Glad to hear you're alright (not so much the wallet). Also good it wasn't serious enough to cause engine damage.
Lowside crash repair log:
I had a whoopsie this weekend that did a bit of damage to the FZ and my riding gear. Here’s a follow up on what needed to be repaired and the associated cost for those curious. I know I would want to read about this if it happened to me, so my misery is your entertainment lol.
Based on the data logs, I lost it in T6 at NCBIKE while giving it the beans at the top of 2nd gear. Looks like my crappy body position meant I was leaning the bike too far, which dragged the stator case. This lifted the rear, and out she went. My airbag deployed and I slid for quite a way into the nearby field. There were about 3 small holes in my suit, but nothing serious. The gear served its purpose. 👍
The bike faired a bit worse. Once the bike hit the grass, it looks like the bars took a good hit which sent them into the fuel tank. Either the frame sliders or the bars flipped the bike over onto the right side and slammed the bars into the tank there as well.
Since I need to get this bike back together for another track event next week, I went with an OEM tank and misc tank parts.
Not pictured here are a few other things I needed to replaced. My Galespeed VRC needed a replacement reservoir nipple, but happened to find in the original box a larger one that came with it. I’ll make that work for the time being.
Check out the factory fresh tank. 🤤
We got a replacement rizoma bar, new grips, new Ti caliper bolts for safety wiring, CRG clutch lever, and some shorter replacement speed bleeders.
I’ll get some more pics once I get parts coming off the bike.
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Parts so far:
Based on the data logs, I lost it in T6 at NCBIKE while giving it the beans at the top of 2nd gear. Looks like my crappy body position meant I was leaning the bike too far, which dragged the stator case. This lifted the rear, and out she went. My airbag deployed and I slid for quite a way into the nearby field. There were about 3 small holes in my suit, but nothing serious. The gear served its purpose. 👍
The bike faired a bit worse. Once the bike hit the grass, it looks like the bars took a good hit which sent them into the fuel tank. Either the frame sliders or the bars flipped the bike over onto the right side and slammed the bars into the tank there as well.
Since I need to get this bike back together for another track event next week, I went with an OEM tank and misc tank parts.
Not pictured here are a few other things I needed to replaced. My Galespeed VRC needed a replacement reservoir nipple, but happened to find in the original box a larger one that came with it. I’ll make that work for the time being.
Check out the factory fresh tank. 🤤
We got a replacement rizoma bar, new grips, new Ti caliper bolts for safety wiring, CRG clutch lever, and some shorter replacement speed bleeders.
I’ll get some more pics once I get parts coming off the bike.
Parts so far:
| Part: | Cost: | Qty: | Ext. Cost: |
| Rizoma Handlebar | $136.64 | 1 | $136.64 |
| CRG Clutch Lever & Grips | $136.90 | 1 | $136.90 |
| Fuel Tank & Acc. | $729.80 | 1 | $729.80 |
| Stahlbus Bleeders | $152.45 | 1 | $152.45 |
| Foot pegs | $13.87 | 1 | $13.87 |
| Ti Caliper Bolts | $69.74 | 1 | $69.74 |
| Total: | $1,239.40 |
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Looks like this members bike
New owner & to the forum
Hi all, my new 2015 matte silver was delivered yesterday, it's been about a year since i've been on a bike...looking forward to be riding naked :p ...been riding sport bikes until now.
www.fz09.org
Yeah, it's probably that then.Looks like this members bike
New owner & to the forum
Hi all, my new 2015 matte silver was delivered yesterday, it's been about a year since i've been on a bike...looking forward to be riding naked :p ...been riding sport bikes until now.
I've never seen one in person. It's really bright.
I think it's going to look sharp next to the all the black and carbon fiber accents I've got going on.
This morning I repacked my airbag system. The process is really simple. Thread in a bolt to drawback the firing pin, then set the ball in place so it’s semi-captive in the socket. Whole process takes seconds.
(The cartridge shown is the spent one. Once the firing pin is set, slide down the red safety then thread in your new cartridge.)
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(The cartridge shown is the spent one. Once the firing pin is set, slide down the red safety then thread in your new cartridge.)
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