Re: Advice after a 'bike drop' off a bike ramp please!
get a receipt from them for the work, detailing the accident, even if it has "no charge" at the end of it, and also on the understanding that it has an independant inspection by Triumph to make sure it is straight.
once the independant inspection is completed and satisfactory, inform the garage that you will then close the case, but not until then incase there is other damage not initially spotted when you pick it up, as they could say "well you took it away accepting its right, so you must have done it since"....
i expect it will be alright though, we fall off our offroaders all the time (they have much more spindley frames that a road bike and they dont bend the frames very easily. ive known a few road bikes have frontal impacts hard enough to bend the forks and the frames have survived ok, modern frames are an engineering masterpiece and absorb a lot of force (int he right plane!)..... so i should think youll be ok, but get an independant inspection done just incase as part of the deal.....
good luck.
Re: Advice after a 'bike drop' off a bike ramp please!
Oh NO!!!! Bad news. Sounds like the garage are fixing it up though.
from the description it sounds like the tool chest broke the fall and it should be fine. I agree with Jaydee, get it inspected before closing the case if you are in any doubts.
Re: Advice after a 'bike drop' off a bike ramp please!
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Originally Posted by Squashed_Fly
Mikkie who works there is a forum member on here x
Which one's Mikkie?
Re: Advice after a 'bike drop' off a bike ramp please!
If the frame could be damaged by it just falling over it would never have been safe to go on the road in the first place.
You wanna ride a superbike from the 70's where the frame flex's when cornering at high speed.. :D
When Taylors M/C shop first started in Chippenham they did a first 500 mile service on a mates GT550 triple. The mechanic stripped the thread on the oil drain plug.
It fell out on the way home dumping all the oil. That made a real mess of the engine.
The shop will be claiming off their insurance so cost will be irrelivant to them