Crashed 2013 Pikes Peak rebuild!

bootsam, surely you cant be serious about putting grease on your pads ?!?
Thats dangerous !

Read the manual mate, it should be brake fluid.

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Stretta, nice job. I've done a couple of CatC bikes before, always good fun.
10+ years ago I rebuilt a VFR800 that on inspection had a crack in one of the alloy frame welds. It was re-welded and all was fine.
Infact my mate still owns that bike and uses it daily for commuting to work.
A decent mechanic can repair anything, given the right tools and parts.
I'm watching with great interest mate, so keep them pictures coming :wink:

 

I reckon its your camera that's warped.:biggrin:

 

Its not as if it can't be done, just needs organising. Judging by the crash damage it looks as if it went end over end into a field. The front wheel being off centre like that means it dropped onto the front wheel at an angle and compressed the forks to their maximum but this didn't dissipate all the energy so parts are bent. Both forks should be refurbed as a matter of course due to internal bushes being crushed, KTech can do this, its a modern fork and they'll have all the parts. Being such long forks the crash will have place a great deal of leverage on the headstock, some frame realigners want the engine in the frame, some don't. It's all very well saying how corners can be cut but the only person fooled is yourself, personally I don't like to hear it. Nor would my mate who runs a notorcycle tyre firm with an MOT bay.

 

If it had gone end over end with enough force to bend the forks and crush bushings, there'd be considerably more damage to the front end plastics. It wouldn't have a perfectly intact screen for a start.

How much force do you think bumps and braking put through forks?

I know insurance assessors can be idiots, but they err on the side of caution, not frivolity. They're also party to the accident details so they know what happened and how the bike was hit. So in this case, like the OP, I'll stick with their judgement, not yours.

 

Load in the wrong direction of forks can easily damage them. Braking and bumps put force into the forks in a way they were designed to take.

 

Man alive I only passed comment on the front end , luckily your engine casings aren't cracked , are they ? :wink:

 

Is this any good ?

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Not even close to reality, I bet all the front end needs is to be checked, loosened at the triples realigned and it will be perfect.
The good thing is the front forks are easy to pull out in order to have them checked. I've had mine out a few times now, only takes 40 minutes if your taking your time. The worst thing is getting the fender ext. back on. Stretta do you have the workshop manual?

 

The bike looks great and I love these projects. I finished rebuilding a totally smashed up R1 last year and it was very rewarding.... until it got nicked.

Keep the pictures coming, your doing a grand job.

 

Absolutely. My point was if the forks had been subjected to the sort of bending moment required, it would have also damaged other areas on the front end in the process. Apart from missing handguards and mirrors, which stick out, get snagged and snapped off (it's well known the handguards crack by just looking at them), the front end is practically untouched.

 

Dont tell your mate then !!

 

I did one too!!



Hi Stretta. Been away for a fair old time as I am now finishing off a smashed 2013 Gen2 ZZR1400. Just looked in and see you have taken on a Multi project. I too took one on a couple of years ago. You can see it was a fair bit more damaged than yours.

Total front end gone. All the electronics ripped out including the tops of the Ohlins. But hey, I had such a great time rebuilding it and learned so much. It ended up a magnificent beast, dripping with carbon fibre and powder coating. The colour I had sprayed a Kawasaki blue that looked black but sparked blue in the sun. Ended up touring round the Italian Lakes and all sorts! The only bike that caused a tear in my eye when I sold it.

One thing I would say, even though the front end had a massive bash, the frame was tested dead straight. As you can see all the stress was taken in the triple trees that were totalled (but an easy replacement). After selling her I bought a Cat C Triumph Explorer with no where near the same sort of front end damage. The worst thing I ever did. Found the frame had totally bent, and the yoke housing the bearings had concaved. But the forks and trees were ok!!! Think the Multi trees are designed to be sacrificial.

Anyway, all the very best of luck with the build. Any questions just ask.

Take care. Paul.

 

I would be tempted to put a set of tapered bearings in while it's apart.
I did mine on the Hypermotard as they were less than £30 delivered from M&P.