Morning all, firstly, some stupid car driver undertook me on a roundabout which caused me to go into the centre of a lane, which had ice and i almost crashed, recovered fine and carried on - swearing at her a lot. I got to work and just outside the office i dropped my beloved S3 that i've only owned for 3 weeks . I'm slightly too short for it and went to put my foot down, misjudged the curve in the road and the bike hit an angle, once it got to that angle i just couldn't hold it and it fell. I cried and i feel sick to my stomach. The right indicator hit the ground and went in enough to crack the plastic next to it, i also scratched the belly ban a little and scratched my triumph bar end mirror a bit. I know it could had been worse. Does anyone have any ideas as to how i can mend the fairing next to the indicator? i'll take a picture in a bit and add it on here. A guy at my work said i could just glue it and get away with it as it's not really noticable at all. Thanks
I reckon you could plastic weld that fairing. Using a soldering iron and working from the inside (unseen) of the dismounted, damaged piece, gently heat the edges of the split and moving the iron from side to side gradually 'knit' to two edges together. Take your time and you'll end up with an invisible repair. See video: I've repaired several plastic bits on cars after seeing Delboys vid. Good luck Dave
I would take the damaged piece off and use some resin and maybe some fine glass fibre matting on the underside to reinforce were the break is.
Have you tried getting a price for a new part ... obviously repair is the cheapest option, however a new part may not be as expensive as you fear?
Yeah, normal to be upset, dropped bikes a few times, aleays get that sickening feeling, part of living real life doing what yer want to do. Some good suggestions above tho'. Hope yer get it sorted. It's dangerous out there, I always treat drivers as if they are on social media and can't see me, and wet roundabouts might just be hiding diesel spillage. Yer might want to put some crash bungs on sometime to help prevent damage, but even then indicators, mirrors are still in the front line. Dropped my bike in garage on carpeted floor recently, smashed indicator clean off.
looks like a crash bung already fitted in the foto. agree ... that feeling when it's going down and you can't do a thing about it. hope you're feeling better today NC81
If you own a bike long enough sooner or later your going to drop it. I dropped a 1200 Bandit in a very similar way; had just picked it up new and had ridden from the dealer to my house........ £450.00 for a new nose fairing. If the bike is your pride and joy then my advice would be just strip the cracked plastic off and fit new or it will piss you off every time you look at the bike. Hope you get it sorted.
