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12RPilot

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posted August 13, 2002 05:46 AM

12RPilot down (yes again)

Stopping hard at a four way stop. Front washes out from under me in gooey tar. Worst part; though I was out in the countryside, of course there was a witness. Grrr.

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madmike

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posted August 13, 2002 05:58 AM

Dude, Im glad your ok man you definatly need to quit crashing. can you put a Teflon coating on your bike????
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kawachan

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posted August 13, 2002 06:17 AM

Ouch!! Hope you don't look that bad. Ebay had some green parts the other day.
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posted August 13, 2002 07:23 AM

Ouch! Seeing those scratches brings a tear to my eye! (kinda looks like my bike! )

Scooter

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posted August 13, 2002 07:25 AM

Edited By: Scooter on 13 Aug 2002 08:27

UH, I hate to take advantage of your misfortune but, since your mirror is toast, How do you get the mirror out of the housing? Just give it a pull and it pops out? I got a loose screw(Yeah, yeah, I know) floating around in my right mirror behind the glass and it is driving me nuts. It's not hurting anything but I don't want to trash a mirror to fix it. Anybody ever have one apart? Hate to see a brother crash.
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eddynasty

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posted August 13, 2002 08:45 AM

12...Doesn't look that bad. Did you ride it home?

frEEk

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posted August 13, 2002 08:53 AM

yeah u just pry the mirror off. it just has a spring holding it onto a ball joint. what u hear rattling aroudn inside is one of the weights come off. same thing happened to me LONG time ago

m hackman

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posted August 13, 2002 10:35 AM

AND THE DAMAGE JUST HAD TO EXTEND INTO THE UPPER FAIRING.
UP HERE IN CANADA THAT SUCKER IS WORTH $450.00
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harryzx-12

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posted August 13, 2002 01:28 PM

Glad you didn't get hurt

Damn the bad luck
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12RPilot

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posted August 13, 2002 01:48 PM

As much as it pisses me off, I realize I was lucky it was a low speed incident. Just picked it up and rode the last block home. I think it's time to start repairing body panels. This is getting expensive. A spare set of panels for the race track can't hurt. Now, where is that Color-Rite web site?........
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ZX12Girl

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posted August 14, 2002 01:32 PM

Man, sorry to hear about that 12RPilot!!!

Glad your okay!!!
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slug

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posted August 14, 2002 04:46 PM

im starting to think zx12rs have the same unhealthy relationship with gravity that i have.

or this year has just ROYALLY sucked

anyway glad you are ok, plastic can be fixed... ;P

ps i matched paint at napa, their paint is pretty decent, looks good, ask greenglenn.

the only complaint i had is the guy uised thick coats instead of thin coats when he sprayed it, so if you hit it with pebbles (say off the rear tire of a zx12r right in front ) it chips pretty bad. but i am sure it is an application issue and not the paint itself. best of all i payed 1/4 the amount for a gallon that i would have paid yamaha for a pint...

anyway bondo LIHT body filler is your friend on deep scratches and small holes.