Arse. Dropped it.

[Alfa_75_Steve]

Well, my pristine 95 model 750SS is no longer pristine.

Dropped it whilst pushing it around on a petrol forecourt - caught out by the lack of steering lock, dodgy camber and a side-stand that didn't flip up, but got snagged on a drainage grille.

Damage is fairly localised, so hopefully a 'smart' repair can be done at not too much cost....





I'm gutted, especially as the Ducati appears to show the damage much more prominently than any Jap bike would.

[Hooli]

silly arse

looks like it'll repair ok though.

[Alfa_75_Steve]

It hasn't cracked the panel - just gouged out a bit near the indicator. The rest is just scrapes in the paint.

I'm looking into smart repairs - apparently there's a bloke in Nailsea that does them.

[Schmeeky]

Bad luck fella..

I hope you find a good specialist - I'm amazed at how good a repair can be done, and a good guy should get it looking pristine again... Good luck

[FeatherZ]

unlucky mate, atleast the damage aint too bad though hey,

[hiccy]

Oh well, at least it's not just me who does st like this then.

[Nimbus]

gutted for you

Was only thinking yesterday that I'd like something like your SS after those great pictures you posted.

hope you get it back to looking new soon

[hornetrider]

Alfa_75_Steve said:

It hasn't cracked the panel - just gouged out a bit near the indicator. The rest is just scrapes in the paint.

I'm looking into smart repairs - apparently there's a bloke in Nailsea that does them.

Let me know how you get on Steve, I have a tiny scrape on my Falco which needs looking at - haven't organised a plastic repair yet.

[retrorider]

could be done by any good smart repairer with a small airbrush, but colour match will be tricky.saying that i did a similar repair to a cagiva mito which was red (there is always a car colour which is close) and the apprentice at the garage i did it at was well chuffed.i charged him £50 i think but it was about seven years ago.you may want to do a search for bike medic in the u.k.they specialise in motorcycle smart repair but remember its a franchise, and the quality of work will only be as good as the guy doing it.

[Alfa_75_Steve]

retrorider said:

could be done by any good smart repairer with a small airbrush, but colour match will be tricky.saying that i did a similar repair to a cagiva mito which was red (there is always a car colour which is close) and the apprentice at the garage i did it at was well chuffed.i charged him £50 i think but it was about seven years ago.you may want to do a search for bike medic in the u.k.they specialise in motorcycle smart repair but remember its a franchise, and the quality of work will only be as good as the guy doing it.

Thanks for the pointers.

I've dropped them an email - I'd have thought a solid red wouldn't be *too* hard to match..... <crosses fingers>

Worst comes to the worst, I know a bloke with a bodyshop up North who has done some excellent work on friend's bikes - but it's a PITA to get the panel to him undamaged.

[retrorider]

colour matching solid reds,whites and yellows is a complete PITA, especially when you don't have a paint code to work from.from memory i think i used an alfa romeo red for the cagiva mito...

[RizzoTheRat]

I know a bloke who used these guys http://www.motorbikepaint.co.uk/ and got an exact match for his Yamaha.