Took a ride today and could definitely feel the chain was slacking(?). Just hit 500 miles on the bike, so I figured its time to just tighten the chain up. Pulled out the new stand I bought, find a level spot (happened to be on a sidewalk outside my apt), lifted the bike up, walked to my car to get my tools out, look back at the bike to see the stand start to fold in like a lawn chair.
Down goes the bike, cracked the left turn signal, gouged the fairings around the signal, scraped up the graphics real good, and because of how the bike fell, the stand got stuck underneath and scraped up the DanMoto exhaust as well.
I was too PO'd to get any pics at that moment, hopefully the thunderstorms hold off enough tomorrow to get some shots of the damage. I was able to at least get the turn signal somewhat back in place. The lens is fine, but the housing is screwed up, where the lens clips in is cracked so it doesn't seal the light anymore. What upsets me the most of the gouges in the fairings and the SE graphics being screwed up...
I wouldn't be so mad about it had I not just gotten the bike OR it had been something that I had done, but to have a faulty POS stand just fold underneath the bike like that...(deep breath)
I did eventually get the chain all fixed up, cut up my rear fender some (until I get the hardware for my fender elim), and just sat and stared at my once beautiful bike. I might have shed a tear or two as well. I then came in and sent a well thought out, yet very angry email to the company I got the stand from. Im hoping for some sort of compensation.
Down goes the bike, cracked the left turn signal, gouged the fairings around the signal, scraped up the graphics real good, and because of how the bike fell, the stand got stuck underneath and scraped up the DanMoto exhaust as well.
I was too PO'd to get any pics at that moment, hopefully the thunderstorms hold off enough tomorrow to get some shots of the damage. I was able to at least get the turn signal somewhat back in place. The lens is fine, but the housing is screwed up, where the lens clips in is cracked so it doesn't seal the light anymore. What upsets me the most of the gouges in the fairings and the SE graphics being screwed up...
I wouldn't be so mad about it had I not just gotten the bike OR it had been something that I had done, but to have a faulty POS stand just fold underneath the bike like that...(deep breath)
I did eventually get the chain all fixed up, cut up my rear fender some (until I get the hardware for my fender elim), and just sat and stared at my once beautiful bike. I might have shed a tear or two as well. I then came in and sent a well thought out, yet very angry email to the company I got the stand from. Im hoping for some sort of compensation.