unlucky

so i havent had my rsv for a week yet let alone a working week (4days so far) some of you if you have read my other thread may have heard i got a slow leak after 80kms and couldnt find the leak so i took the bike into my local bike shop to get them to fix it 5 hours later i get a call. there is a problem the tyre has a hole that doesnt go all the way thru so i had to get a tube put inside the tire (not the unlucky part) when i go to pick up my bike the owner (of the shop) walks me over to my bike and says while i was working on your bike it fell off the stand and that it had some scratches on it plus a bent handle bar and dented can i got the tyre fixed for free at the cost of the mint condition the bike was in (it has only done 330kms now) his insurance is going to cover the parts not to sure if they are painting it (i will not be happy with this) or if they are replacing it (i would like this) but for some reason it just doesnt feel the same anymore she didnt feel like she wanted to amaze me anymore she didnt feel like she wanted to be riden kinda as if she had just been "used" haha i know its just a bike but i have wanted it for ages and alot of saving had gone into this and i guess i never wanted to see a rock chip on it at all but i guess somethings are un-avoid-able

i dont want to get it painted i would much rather new fairing the scratches are small so if they did paint it more then likely they would do more damage by not matching paint correctly and adding another clear coat on top of the old clear coat leading to over spray and looking worse.. i didnt think the tube would matter? well he sed it wouldnt matter or make a diff?? i always thought bikes apart from dirt bikes wer tubeless and when he told me that he was able to fit a tube i was shocked but agreed never the less as it would get my baby back on the road...yeah i have had problems with this bike shop b4 and when you live in a small town (about 10000-20000ppl) its kinda of hard to i guess not go to him as we dont have any other bike shops. i had to get my aprilia from a store 5000k away and then get it trucked up to me. i planned on taking my bike to another place (300k away) but i just thought its only a tire surely they cant do that much damage to fixing a hole in a tire proves i was wrong i know i wont go there to get any motor work done if i ever come across big problems and i plan on getting mine serviced (1000k) on friday but that is happening in darwin (300k away) hope she doesnt mind a long trip

IanG said:

Not sure about that at all,would it not be preferable to punch the hole through and plug it instead??

I wouldn't fancy having a tube in a tyre not designed for it on a sportsbike.

I feel for you bud, but at least the shop seem to be doing the right thing.Just make sure the can hasn't marked the swing arm,and the pedals haven't touched the frame. Because that could be a Cat D writeoff

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o.0 what do i look for to check if its a write off :'( now im panicing!!!!

LEGS said:

Sports bike tyres should not have a tube fitted, end of. It's either a professional repair or replacement. Be very careful riding that bike with tube fitted.

If the bike has been damaged, then the dealers insurance needs to cover the cost of repair with new panels and parts end of story. If the bike has been over due to falling off the stand then check for marks on the frame and swingarm. If the frame is marked then esentially it is a write off. How old is the bike?

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350kms old as in an 09 model and has only done 350kms on the clock a write off would be heart breaking... could you tell me why its a bad thing to have a tube in it?? (apart from the fact its not designed for a tube) like what would the chances of it blowing up on me be??? and should i ride it 300kms to get my bike serviced? at 100ish kms an hour?

IanG said:

Sorry I didn't mean to panic you.

What sometimes happens when these bikes go down is the foot levers can bend in far enough to mark the frame,plus the can(s) maybe contact the swinging arm and put a dent in the side then spring back.

None of this really matters over much from a safety point of view,and the chances of it happening by falling of a stand are somewhat remote.

However, I merely point out the posibility as if you are new to Aprilias this kind of damage is not imediately noticed unless you know where to look.

Check the frame immediately behind the end of the rear brake lever or gear lever ( which ever side it went down on ) as not noticing it now and having it pointed out to you sometime in the future when you come to sell it on could make a world of difference.

If it were me I would also think about about biting the bullet and replacing that tyre,it's the only thing sticking you to the road.

Hope it all turns out ok for you, I always take the wheels off the bike and give the fitters a loose wheel for tyre replacement,it gives them less to f**k up.:jack

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was considering just taking in the wheel but then thought ill just reset the Vmax, trip meter and at least that way ill know how hard they rode my bike and how fast/far they went. never even thought that it was posable to drop a bike off a paddock stand so didnt have that crossing my mind at all main worry was them taking bike for a test ride and or them doing damage to my rims and if i had just taken the rims in them getting damaged or not would still happen so i guess i didnt think about them going near the body of the bike apart from a test ride well when sun comes up tomorrow and im getting ready for work ill have a big look at the bike and make sure everything is 100% i guess ill order some new tires in and get mine replaced i do value my life a little but the bike more hehe cheers for the info mate

IanG said:

Darwin? I'm assuming Darwin Australia?

Given the shop advice to put a tube in a tubeless tyre on a sportsbike,Im assuming probably a Hardley or off road bike kind of place?

If that's the case they might be a bit surprised at the cost of Aprilia spares :devious

I agree with previous posts,I wouldn't be happy with a respray either,not on a new bike like that,after all that's what shop insurance is for.

Demand it back in the same condition it went in.

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yup yup darwin australia mate i live in the black hole/abyss known as katherine hehe i guess it aint that bad of a place you save alot here thats for sure (hence why i now own an ape) and mate your spot on again they are a honda dirt bike store and also do ATVs only have 1 road bike in the whole store.. i hope to see new fairing and nothing less without a big arguement and a court case if i must go that far hmm gota check to see if belly pan lines up correct as well if the cowling where the horn and radiator is cracked/bent it wont meet up in the middle nice and its all the small things about this bike that amazes me may not be the fastest or the lightest but its a stunner when you look/ride/sit lol well when you do anything with it it will leave you with your jaw dropped i dont know any one of my friends that havent thought its amazing in one way or another even the lady at MVR wanted to know more about it :devious

he told me he will give me a call on tuesday and tell me what is going on as for the tube in a tubeless tire i thought it was a bit far fetched seeing as the tire itself says its tubeless therefore not designed for a tube but so far so good and i have done 480kms so should be about 100 since i had the tube fitted

lewy said:

Im sure like many of us on here theres only a few people wed let work on our bike, who was it?

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the bike shop is in australia>NT>katherine name is R&M motorcycles he mainly works on dirt bikes and is NOT an aprilia dealer (closest one is over 3000kms away) and this is the 2nd rsvr i know of that is within 500kms of the bike shop so i think this would be his 1st one he has ever worked on.... but i spoke to him this arvo and i told him i wanted the parts replaced and he sounded fine with it and told me that he will try his best to get them... dont know whats going to happen about the can tho ill ask him when i next go in... would like to try work a deal with him and have him order in akra's (hex can ones) and then have him take a small amout of the price to make up for the damaged oem can i have :devious but dont know if he will consider it