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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 08:25 PM
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I laid my bike down pretty good in July...I was going 40ish around gentle curve, and it slipped out from under me. I managed to get it in the grass ditch before laying it down which was good in that it minimized rash on the body. But it did bust all three front fairings, a handlebar, and the windscreen, which would have cost me about $500. I ended up patching them with fiberglass. While i was at it, i decided to get rid of the purple! I'm real proud of my paint job...it turned out great, better than before. (i don't have any pictures of the damage...too embarassed to take any)

Before the wreck:
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After the repairs:
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 08:28 PM
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the black is 100x better
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 08:29 PM
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very nice bike
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 08:34 PM
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Nice bike.

If you ride a bike, its not if you will lay it down, it'* when. I'm on another forum that has a lot of bikes, and all of them have layed them at one point or another.
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 08:36 PM
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IMO, your not a real rider until you have been down
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 08:39 PM
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Very True, Very True.
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 08:42 PM
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I don't see any after pics... :(
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 08:57 PM
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Excellent looking Bike John Deer, you sure do like the color green, don't ya?
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 09:13 PM
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Thanks for the compliments guys.

Do i like green? why, is there another color?
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Old Sep 16, 2007 | 09:15 PM
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do you have the in-between pics?
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