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badinov wrote:Bummer Mike
Hope its all better soon.
Was it one of those "frozen" moments ??

sorry to hear of your accident. seen this and thought of your situation. is this how you felt after it?

A good panel beater shold be able to get that out. They know how to charge on spare parts.

Mike, I feel your pain buddy........

That's too creased along the edges to pull out I'm afraid.

At least there's a shed load of 10 riders, who's ability doesn't match their egos.......... Ebay I reckon is your best bet

shit...unlucky mike...................but nuthin' a pound a putty an a little paint ...won't fix........ hows your excess???

been looking into panel beating - might work. It is a large dent, and there is a crease with broken paint

Ouch!

Aww... not nice

Bummer mate. Hope there's an easy fix for you.

The dent could be easily fixed, the crease is another story, fleabay is your friend, failing that, www.findpart.com.au and expect a price from a well known bike wrecker in Heidelberg to be probably half new cost minimum.. and that would be rusted to the shithouse I suggest.

photomike666 wrote:Kawasaki want $2100 for a tank - and I know if I go through the insurance they will want to patch and bog the tank. I don't want bog in my tank

Perhaps I can persuade the minister for war and finance to let me convert it into a track bike and get a new one for the road?

Hmmm they haven't gotten any cheaper in the last few months then

I well and truly know you pain and Mike. Mine was another "low speed incident" also

My tank copped it a little further back and creased the lower contour (Just above the knee line) .

Your's is creased but nowhere near as badly and not on the two curved / contoured sections on the 10 tanks. Dent is similar size but looks far easier to repair than mine was.

Find a good panel beater and they will be able to get it sorted for you - just bear in mind the 'Kawasaki' stickers are cleared over and not available through Kawasaki!? After market ones just don't look right either IMO.
( I left mine as a clean skin and actually looks better on the Ebony gumby.)
Hope your painter gets the colour match a bit closer thaan mine too

Does this mean your not going friday?
Sorry!!! (take heart in the fact that my nose in bleeding on the outside)
We could visit my Panel beater mate on Friday if you like. He did my lower fairing for $150
She looked so pretty when I left on Sunday Night too, but if it was mine that dent would have been in my chest and the bike would have been fine. (and left to someone in the will)

Oh and in case you weren't aware - Fairings are around $800.00 per side for mid outer and inner ... haven't priced nose and lower sections as yet (touch wood)

Scary huh!?

I'll give a wrecker friend of a friend a call in the morning too.
Burn the van and cry yourself to sleep

Glen just patched up a dint in his tank..... it was about a quarter the size and on a track bike tho

Bugger Mike!