August 17th, 2009, 02:21 PM | #1 |
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Name: navin
Location: houston TX
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Do I need a new frame?
Went down in a lowside, the Tail section was completely f'ed up. The brackets that hold on the rear seat are all warped and it kinda looks like some of the frame in the tail has been sanded down... but with pavement. Also the locking mechanism for the rear seat is all bent and no longer works. well anyway, since the brackets for the rear seat are welded to the frame, does that mean I would have to change the frame to fix them?
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August 17th, 2009, 02:54 PM | #2 |
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take it to a dealership and have them do some measurements to see what's bent. Do you have insurance to cover this?
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August 17th, 2009, 04:21 PM | #3 |
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Name: navin
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I have insurance, but I have a 500 deductible so If it's more I'm gonna be paying 500 at most I believe. Since you mentioned insurance, I'm guessing this is gonna be expensive...
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August 17th, 2009, 06:41 PM | #4 |
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I hate to break it to you nav, but there's a good chance it might be totaled... if there's frame damage they're almost always totaled
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August 17th, 2009, 07:41 PM | #5 |
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August 17th, 2009, 07:44 PM | #6 |
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Nav,
I would get your insurance involved and see what they say about how to proceed. I can imagine the damage goes easily over $500, but some pics might help. |
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August 17th, 2009, 07:56 PM | #7 |
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I'll get pics up asap
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August 18th, 2009, 05:20 AM | #8 |
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This is what I'm looking into right now as well. Mine isn't that bad. It was hardly noticable until I tried to put the plastics back on and nothing is lining up. New frames are expensive, and used ones are very hard to find. Right now I have mine at a shop in town here. I'll let you know what they find. I was also looking at getting a frame with front end damage and cutting the subframe area out of it to weld onto my bike, along with getting a bolt on subframe from a bigger Ninja and modding the frames to fit together.
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August 18th, 2009, 06:30 AM | #9 |
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lets see some carnage!
the stealership would probably charge you $500 just to re-weld some brackets back on for your seat. if you've got trashed plastics and a beat up sub frame (tail section), then i'm sure insurance would total it... even though a racer like myself would love to have it.
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August 18th, 2009, 06:39 AM | #10 | |
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