Re: [ST] what breaks in a tipover?

["William A. Flowers" <wflowers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Previously, you (Paul Fox) wrote:
> because my wife rides an SV650, i'm also on the SV mailing list.  over
> there, it's become really obvious that when an SV tips over, there's
> a very high likelihood of the shift lever, or one of the two hand levers,
> breaking off.  (the rear brake lever doesn't seem as common, but maybe
> people tend to fall to the left more often.  :-)  the hand levers aren't
> real surprising, but the shift lever is.  (apparently the tip snaps off
> readily.)  so before this summer's trip, i'm planning on ordering a spare
> to take along.

See the list of what bent and/or broke when I went down (with
assistance) while riding Thomas' new bike.  It included the rear brake
lever, front brake lever and seriously bent the bolt holding on the bar
end weight -- it could have snapped but didn't.  Of course various
pieces of plastic were scraped and scratched, bracketry for same bent,
other metal scraped and so on.

> so my question:  what tends to break when an RS or ST falls over?  (besides
> the fairing, of course.  :-)  anything that you'd take along rather than
> be stranded without it?  (bear in mind i'm still waiting for my replacement
> warranteed RS clutch cable from my dealer.)

Levers (front, rear and clutch) and the shift linkage.  You can ride
without the bar end weights.

- --
Bill "Bench Dawg" Flowers
Clearwater FL
'00 Sapphire Blue ST "Jewel"


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