Silhouette Backdrop "Why???"

photomike666 · Post by **photomike666** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:27 pm

Got the bike out the garage at 5am this morning, went to shut the garage door & THUD - One 10 laying on its left side in the rose bushes . Only damage a snapped mirror and a farking great hole in the nose cone where it landed on a stone.

Financial not what I needed right now. $600 from Kwak, $300us posted.

timmyrocks · Post by **timmyrocks** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 10:46 pm

Bummer dude!!! Side stand give in??

photomike666 · Post by **photomike666** » Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:11 pm

Not sure, think it rolled forward a bit

javaman · Post by **javaman** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:03 am

That sucks

tim · Post by **tim** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:56 am

Suicide attempt, off to a psych..

Post by **Wattie** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:16 am

Balls

smithy5 · Post by **smithy5** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 5:33 am

That's farked....... My Gumby was the same, suspect even on near level ground they are.
I took the stand off and ground the two edges where it sits, gained a little, then I put the stand in a vice and gained a little more

aardvark · Post by **aardvark** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:09 am

That sucks Mike. About time you bought something without all those pesky breakable plastic bits?

the kid · Post by **the kid** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:17 am

That really sucks Mike .

marksesh · Post by **marksesh** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 7:38 am

Faark, I know the feeling, I dropped mine off the stand 1st day I got it. Hurts like hell and nearly some tears.

photomike666 · Post by **photomike666** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 8:17 am

Yeah it sucks alright. No tears, but at 5am I think my whole neighborhood heard me drop the "C" bomb at the top of my voice.

I've found 2 replacement options, both new, both under $300 and both from the US. One is stock blue, the other is Carbon fiber (and cheaper!), but I think I'll go the stock blue

Smitty · Post by **Smitty** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:36 am

photomike666 wrote:Got the bike out the garage at 5am this morning, went to shut the garage door & THUD - One 10 laying on its left side in the rose bushes . Only damage a snapped mirror and a farking great hole in the nose cone where it landed on a stone.
...........

Mike

it pays to be AWAKE when you do this

seiko1 · Post by **seiko1** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 9:47 am

First the drop in the van....now this!
I don't feel sorry for you.....I feel sorry for the ten!!

mick_dundee · Post by **mick_dundee** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 11:25 am

Park it in gear Mike then you can at least be assured it's not rolling off the stand.. all easy in hindsight of course, bummer about the damage

photomike666 · Post by **photomike666** » Tue Jul 12, 2011 12:12 pm

I normally do park it in gear, must have been tired. I don't like 6am starts on a Monday

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