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Well the bad has finally happened...someone knocked over my bike at the mall =( IT was simply parked and i suppose someone knocked it over while looking at it or something.
Good news is the damage isn't catastrophic and is easily fixed. The extent of the damage is a bent gear shifter lever, broken clutch handle, and a bent passenger foot peg support. Now this morning i went over to check around and noticed gas. It is coming from the back of the tank, from what i can see the hinge or rear support. If it is a leak, its minor. Now there wasn't any pools of gas on the ground. It ran down the frame to the gear side rear set and pretty much ended there. Thing is though i didn't check it last night to see if it was leaking (i was to choked to look at the bike). now the gas tank doesn't look like it was hit(no scratches).
My questions are, is the a common place for it to leak? i did a search on google and on here and found very little except an issue about the bike sitting( which it hasn't been) it also mentioned something about a possible recall for a leak similar to this.
Second question, is this something, if the tank is leaking, that i can take in and get fixed? this would be a professional doing so. If this is at all possible this would be a good option for since parts for this machine aren't common in Canada and expensive. A new clutch lever and gear lever was 160.00 bucks.
Oh, i would like to thank everyone on this forum. i know i have asked a lot of questions and i have gotten a lot of good answers. So thanks for all the help.
EDIT: I just found some gas tank sealer stuff on the net, which means i could probably find it at a autostore. Any thoughts on this stuff?
Good news is the damage isn't catastrophic and is easily fixed. The extent of the damage is a bent gear shifter lever, broken clutch handle, and a bent passenger foot peg support. Now this morning i went over to check around and noticed gas. It is coming from the back of the tank, from what i can see the hinge or rear support. If it is a leak, its minor. Now there wasn't any pools of gas on the ground. It ran down the frame to the gear side rear set and pretty much ended there. Thing is though i didn't check it last night to see if it was leaking (i was to choked to look at the bike). now the gas tank doesn't look like it was hit(no scratches).
My questions are, is the a common place for it to leak? i did a search on google and on here and found very little except an issue about the bike sitting( which it hasn't been) it also mentioned something about a possible recall for a leak similar to this.
Second question, is this something, if the tank is leaking, that i can take in and get fixed? this would be a professional doing so. If this is at all possible this would be a good option for since parts for this machine aren't common in Canada and expensive. A new clutch lever and gear lever was 160.00 bucks.
Oh, i would like to thank everyone on this forum. i know i have asked a lot of questions and i have gotten a lot of good answers. So thanks for all the help.
EDIT: I just found some gas tank sealer stuff on the net, which means i could probably find it at a autostore. Any thoughts on this stuff?