23-03-18, 06:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 23-03-18, 06:56 PM by focced_off.)
(17-03-18, 08:49 AM)ptolemyx link Wrote: Insurance assessor will not have checked it thoroughly enough for headstock damage, which could easily be the case with bent forks. I've seen bikes where the headstock bearing location in the frame is oval after a "light" frontal and others with barely discernible cracks there.
Are you in the salvage trade, or perhaps run a motorcycle store?
While measurements all add up (from headstock, measuring back both sides), until I get the front end off and can look at a "naked" headstock, with no Stem or even steering head bearings in situ, it's impossible to say 100% then. I still have my hopes up though.
What's to say all those bikes on EBay with 'USD' Front end / R1 Fork conversions, aren't all a result of a frontal impact. Just some didn't involve another vehicle (3rd party), so the incident wasn't reported to the insurance company, and they've had the bike repaired and back on the road (with no 'Category x' to it's name). Cheeky foccers. :eek