider, and you acknowledge what went wrong. Cruza loves his Bandit and can make it boogie when the mood takes him......

Oh young Sam bad new!!your beautiful bike

As said,you are a good rider and youve thought about wot happened and move on

I wrote off my first bike(target fixation/rock face not good)That was when I first started riding again few years ago....

Try lots of bikes....and yeah I've seen Cruza make his Bandit boogie.I think he was having fun.....