What sort of damage and costs am I looking at?

[PirateJafa]

No, I'm afraid I worded that badly. The forks now extend up a inch above the triple-clamp - thus lowering the front end of the bike.

Personally I'd've thought he'd've realised this could happen when he said his pipes were bottoming out on speed bumps a month back when he did it.

[ital916]

Haha no xerxes i didn't crash, the pipe did get pulled off. The reason i didn't stop is a) it was dark, b) where the hell am I gonna put a hot header pipe c) I didn't know the extent of the damage so getting home with the bike still being able to run was priority, not finding the header pipe. Oh and jafa, the front header was bottoming out slighty on bumps not enough to rip it off.

[PirateJafa]

Mate, any form of bottoming out, "slightly" or not, is going to be putting a fair bit of impact stress on the header mounts. When it happens repeatedly...

I thought you were meant to be a engineer?

[ital916]

I am you poo, thats why I looked at the pipe, examined the amount it was bottoming and ascertained that it would be all right. What I didn't factor in was riding into a big object. The pipe was fine, I had given the bike a once over not long ago. Anyway, enough is said, I'm getting it fixed and don't question my engineering logic into disrepute as even the best of us can get it wrong. See you at the chiller tonight, you bringing your new bike.

[xwhatsit]

Seeing your bike, I did notice the clip-on situation. Those are quite wide clamps on the clip-ons, meaning you've got the forks pushed up quite a bit -- why not put them under the triple clamp and keep the forks at a more normal level? I've got the forks lowered on my bike too, but not by such a huge amount, and only to quicken up the steering a little. Having it so low that the pipes touch the ground easily would worry the hell out of me -- how are you going to hop curbs in heavy traffic?

[PirateJafa]

Seeing your bike, I did notice the clip-on situation. Those are quite wide clamps on the clip-ons, meaning you've got the forks pushed up quite a bit -- why not put them under the triple clamp and keep the forks at a more normal level?

The fuel tank on the SRV wasn't designed with clipons in mind.

[xwhatsit]

The fuel tank on the SRV wasn't designed with clipons in mind.

Er... it's got fucking huge cut-outs in the tank for them. Hell of a lot better than the provisions I've got on the RS.

EDIT: Maybe not. My memory doesn't seem to match up with Google Image Search Still, the clip-ons on it now are already across the tank, what difference does them being 50mm lower make?