sumotony
Well-known member
See Previous Post from February '07 below. Note the description of a dent to the gas tank and major scratches to the RH side bag.
I got a lot or advise from different members on the repairs, and got two estimates from MC body shops specializing in this type of work.
Estimate # 1 from Pauleez, Lawrenceville, GA was for $722.40 for all repairs to tank, fairing, mirror, side bag.
Estimate # 2 from Wicked Ways, Lawrenceville, GA was for $740.00 for the same repairs.
Not a lot of difference in these two estimates.
What I finally wound up doing was getting the dent "pulled" out by an outfit called Precision Dent - cost $65.00.
The minor scratches to the mirror and fairing mostly buffed out. The dent in the can, I can live with. Not that noticeable.
The side bag lid was another story. You can not just purchase a lid for an '07, and if you could they are fairly expensive. However, based on advise from
Forum members, I drilled out the rivets, took the lid off and sent it to Forum member Garauld, and he sent it back looking like a new one for the price of $75.00 plus shipping.
[SIZE=18pt]So, if you have any plastic parts that need repair/painting, this is an unpaid/unsolicited endorsement for some quality work by a fellow forum member.[/SIZE]
sumotony aka tvol73
Feb 25 2007, 09:06 PM
Post #1
Saturday, 02/24, with 9 major events taking place in Atlanta, I decided I would get out of town and perhaps avoid some of the traffic and possible gridlock that was projected to impede travel in the metro area.
I have a place in North Georgia and decided it would be a great day to check it out and get some miles on the new '07. Traveling up I85 and I985 toward Cornelia and Demorest was uneventful. I then took the back roads to the area in Demorest on the Chatahoochie where I have a get away retreat. The last couple of miles is on an unpaved, rutted gravel road. I dreaded this section and was going so slow and picking what I thought to be a good path, when at a speed of approximately
.5 mph, the front wheel got into some heavy gravel that had pushed up out of ruts in the road, and the wheel started sliding and nothing I could do to keep her from going over at this point. The road bed under the gravel was soft and the Skyway slider on the ride hand side of the bike sank all the way into the road with the fairing laying on the gravel portion of the road way.
Damage - Right hand can has a fair size dent in it and is scratched. The right hand side bag has some major scratches on it.Right hand fairing and Rh mirror have minor scratches. The one thing that I have not figured out is a dent on the right hand side of the gas tank, approximately 6 inches to the left of the Yammi logo and toward the top.
The dented and scratched can will just have to be character additions, but I would like to get the side bag repaired and see if the scratches on the fairing and mirror can be repaired with out too much expense.
Does anyone in the Atlanta area have anyone they would recommend for the cosmetic repair? My wounded pride will take some time to heal, but I will get over it.
I got a lot or advise from different members on the repairs, and got two estimates from MC body shops specializing in this type of work.
Estimate # 1 from Pauleez, Lawrenceville, GA was for $722.40 for all repairs to tank, fairing, mirror, side bag.
Estimate # 2 from Wicked Ways, Lawrenceville, GA was for $740.00 for the same repairs.
Not a lot of difference in these two estimates.
What I finally wound up doing was getting the dent "pulled" out by an outfit called Precision Dent - cost $65.00.
The minor scratches to the mirror and fairing mostly buffed out. The dent in the can, I can live with. Not that noticeable.
The side bag lid was another story. You can not just purchase a lid for an '07, and if you could they are fairly expensive. However, based on advise from
Forum members, I drilled out the rivets, took the lid off and sent it to Forum member Garauld, and he sent it back looking like a new one for the price of $75.00 plus shipping.
[SIZE=18pt]So, if you have any plastic parts that need repair/painting, this is an unpaid/unsolicited endorsement for some quality work by a fellow forum member.[/SIZE]
sumotony aka tvol73
Feb 25 2007, 09:06 PM
Post #1
Saturday, 02/24, with 9 major events taking place in Atlanta, I decided I would get out of town and perhaps avoid some of the traffic and possible gridlock that was projected to impede travel in the metro area.
I have a place in North Georgia and decided it would be a great day to check it out and get some miles on the new '07. Traveling up I85 and I985 toward Cornelia and Demorest was uneventful. I then took the back roads to the area in Demorest on the Chatahoochie where I have a get away retreat. The last couple of miles is on an unpaved, rutted gravel road. I dreaded this section and was going so slow and picking what I thought to be a good path, when at a speed of approximately
.5 mph, the front wheel got into some heavy gravel that had pushed up out of ruts in the road, and the wheel started sliding and nothing I could do to keep her from going over at this point. The road bed under the gravel was soft and the Skyway slider on the ride hand side of the bike sank all the way into the road with the fairing laying on the gravel portion of the road way.
Damage - Right hand can has a fair size dent in it and is scratched. The right hand side bag has some major scratches on it.Right hand fairing and Rh mirror have minor scratches. The one thing that I have not figured out is a dent on the right hand side of the gas tank, approximately 6 inches to the left of the Yammi logo and toward the top.
The dented and scratched can will just have to be character additions, but I would like to get the side bag repaired and see if the scratches on the fairing and mirror can be repaired with out too much expense.
Does anyone in the Atlanta area have anyone they would recommend for the cosmetic repair? My wounded pride will take some time to heal, but I will get over it.
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