K9 from ditch to road again

[Maxim_es]

Hello all. Love this site as it’s a wealth of knowledge and it has helped me many times. Just sharing my experience and a few picts. Put the dog in the ditch end of last year and have been slowly piecing it back together. Hit some loose gravel on the top side of a curve which pushed the front tire out off the asphalt. Fish-tailed the back off the asphalt then until it came around and flipped into the ditch.
Bent and broke the handlebars and slammed into the tank. Dented the tank on the right side and top after the speedo bracket hit. Tore all the front hand-control wires. Mirrors, blinkers, controls, and other cosmetic damage added up.
But with the help of E-bay, a lot of time, and a painter she’s back in the road. Can’t thank Donna and BigDogPartsKingPin enough, as well as BigDogMotorcycleparts, I couldn’t believe they had all these parts ready to go!
Probably not a big undertaking for some people, but I learned plenty putting it back together.

 

[Maxim_es]

Few more picts

 

[Minuteman]

Nice job, came out great. Glad you could put it back together instead of letting it just be scrap metal and sold for parts.

 

[Rottweiler]

Great job. Love it when a plan comes together.

 

[HMAN]

Hell ya! Looks great!

 

[41bigdawg]

Glad you got her back on the road....nice work, she looks great

 

[avatharv]

Normally not a fan of orange on bikes, but that is one gorgeous bike! I love that paint job!

I hope if that ever happens to me, I have the same drive!

 

[Maxim_es]

Normally not a fan of orange on bikes, but that is one gorgeous bike! I love that paint job!

I hope if that ever happens to me, I have the same drive!

Thank you!! She’s mostly red/black, no orange. Picts turned out terrible. Probably cause I used small images. ??

 

[Mickeetwo]

Bike looks great.....glad you got it back together.

 

[Maxim_es]

Who did you use for the repainting?

What did it run you all total?

Took the tank to Custom Plus Collision in Mitchell, SD.

Did you mean to repair the whole bike, or repaint the tank? Tank was $1600 I think. They said the tank was harder to repair than expected as they are thicker metal. I didn’t argue, I couldn’t believe how well they matched it up.
I’m not sure on all the parts on the bike..

 

[LHS]

I may be a little bias Maxim_es but I love that paint job

 

[RomeoBaze]

Bike looks great! I'm glad you decided to lay hands on it instead of letting it go for parts.

 

[avatharv]

Thank you!! She’s mostly red/black, no orange. Picts turned out terrible. Probably cause I used small images. ??
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I see now. But also, take my color comments with a grain of salt.. I am partially color blind. (no kidding). hehe

 

[Maxim_es]

I may be a little bias Maxim_es but I love that paint job View attachment 76691

Hahah, love the Ridgeback!! So cool

 

[1 B.M.F.]

Normally not a fan of orange on bikes, but that is one gorgeous bike! I love that paint job!

I hope if that ever happens to me, I have the same drive!

I love my orange bike

 

[avatharv]

Very nice!

 

[awg]

Looks real good. And like you said, you learned quite a bit.

 

[Maxim_es]

Who did you use for the repainting?

What did it run you all total?

I thought I had already replied to this, but if not, used Custom Plus Collision In Mitchell, SD for the painting.

 

[Dispatch]

I thought I had already replied to this, but if not, used Custom Plus Collision In Mitchell, SD for the painting.

Yea that's weird, I only posted it once but it's here twice, weird...

I'll delete it.
Wait a minute, now my other ones gone, what the hell?