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Bigevildoer
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Ok, well, not so much a critical part of the engine, but still on the bottom of the engine.
Long story...
Bike parked in shared driveway (townhouse) - exactly on the middle of the property line.
Loading track bike into trailer behind my truck. Road bike parked beside truck.
Leaving to see friend in hospital in 5 minutes, as I was just finishing track bike load. Taking road bike to hospital.
Neighbour returns from walk with wife. Bike in driveway.
Decides to get milk. Literally a 90 second walk to store. Decides to drive.
Gets into van, in reverse and steps on it (always goes like a bat out of h*ll out of the driveway).
Smokes my Buell 1125r into my truck. Doesn't even realize it until I start yelling and jumping up and down.
Truck has quarter panel dented 6" deep. Paint scraped to primer by bar end mirrors. Manage to push them out except for where the paint scrapes were.
Pull bike off of truck. Stand it back up. Push dents out of quarter panel.
Look over, fluid pooling under bike. SON OF A B*TCH!
Rear brake line pulled off brake. No biggie....
Look at rear set...
The lower bolt has sheared the mounting point off of the engine (at the bottom of the motor) and it's in a couple of pieces.
Upper bolt has pulled about 4 turns of threads clean out.
So, I need to figure out of I can get the lower mount rebuilt by welding it up and retapping... upper thread can be repaired with a longer bolt and some JB weld.
If anyone knows an excellent aluminum welding shop that won't shy from this, please reply!!!
Long story...
Bike parked in shared driveway (townhouse) - exactly on the middle of the property line.
Loading track bike into trailer behind my truck. Road bike parked beside truck.
Leaving to see friend in hospital in 5 minutes, as I was just finishing track bike load. Taking road bike to hospital.
Neighbour returns from walk with wife. Bike in driveway.
Decides to get milk. Literally a 90 second walk to store. Decides to drive.
Gets into van, in reverse and steps on it (always goes like a bat out of h*ll out of the driveway).
Smokes my Buell 1125r into my truck. Doesn't even realize it until I start yelling and jumping up and down.
Truck has quarter panel dented 6" deep. Paint scraped to primer by bar end mirrors. Manage to push them out except for where the paint scrapes were.
Pull bike off of truck. Stand it back up. Push dents out of quarter panel.
Look over, fluid pooling under bike. SON OF A B*TCH!
Rear brake line pulled off brake. No biggie....
Look at rear set...
The lower bolt has sheared the mounting point off of the engine (at the bottom of the motor) and it's in a couple of pieces.
Upper bolt has pulled about 4 turns of threads clean out.
So, I need to figure out of I can get the lower mount rebuilt by welding it up and retapping... upper thread can be repaired with a longer bolt and some JB weld.
If anyone knows an excellent aluminum welding shop that won't shy from this, please reply!!!
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