My poor Blur. Wrecked by the wife.

rassilon22 · Post by **rassilon22** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 3:58 pm

Called the local dealer to see if we can scrounge up a front fairing. I'm hoping there is no structural damage, but without a fairing it isn't drivable. The front turn signal lights are hanging out.

Anybody know if I'll have any luck getting the part? The local dealer is fairly new and didn't know what a Blur was.

Ugh.

Bill

Post by **Lostmycage** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 4:01 pm

There's 3 parts there that are damaged. You should be able to get them in, but it'll be a while.

With an impact like that make sure that the forks aren't bent and the steering bearings are in good shape.

KCScooterDude · Post by **KCScooterDude** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:14 pm

Details. How did that happen? Fist, I'm glad the Blur looks okay and it wasn't more serious. Second, how is your wife doing?

Racenut · Post by **Racenut** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:23 pm

Duct Tape is your friend

And yeah, hope your wife is OK

Post by **Lostmycage** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 5:48 pm

Wow... where the heck are my manners.. How is your wife? Hopefully she's OK. I guess I assumed that since the main concern was about the Blur that your wife is fine...

I've got the part numbers somewhere...

-M26320016B0- Front fender
-M2443002720- Front fork assembly
-M26610000002- Headlight assembly
-M226C1210001- LH blinker
-M266D1210001- RH blinker
-M2633001650- Front lower cover
-M26265016B00- LH turn signal front assy cover
-M262A3006B0- RH turn signal front assy cover

Double check with the parts manual.

rassilon22 · Post by **rassilon22** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:00 pm

My wife had just gotten her MC permit about 3 days ago. I had asked her to go to the basement garage to measure the tongue height/width in order to get one of those raise/lower trailer wheels. She decided she was going to scoot down.

She wanted to do a small circle on the first floor garage driveway before heading down. She then proceeded to miss the turn and instead went forward to the next door neighbors driveway and hit the back of the neighbors minivan to the tune of ~$1200.

I'm guessing she went into a fright induced failure to think. I'm guessing that she neglected to release the throttle and apply the brakes. She wasn't really in the mood to recieve educational feedback the night of the incident.

My wife should be ok. I don't think she could have been going to quickly given the distance involved.

Bill

Post by **Lostmycage** » Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:37 pm

Glad to hear she's OK. That stinks about the minivan, though.

Let us know how it goes with getting the parts.

When I was waiting for some of the panels to come in for mine, I had some luck (it didn't look pretty of course) with gluing the cracked panels back together with some plastic epoxy.

There's also a touch up spray paint made by Duplicolor that's almost a dead ringer for the gray on the Blur.

Post by **jrsjr** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:44 pm

Lostmycage wrote:When I was waiting for some of the panels to come in for mine, I had some luck (it didn't look pretty of course) with gluing the cracked panels back together with some plastic epoxy.

My thoughts exactly. Ay least some of those pieces look like they broke cleanly, rather than shattered. You might be able to make a pretty good job of it, as Lostmycage suggests.

Good luck.

Glad to hear your wife is okay.

dvdchris · Post by **dvdchris** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:41 pm

Does your wife post on YouTube?
I remember seeing a video where a woman was saying she wrecked a Blur; and the accident sounded similar.

rassilon22 · Post by **rassilon22** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 7:44 pm

She does indeed post on youtube. That was probably her. dreamerjs I think.

Bill

rassilon22 · Post by **rassilon22** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:07 pm

I'm so happy to announce that the correct parts are in stock in Chicago and are being ordered today.

That means the Blur should be ready sometime late next week, or after Labor Day. Yay!

Given how many parts are on the list I was happy with the parts price of $433.

Bill

Post by **Lostmycage** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 4:51 pm

That's excellent news! Here's to a speedy rebuilding, lol.

If you're doing this yourself and come into any snags, let us know.

rassilon22 · Post by **rassilon22** » Fri Sep 04, 2009 8:25 pm

I spoke too soon. Genuine forgot to ship one of the parts. I hope the local shop finishes it next week.

Bill

Post by **Lostmycage** » Mon Sep 07, 2009 10:16 pm

Doh, just in time for a nice long weekend too!

Hopefully you'll be back on it this next week here.