First crash in a while!

Came off last night.....

Had come back from work, then went and met some mates for my mates birthday.
Then went out for a ride, while my mate was in his 106. Beat him btw lol. I was riding down a road with chicane bollard things, and had a blowout at im guessing 55mph manage to brake and slow down to 45 clock speed, then i hit the chicane.
First all i had a large crack (not the best sound when you had to spend £300 on panels a month ago), then i was dangling over the handlebars and the rear wheel was in the air, i manage to 'endo' over the chicane/bollard and then manage to fully stop the bike.

Once i got home, i pushed it into my garage and had a quick look, i cracked a lug off (of the brand new panel i bought :rtfm: ) but can be fixed. I have a flat front tire (obviously lol). but luckily no damage to the wheel rim, also no other cracks or scratches, but im unsure whether the forks maybe bent or even the frame :msn1:

What are the best ways to check?

For some reason i forgot to notice this......

 

ta minor, shall be stripping front end anyways, well most panels.

Almost finished my Rizla panels :bird: (pics soon)

Also, would you reccomend a new tire? or can i repair this tire? theres loadsa tread left and don't really want to be running a new front tire in in this weather.

 

chances are mate your bike will be ok if there was no significant impact.

the question is, WHY did the tyre "blowout", they have a much higher speed rating than 55mph. either it was overinflated, completely bald to the point it wore through or you hit something in the road.

 

This is what ive been wondering........There is loads of tread left, was at correct psi and i don't remember riding over anything tho..... its beyond me really can't seem to suss it out atm

 

what's the hole like in the tyre?

 

A tear/crack its bout an inch long, but only bout 3/4 mm is leaking air. Might try to drill it through and plug it, worth a try whilst waiting for a new tire.

 

wouldnt plug it mate, its dangerous on a front.


sounds like you've hit a stone on the road or locked up on a stone breifly.

 

nah it wern't actually but thinking about it now, i drove past a accident in carshalton beeches, and they had put loads of sand down cos of petrol and there was glass around.

therefore i might of got a bit in my tire then, explains the clean slice in my tire lol

 

kin ell mate, at elast ur ok, ped can be fixed. my mates front tyre on his R1 blew out at 170mph a few weeks ago aswell lol

 

blame my area ftw :w00t:

 

jesus, the photo update tells me you did hit something
think you might want a new front wheel.

 

luckily ive got a spare, but its been (poorly) sprayed black
might get one off ebay, there on there all the time pretty cheap

btw do any sr50 wheels fit? because theyv'e always had the same/similar forks ?

 

yeah, i do beleive all sr50 and 125 front wheels are the same.

 

oh wait ive got a digital sensor for the speedo.........
so i think im gna have to get that other wheel powdercoated......

 

just see if its the same pickup as the analogue one

 

could you get me a pic? or anyone with a pre 2004 sr50/125 wheel laying around?

 

yep
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crap quality but you can just make out the small metal lugs.