Crash! Ouch! Help please!

[Sleeptalker]

Hi all,

Had a bit of a high-speed 'off' today on a country lane and although I've managed to walk away without a bruise, my poor GSA hasn't.

Actually, it's mostly cosmetic damage, but I was wondering if anyone could help point me in the right direction for the following items:

LHS pillion footrest assembly, including the sticky outy 'bit' that the standard BMW panniers slot into - the whole lot snapped off (luckily not the 'V' spur that they sit on from the main frame) so I need to know how to get hold of the whole assembly to replace this if anyone can help?

New LHS blue magnesium cylinder head - scraped to hell even though engine bars (also now defunct) took most of the 60mph sliding force

I'm going to remove the snapped engine bars and hope to replace them with Steptoe's homemade cylinder head guards as and when he can get some made.

Can anyone let me know if it's straight forward to remove the GSA standard engine bar assembly or does it require advanced spanner monkeying?!

LHS Front indicator lense - anyone got one going spare?

Many thanks for any help/tips in advance!

Anders

P.S. I'd just bought a new HG goretex suit and SIDI motocross boots and was wearing them today and must say both the trousers (although ruined) and boots (mostly OK) took the slide and impact really well and I think really saved my skin today!

 

[D6]

a monkey can take the bars off

 

[luke scott]

Most important thing here is that you are ok.

 

[davegs]

bars

As a fellow bike destructor did these bars actually break?, intersted to see a piccy of the bars.
Dave gs.

 

[Sleeptalker]

Yes snapped clean - i'll take a snap tomorrow when its light and post it up - the bar running to your knee on the LHS snapped clean from the bolt that runs to the side frame!

 

[Ming]

Steptoe is quite possibly your man for this



Good your ok

 

[adie]

bastard ,hope you fix it with out to much cost.

 

[Voyager]

Glad to hear that you walked away from it

Bob.

 

[jonesai]

Glad you survived ok
I had an 'off' myself recently - must be catching!
Motorworks have spares secondhand. Ask about the condition when you phone.

I don't have a GSA but would imagine that the bars would remove easily or just hacksaw them if they are US anyway

 

[araspitfire]

Glad you are ok Anders!

Take it easy out there!


Al...

 

[unhinged]

My crash bars are snapped in one place and I've only dropped the bike at a standstill (though on several occaissions).

 

[Timolgra]

The standard ADV crash bars are pretty rubbish anyway, apart from looking like the frame off an Argos tent many of them snap without even being dropped.

Sounds like you had a lucky escape and your bike shouldn't cost too much to sort