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Pappy13

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Ran to Publix (grocery store) to pick up filled prescription, wandering isles and hear a page over store "would person riding motorcycle parked in handicap space please come to front desk", thinking another "Karen" doesn't like a motorcycle parked in "her" space i head up front and tell them to read the tag, lady tells me someone backed into my bike and knocked it over. Scuffed the plastic really well (front fairing and rear trunk, broke the rear brake lever, but that seems to be all....I tried looking on EBAY for some furniture, all there is right now is C600sport stuff. Anyone used a good aftermarket lever set up on these bikes?
 
Someone backed into mine that was parked rear tire to the curb. Pushed the bike ONTO the curb but despite leaning vicariously on its side stand, it did not fall over fortunately. Front fender was broken and that was the only damage. I was able to epoxy the tabs back on so all good, but no note from the culprit would you believe.
Good luck finding replacement plastic for your GT, it comes up from time to time on Ebay.
 
Ceesie76 said:
Someone backed into mine that was parked rear tire to the curb. Pushed the bike ONTO the curb but despite leaning vicariously on its side stand, it did not fall over fortunately. Front fender was broken and that was the only damage. I was able to epoxy the tabs back on so all good, but no note from the culprit would you believe.
Good luck finding replacement plastic for your GT, it comes up from time to time on Ebay.
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Have you checked the forks cuz if the fender was broke there could be
other damage done. Your bike will not ride straight line at all. You could find
out by riding the bike n taking your hands off the handlebars n see IF the bike
goes straight or does it move around in your lane. Just barely take your hands off as you are going 50 mph.
 
Thanks, I have tested the forks/alignment etc since then, fortunately no issues.

In other news, I realized the other day that my vibration at 85 mph+ coming from the rear wheel (was serious until I got the tire re-balanced, now less but still there. Next I plan to change one of the 2 bearings) may be caused by the wheel not being perfectly straight. Back in January, I hit a major pothole on the highway with the rear wheel and so when I get a chance I will be checking that out.
 
When i had the old Silver Wing scooter i did hit a pothole HARD n effed up the
forks badly i could not ride a straight line at all. BOTH rims were bent n the wind screen broke in half. IF i knew that the City would have replaced damages done
by potholes sooner i would have contacted them ASAP. Cuz the bike was totaled
from that pothole here in Houston that they neglected to get it fixed til a week
later. There was a car ahead of me so i did not see the pothole in time.
 
If you contact a dealer, they can check the dealer network for you. Of course you'll pay full price in most cases, but if you really need something it might be worth a look.

Otherwise, a good body shop can fix scratches in plastic and paint, but that's not cheap either.
 
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