12-17-2020, 09:09 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-17-2020, 09:13 AM by Duckbubbles.)
The bike didn't fall over. It was a close contact with a bicycle rider coming the other way. To avoid a head on, I steered to my left and we glanced off each other at low speed. You had to be there!
Anyway, the mirror was taken off completely with the mounting ear on the center fairing support bracket that attaches to the steering head and mounts the instruments, mirrors, forward fairing, etc. That's the grey metal part behind the instruments. Lee, the ear of the grey metal piece in your first picture with the three holes in it is gone. It was pulled out through the upper fairing resulting in the big hole and cracks. My right forward turn signal was also "removed". No other damage to my bike and I have a bruise on my right hand ring finger. It was that close!
All parts were available new in the US except for the fairing.
The parts from BMW should be here early next week and eBay tells me the fairing should be here tomorrow (Friday).
Considering what the worst outcome could have been, I feel pretty lucky overall.
I am also thinking it could very well be Covid related as I don't believe BMW would let their supplies of spare parts just dwindle to nothing on a 2-3 year old bike.
Frank
Anyway, the mirror was taken off completely with the mounting ear on the center fairing support bracket that attaches to the steering head and mounts the instruments, mirrors, forward fairing, etc. That's the grey metal part behind the instruments. Lee, the ear of the grey metal piece in your first picture with the three holes in it is gone. It was pulled out through the upper fairing resulting in the big hole and cracks. My right forward turn signal was also "removed". No other damage to my bike and I have a bruise on my right hand ring finger. It was that close!
All parts were available new in the US except for the fairing.
The parts from BMW should be here early next week and eBay tells me the fairing should be here tomorrow (Friday).
Considering what the worst outcome could have been, I feel pretty lucky overall.
I am also thinking it could very well be Covid related as I don't believe BMW would let their supplies of spare parts just dwindle to nothing on a 2-3 year old bike.
Frank
'23 R1250RS, 9000 mi. 1 yr., '03 R1100S BCR #6/200, '85 K100/1100RS- 38 yrs. 331,000 mi., '17R1200RS- 51,054 mi. (gone), '16 R1200RS- 28,322 mi. (gone), '11 R1200RT-30,000 mi. (gone), '05 R1200ST-58,000 mi. (gone), '96 Ducati 900SS/SP-89,000 mi. (gone), 560K+ BMW miles