Haven't been on here for a while. Life was busy and then my 170i was stolen.
I got it back, but it was the end of the scooter season for me by the time I had possession of it again. Now that the snow has melted I dug in to check out the damage.
The windshield is completely busted up, the front wheel is out of alignment, the ignition is mangled, and the steering lock is toast. I dodged a bullet in that the wiring was unmolested.
I've taken apart a bunch of the front end and found this bit of unpleasantness (see pics).
My question is how screwed am I that the mounting plate for the ignition is bent? It's welded onto the frame, so I'm not confident I can bend it back, muchless get it back into the steering lock hole.
Also of note was that the thieves don't seem to have gotten far with the scooter because the fuse to the battery was fried, presumably from a crappy job trying to hotwire it.
Post-recovery how screwed am I?
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- jonlink
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Post-recovery how screwed am I?
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What he said. Your not really screwed, just so very inconvenienced. WTF is wrong with people (and I use that term loosely). Jon your a good guy, so sorry that this is gonna cost you time and money to fix.lovemysan wrote:It would take a decent welder about 15 minutes to fix that bent plate. It's just a matter of getting a new ignition and fixing the wiring.
"When your mouth is yapping your arms stop flapping, get to work" - a quote from my father R.I.P..
always start with the simple, it may end up costing you little to nothing
always start with the simple, it may end up costing you little to nothing