[SlimStyleTT600]

Well, I've survived the first time down decently. I went down about 5 weeks ago now, thanks to some wonderful women and her complete lack of knowledge how to handle a car. Luckily, I was in full gear except pants, which were just a pair of jeans... which do nothing to save your legs haha. Everything except my left hand has healed completely almost. My left hand took a beating, along with my gear and my bike.


On to the bike. I'm very new to bikes, so try and deal with my explination please. I bought mine about a year ago and put almost 6,000 miles on it this summer - love it! My scratch free 00 TT, now has a not so pretty left side. The parts I know that are gone: Left mirror, clutch lever, 3 of the turn signals, the left rear set - the two holes that hold the left footpeg sheared in half - i still have the peg, a whole was ground in the - would it be the left engine case? sorry, technically i'm out of the loop on bikes, and does not hold any oil at the moment, and the - once again, techinically out of the know - upper subframing? along the windshield has been pushed in on the left side. This is what I can visually see. The clip-ons appear to be straight and pushes straight, so i'm hoping I didn't damage the forks at all.

The questions.
1. I'm confident in my abilities to wrench, but since i'm new to bikes - I fear i may miss something technical, such as - are the forks really ok. I would rather fix it myself, but should I bring it in and pay through the teeth to have it fixed?

2. How much are these parts going to cost me?!? I'm a poor, tight budget college student haha, I have next to nothing in spare cash. I'm going to have to deal with the ugly, rashed up left side for a while. Any used parts out there? Any advice?

3. Can I just bend the framing along the windscreen back up? It looks like it was pushed in at the top, by the mirror and just bent in slightly - approx. 1 inch - near the bottom weld, or will i need to replace all of that?

I'll try and get the pictures up so you can see the actually damage and maybe help me a little more, I just have to figure out how to host and then post images.

I really appreciate the help. I love the bike and riding in general, but i'm very new to it and have very few, if any, friends who ride or can help me - so i'm putting on my hope on you peoples!

I wish I had my frame sliders on... they were ordered, just not here yet... Thank God i had my gear on! I bounced my face off the street, wore holes through my jacket, gloves, my sidi boots are scratched up, wrecked a pair of jeans, and wore through my backpack.

I appreciate everything in advance! I've got all winter to fix it, Minnesota is too harsh for me to ride in haha!

Dave

 

[stealthy1]

I would start with the mechanicals first since you don't need to have a shiny fairng to ride. Save some money on cosmetics that way for the time being. Pics will help people to lend ideas on hoe to get it mended up. If it was a cagers fault, shouldn't their insurance pay for the damage?

 

[SlimStyleTT600]

I'm sorry, I thought I clarified - I'm definitely not worried about the cosmetics. Everything on the left side is rashed, but nothing is cracked. It's a heart breaker, but that will not be redone for at least a year probably. I'll work on the pictures, it will take a few days. I'm heading out of town tomorrow morning, but will do it asap when I return.

Also, due to the states wonderful no fault, no. Nut shell version - She randomly locked up her brakes trying to stop for a crosswalk - that didn't have a single person around it, and slid over it herself. This sent everyone behind her - including myself - sliding absolutely all over... eventually my front end washed out and luckily no one slid over me as i went down. Even though others testified that she had zero reason to go from 45 - 0 in the middle of the street, the police ruled it as no fault since we should have all been able to manage - since we were all behind her. Another car a couple behind me slid off the road too. If I was a better rider, I may have kept it up too... Between trying to stop that fast and dodging out of control cars... it didn't go well for me. What's done is done now... i just want to ride again!

[ This message was edited by: SlimStyleTT600 on 2006-11-04 23:51 ]

 

[petesgti]

It looks like someone is parting out a TT600 on ebay.

Ebay TT600

Also, Bikebandit TT600 has schematics and all the parts you can't find on ebay. The schematics will probably help you figure what parts you need. It sounds like the damage from your accident is similar to mine last year. As long as your frame is straight then the rest is just a matter of R&R'ing parts.

 

[SDFOUR]

Sorry about your mishap, glad you are ok and healing well...

Good luck fixing the bike, that'll be a good winter project and you'll be riding again soon.

 

[jared26jlvigil2]

What about your insurance? I'm glad that you are ok but the bike sounds like a mess. Sounds like TOTAL city to me.

 

[SlimStyleTT600]

It would almost definitely be total city if i turned the entire accident in. I thought about just claiming the mechanical, but if I do that, they will jack up my car insurance $450 a year for the next 3 years! Ouch.... I'm hoping I can purchase the parts for less than the $1350 they'd take from me on increased rates or at least I'd rather pay that much for the parts than pay them. I just rolled back in town and will attempt the pictures tomorrow.

Thanks again - I really appreciate the help!

Dave

 

[dkurtz]

I feel your pain. I just totalled my bike last week!!

I am hoping to get another one soon. Good luck with whatever you do. Glad you are ok!

Derick