Re: My pre-worshipped goddess - Yamaha R1

@Sandman_Sd: I hope you're fine. It's sad to see The One in such a state. Hope it comes back to life real soon!

Regarding the parts, Since the bike is more than 3 years old I suppose you might not be having zero depreciation insurance. Hope you'll get good insurance cover on all parts with the normal insurance.

Keep us posted!

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Thanks chaosaddict. I am back to normal and was back to riding my Pulsar the very day of the accident itself. What can i say? Bikes are in my DNA :P In terms of a name, havent come up with anything cool, I just call the R1 my mistress (cause she is high maintenance but will thrill you to the edge of life itself) and my P220 as my wife (very dependable and never complaining )

KRP and my search is focused on finding used parts, if we dont find them on used bikes in India, I will go the US route as I dont have many contacts in UK

Yeah! Insurance is a major problem, since it is actually a 5 year old model (2008 manufactured and registered), so the insurance cover is not very comprehensive. Wanted to take a zero dep insurance, but they dont do zero dep for models older than 3 years and definitely not for super bikes in India which are that old

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Get a chinese fairing kit for your bike in whatever color you desire. It ll cost you around 500 $ plus shipping. Let me see if i can find the source I used back in the days to get one for a friend and i ll revert. The forks look okay. what else is damaged ?

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The crank case cover, the RHS headlight, the brake lever, the throttle lever, rear brake pedal, the RHS footrest, the RHS pillion footrest... and the list goes on The fork bend is not visible in the pictures, but is very evident when rolling the bike

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Oww, that is some bad damage to the bike
Reading thru the prev posts on how it happened, and referring back to your very first post where you have mentioned the braking and ppl getting too close behind you.. makes sense now.

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Was Reading your thread from the start and i was actually connecting myself to your words. I just texted my girlfriend on fb that " i need my love my R-1, here's the guy whose just 28 and got one" and she was like dont worry, one day you will etc etc. Truely Awesome Thread you have put on. But as i changed the page, my heart actually skipped a beat when i saw your beauty in that condition. Man seriously no words can reduce your agony for it. Just Get well and hope for the beauty to rule the roads AGAIN ..

Good wishes

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Was Reading your thread from the start and i was actually connecting myself to your words. I just texted my girlfriend on fb that " i need my love my R-1, here's the guy whose just 28 and got one" and she was like dont worry, one day you will etc etc. Truely Awesome Thread you have put on. But as i changed the page, my heart actually skipped a beat when i saw your beauty in that condition. Man seriously no words can reduce your agony for it. Just Get well and hope for the beauty to rule the roads AGAIN ..

Good wishes

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A very good afternoon to all my mates.
Its very disheartening to see a beauty (mistress as sir calls it) to be in such a shape, and being an automobile engineer increases this pain to 10 folds. Sir, please let me know if i could be of any help to you regarding sourcing of parts from US. For my university project (FSAE competition) we, had ordered a used yamaha R6 engine from the states. All in all we had to pay 1.5 lakh for the used engine that had all wiring, exhaust, ECU, sensors, etc. If required, i can send you the contact details of the person so that you can order used parts for you liter class Yamaha from him.

Thanks
S.I.N.G.H

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I wish it was just a case of me braking, but since I never saw him in my rear view mirrors, I think its more a case of him driving in from my blind spot....Oh! Well no point dissecting the past, whats done is done, now just waiting for my baby to return in her new avatar

Thanks for the wishes.... Usually I dont agree with gfs :P but in this case, will agree that you will get it in your own time, and believe me I had so many detractors since I was 25 who wanted me to buy a car including exes (You guys can guess why they are exes ) and the moment you start her for the first time, and take a ride, the very first time you countersteer at a corner and you are truly ready to forgive the bad wishers

Thanks for the wishes and the support S.I.N.G.H, i have already sourced most of the parts, the only part we are waiting for is the steering column bracket which is stuck in Singapore and will take at least 2 more weeks before it lands here This is also the one part that I am wary of buying used as it is the single point connection between the front fairing and the chassis of the bike and a weak one could really show its true colors at high speed..... But truly do appreciate your offer

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You bet!!! I almost thought this thread is dead. reachin' 30 in three years & my chances of owning one is equal to NIL - tryin' to make my mind to get one during mid 30s but before that, its thread like yours that inspires bro!!!
Man,,, I blabber a lot, maybe I'll hafta stop my daily dosage of alcohol; heck, like that's gonna help

OK, jokes aside, please keep updatin'

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Hey, how is the work going on? Hope the parts are coming in.

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Well almost everything has come in...Still waiting for the radiator guard and the rear seat cowl....But the best part is that my baby is back....I wanna thank all the xbhpians for showing so much support in words and action during this wait..... I will be posting pictures of the final output in a week, as I am trying to get my friend with a decent DSLR to take some shoots...Meanwhile just a teaser pic of the new logo on my bike...gone is the 'YAMAHA' now replaced with the 'SD Racing' tag as this bike is now property of 'SD Racing' i.e., ME

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Glad to see she is getting back up. Btw how did you fix the forks?



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Very nice.

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Well simple, I had them replaced :P


Thanks Dinesh...love the new decal...or maybe thats just my ego talking

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Always the best option, repairing a bend fork is almost end up with no good result, there will always be that small defect which bugs you while riding, and that is not worth it , really, on a sbk its even worse.

Glad that everything is falling into place..!!! Best wishes again..!!

Hey, time for some more pics please..!!!

Cheers
Ride Safe
Krishna