Crashed my road bike on my first trackday

[alistair1234]

Crashed my 2016 675r in the last session at Oulton on Saturday.

Broke the rear subframe, RHS rearset, RHS passenger peg, RHS clip on, indicators, arrow can, brake lever and dented the tank. Also damaged various bits of plastic at the back and scratched the front upper and lower fairing.

I've managed to get a subframe, rearset and passenger peg from eBay, arrow can is fairly cheap. Anyone know where I can get second hand fairings? Mine is the black/grey version. Cant find any online and would prefer not to pay brand new prices.

Managed to find someone to repair the tank for around £150.

thanks

[graeme4130]

Ouch, whoops
Your best bet is to phone around some breakers and see what they have
Try Lee Wedge at Motorbikebitz, as he's a racer and normally has loads of stuff in, or will at least be able to point you in the right direction
Tell him graeme Hardie sent you
He's on 07498 987113 and you might need a Brummy translator to understand him

[cbmotorsport]

Bad luck.

Fairings might be tricky. I would try the various track bike forums on facebook and t'internet. Your best bet is trying to find someone who has converted theirs to a track bike and don't need the road fairings any more.

Edited by cbmotorsport on Tuesday 14th November 11:11

[Volant]

Speedy 675

Well known on the forums, sells on eBay but has a huge amount of stock. Fair prices. 675.cc forum discount too.

Google him, then you can contact him through Facebook and see what he’s got.

[Wildfire]

Ouch! Bad luck! Hope you're ok.

On a different note, have you checked the main frame and forks are straight.

[alistair1234]

graeme4130 said:

Ouch, whoops
Your best bet is to phone around some breakers and see what they have
Try Lee Wedge at Motorbikebitz, as he's a racer and normally has loads of stuff in, or will at least be able to point you in the right direction
Tell him graeme Hardie sent you
He's on 07498 987113 and you might need a Brummy translator to understand him

Thanks, i've spoken to him and sent through my list of parts.

[podman]

Pisser mate but at least your OK and have all Winter to fix her up, I hope it isnt too painful on the wallet.

[Gavia]

Sorry to hear about this. Finding fairings will be a challenge, especially as it’s now a discontinued bike. Any chance you can repair what you’ve damaged?

Good luck

I know it’s advice after the horse has bolted but cheap Trackdays at the start / end of the year more often than not end up as very expensive days when repair costs are factored in.

[CoolHands]

Ahhhh how you'll look back in years to come & laugh....

in the meantime, commiserations

[308mate]

alistair1234 said:

Crashed my 2016 675r in the last session at Oulton on Saturday.

Never do the last session of the day

[sc0tt]

308mate said:

alistair1234 said:

Crashed my 2016 675r in the last session at Oulton on Saturday.

Never do the last session of the day

Much better than doing it on a warm up lap of the first session.

[CAPP0]

308mate said:

alistair1234 said:

Crashed my 2016 675r in the last session at Oulton on Saturday.

Never do the last session of the day

Sage advice, was always my approach!

[patchb]

308mate said:

Never do the last session of the day

I always find the last session the best, quiet track and the tarmac is generally warm from having the sun on it all day

[Biker's Nemesis]

patchb said:

I always find the last session the best, quiet track and the tarmac is generally warm from having the sun on it all day

Unless it's this time of the year and parts of the track don't get any sun for any length of time.

How many last sessions have you done on track?

[sc0tt]

Biker's Nemesis said:

Unless it's this time of the year and parts of the track don't get any sun for any length of time.

How many last sessions have you done on track?

A few otherwise he would still be going round

[alistair1234]

308mate said:

Never do the last session of the day

Well they said they might do extra 10 minute sessions to split the last 30 mins before bad light, at the start of the day, so I wasn't thinking it was the last session. Also, it was only the second completely dry session of the day and the other 1 had 2 red flags, so i was making the most of it.

[cookie42]

Loads of red flags on Saturday , mostly at turn 1 in inters

[alistair1234]

Gavia said:

Sorry to hear about this. Finding fairings will be a challenge, especially as it’s now a discontinued bike. Any chance you can repair what you’ve damaged?

Good luck

I know it’s advice after the horse has bolted but cheap Trackdays at the start / end of the year more often than not end up as very expensive days when repair costs are factored in.

As luck would have it, someone has listed a complete fairing set on eBay yesterday from a bike that has only done 1,000 miles, so i've got everything I need apart from the right hand tail section as i noticed from the pictures that he damaged it when taking it off!!!

[alistair1234]

cookie42 said:

Loads of red flags on Saturday , mostly at turn 1 in inters

Most seemed to be on the way in to turn 1, I did it on the way out of the corner and all the damage was caused by the kerbs on the exit.

[cookie42]

Fast bit to crash at. Bike can be repaired