What bikes have you destroyed ?

[vifferman]

Yeah, but how many bikes have been totally totalled? :spudwhat:

I wrote off my first bike - CB175 - when I T-boned a car. It (the bike) ended up with trashed forks and front wheel (front wheel ended up beside the engine), broken headlight, instruments, etc., wrecked frame, dented tank, and the engine was a bit sad (rocker cover was wrecked when the frame bent and ripped the top engine mount out).
But the guy who bought the wreck totally rebuilt it, and for not much (apart from a lot of elbow grease). He bought a CG175 and swapped bits over, rebuilt the engine (the camchain was knackered, and had eaten some of the engine casting). Ended up not as good as new (as it was now a CBG175), but better than before I trashed it.

Wrote off my VFR750 in 2003, but it was rebuilt by kerryg, as it was almost entirely expensive cosmetic damage. Spectrum said $7800 worth, Kerry said a LOT less than that.

Here are the before and after photos.

[**R1**]

x2 rgv250's
RG400 (but i fixed it sold it to a guy that used it to cut a car in half )
VT250
gsxr250
CBR400
did a 20ft jump on a TS125 and snaped the frame in half
GN250(i admit it i once owned suzuki's)
and i pretty much farkd a zxr750
i think thats about it.......oh wait i killed a KR250 several times, i cartwheeled it in2 my brothers school...his teacher was not impressed

[TonyB]

RZ250- cooked engine after radiator blew
GPX750R- T-boned by HQ Holden

But to redeem myself, I have resurrected an RZ350 (bought in bits, rebuilt engine, got it going, got sick of noise and viabration, sold it), and a VFR700 Interceptor (bought as VERY ugly rat bike with Le-Pig painted on tank -have no idea why I did it), put fairings on it, painted it and it looked pretty tidy when I sold it)

[Motu]

I have had only one bike totaled,but it was reborn as something else.I don't destroy bikes...I resurect other peoples attempts at bike destruction.Others I pick up and dismember and use the parts in transplant surgery.I see a lot of riders hitting cars - at 18 after hitting my second car I figured I had better keep my eyes open.

[Two Smoker]

Well in 13 months riding....

I have totalled:

-1991 RGV250- Engine seized, didnt grab the clutch, highsided on the motorway... (Has been resurrected though)

-1998 TL1000R- Stone hit chain, chain snapped. 5 grands worth of damage done to the engine (didnt come off though... "phew") (Still getting insurance claim done)

-2005 GSX-R600- Desiel, lowside, post did some damage, but the cartwheels did some more... 10 grands worth of damage (Will be back on the road in 6 months hopefully)

Crashed the RG Multiple times, but only costs at the most, a couple hundred bucks too fix... great bikes those RG's...

[BM-GS]

ZZR600. I t-boned a daft cow who didn't see me at a junction and lurched right on out. Her back-seat passenger did tho, and admitted as much in front of witnesses at the scene...

I siezed a 350YPVS, but they all do that at 20k miles, so I'm not sure if that counts.

[riffer]

Well... Never actually irreperably destroyed a bike.

Smashed up my GP125 avoiding a drunk driver about 8.00pm in Taita when he came at me the wrong way down the street. I hit a lamp-post on the side of the road. Didn't know much about target fixation back then but on reflection it was probably the lesser of two evils to hit. New front wheel, triples, forks and rotor I was back in business, albeit with a few nasty dents in the fuel tank.

Crashed my IT400 too many times to mention. But gaffer tape held together the plastic I couldn't weld. But hey, it was a dirt bike - whattaya expect?

Lowsided my CB350 three times and highsided it once (Damn skinny tyres). Never caused it enough damage for anyone to notice - but it was a bit of a ratbike.

Wiped out the front end of my fzr last year when I lowsided in rush hour traffic. $1100 of parts later its going fine (apart from a slightly warped left front rotor).

[inlinefour]

Better than what have you owned, what classic, desirable, or just plain horrible heaps have you sent to the great scrapyard in the sky?

Personally, I have totalled only two, but quality over quantity.
1976 BMW R90S, mint in Daytona Orange
1995 Moto-Guzzi Daytona 1000, loud exhaust, chipped and lovely. :love2:

I bet you lot have sent some nice machines to the crusher !
Come on, own up !

was a 1976 CB750/4 ex Police bike. It had a big halogen spotlight and airhorns. But it is not as good as the bike I have now.

[Posh Tourer :P]

1976 BMW R90S, mint in Daytona Orange

BASTARD!!

[Fryin Finn]

Rode my Yamaha RT3 360 into the ground - only took 3 years
Binned my TRX last April - totally salvagable but the insurance company wrote it off - I still miss my Rex we were like lovers

[James Deuce]

Rode my Yamaha RT3 360 into the ground - only took 3 years
Binned my TRX last April - totally salvagable but the insurance company wrote it off - I still miss my Rex we were like lovers

I know the feeling!!

[James Deuce]

We have all done things we are not proud of Jim, but well done for coming clean, the RC30 was on the track I am guessing ?

No I was running a top end rebuild in, by touring the top half of the South Island. Drunk driver ended it instantly.

[Storm]

Seized a Yamaha DT 125
Wrecked a test bike GSX250 from a dealership (with only 13 kms on it-hmm shoulda noted those numbers maybe ? ) when the conrod smahed itself out the front of the block at 100 kms and trying to throw itself(an me) to the floor

[Dodgyiti]

BASTARD!!

And when I say killed it, I mean dead man!
Not even the engine was usable, bent barrel crank and both heads smashed. One dellorto was flat, the other was oval. Gearbox cracked and gears smashed. Diff was stripped and ground away. Not even a seagull student could find anything of use left on it

[Mr Skid]

I'm working on destroying a CBR250, but the bloody thing won't die.