| Author | Message | ||
     Cyclonedon |
yes it happened today. I went to the Post Office to mail a letter and left the Uly on the stand in the parking lot facing slightly uphill. While I was waiting in line to get stamps, a customer came into the post office and asked if anyone there was riding a motorcycle. I said I was and she told me that my motorcycle had fallen over so I went outside and there it was laying on it's right side. Apparently it had slid backwards then fell over on the right side. Damaged was minimal with my mail concern the right front brake lever. Is there anyway to straighten them without breaking it? Front turn signal was also broke but I think it can be repaired cheaply. I was more pissed about how slow the service was at the Post Office than I was about my motorcycle falling over. I don't feel it should take 10 minutes to get stamps when there is only two people in front of you. | ||
| Easttroy |
So to summarize, make sure your bike is in GEAR before leaving it unattended, not backed to a curb. | ||
| Reepicheep |
I haven't tried the Uly levers, but on dirt bikes if you put them in a vice, heat them with a propane torch (a lot), and have a pipe and a hammer... you can usually get them back into decent shape. You will leave "vice prints" on them though, so cosmetically they won't be perfect. | ||
| Andymnelson |
I have tried the above method successfully. I actually put a lag bolt through the pivot into the garage frame, and used a large pipe (from my floor jack). Lots of heat is the key, and go slow. Worked great, and no marks  Do you need a turn signal? I might have one... | ||
| Towpro |
How did it fall on the RS when the bike leans to the LS when the kickstand is down? Mine did the same thing to the guy who owned it before me, only it was running and walked forward, then fell on the LS as the kickstand folded up. | ||
| Cyclonedon |
the motorcycle wasn't running when it fell. Apparently it just rolled backwards and slid sideways to allow it to fall off to it's right side. Nobody saw it happen but from the way it was laying on the pavement when I went out to pick it up thats how I think it happened. note to myself: next time leave motorcycle in gear when parked.  | ||
| Easttroy |
If you put the bike on the kick stand, turn the head hard left (looking at it from the seat) and have a distance before the bike hits something, it would vault it to the right side as it slides back and momentum carries it to the right speed, especially if it's on a angled hill. As soon as the tires try and cut the hill, the speed needs to go somewhere, either through brakes or motion shedding off the speed. In this case, motion took the speed and shed it off. | ||
| Tootal |
If you heat up the aluminum and then quench it in cold water it will become soft. Bend it back until you feel resistance and stop, heat it up, quench it again. As you move it, it will harden and need softened again. If you move it while still hot it will leave deeper marks in the aluminum, even though that way will work just fine. | ||
| Yjsrule |
Last time I dropped mine, the brake lever broke on impact. It really sucks riding home without the front brake so I put a set of Moose hand guards on behind the stock plastic things. Good luck straightening, those levers are pretty brittle. | ||
| Zac4mac |
Ever since I started riding, I have called 1st gear the "parking brake". Z | ||
| Hooper |
My Uly tipped over on the right side in a windstorm...it was parked in its usual spot - in gear - at an angle on a slight hill, with its rear tire near the curb. This tipover taught me that I need to angle the bike a little bit more uphill than I had been doing. Tall bike - steep kickstand. Worse part: my neighbor claims it hit his wife's car's bumper on the way down and slightly dented the plastic. I'm not so sure. Best part: he still hasn't called my insurance company about it.  | ||
| Froggy |
My 1125R survived sitting outside in hurricane Irene, it didn't fall over. It is nice having an aerodynamic fairing and pods | ||
| Badrap |
Can someone take a pic of the clutch lever looking straight down and post it. I think I bent mine but I'm not sure. Thanks (Message edited by badrap on August 30, 2011) | ||
| Uly_man |
An OEM indicator is not cheap but you can get a aftermarket copy which is fine. The 06 side stand is a bit weedy so it could have fallen over but I would suspect "an-other" parking intervention myself. Yes you can bend them out but its tricky if you have not done it before. | ||
| Motorbike |
Badrap, I'm not sure if you are still looking for a picture of a clutch lever but here you go. This is from my 08 XT, stock levers. I also threw in a picture of my brake lever as an added bonus! I would have sent these sooner but I had to wait until my wife went away so she would not see me taking pics of my levers. She already thinks I spend too much time with my bike! Clutch:  Brake:  Caution! I pulled the hand guards forward for illustration purposes only. Do not run without handguards in place as serious injury or death may result.  | ||
| Whisperstealth |
The Uly's a tough bike. Buells seem to be pretty tough when it comes to dumps and naps. My bike has a couple small beauty scars. I tell people I bought it to ride, ride all over, and in all conditions. She's not a show bike, but a bike that shows you a lot! | ||
| Badrap |
Thanks Motorbike for the pic. Yep, my clutch lever is bent, but at least it's not broken. | ||
| Motorbike |
You're welcome. Until I posted the photos, I never noticed how different the two levers are from each other! | ||
| Ulyrpg |
A trick I learned about 25 years ago in the MX days is to leave the controls just loose enough so when you do go down they will move on the bar and not bend the lever/control.  That didn't help me last saturday when I hi sided the uly in a bad way. ATGATT allowed me to walk away from a totalled bike unharmed. But the bike might be kaput so sad. |
